Susie Heywood and Barbara Adzajlic are public health professionals with over 15 years' experience working on topics such as mental health, gender based violence, suicide prevention, behaviour change and inequalities.

Together Susie and Barbara co-created the Gender Friendly Nursery, a programme of training and accreditation supporting early learning and childcare establishments to address gender equality as part of their roles with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. They now work together to offer guidance, support and training to organisations wishing to improve their practice in relation to gender inequality.

Title Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

An Important Note on Safety and Self-Care

Introduction

Part 1

1. Key Concepts and Definitions
2. Gender Inequality: What Are We Getting Right?
3. Young Brains: Gender and Child Development
4. How Gender Stereotypes Are Reinforced

Part 2

5. What¿s the Harm?
6. Violence Against Women and Girls
7. Man Up! Gender Stereotypes and Male Violence
8. Gendered Bodies
9. Parent Pressure
10. Sexuality and Gender Identity: The Pressure to Conform
11. Learning, Working, Earning
12. Mental Health
13. Gender and the Early Years Workforce

Part 3

14. Auditing Your Practice
15. Bias, and How To Get Over It!
16. Equitable Practice
17. What Parents Can Do and How to Get Them On Board
18. Practice Scenarios
19. A Call to Action

Appendix 1: Action Checklist

Appendix 2: Audit Table

Appendix 3: Further Information

Glossary

Index