This is how you involve your child in International Women’s Day

Four tips.

Feminist Movie Marathon

Mulan, Moana, Rapunzel, Tiana, Brave and Frozen: Disney movies have long ceased to be about princesses who must be rescued by their prince. We’re seeing a clear shift towards more feminist characters and storylines and that’s just nice. So bring on that movie marathon.

Reading afternoon

Oxfam Novib opens its new pop-up from 7 to 13 March the Equality Hub in the Neude Library in Utrecht. This pop-up is all about gender inequality. On Wednesday 9 March there will be a reading afternoon especially for children from the book ‘Mila’s Vonk’ with Lisa van Winsen. More information can be found here.

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Listen this podcast

Register a child for swimming lessons, attend a ten-minute conversation, do the shopping, do laundry, schedule a doctor’s appointment and arrange the babysitter… It’s the list for me. Very often these care tasks still end up on the mother’s plate, but how do you divide them fairly with your partner within the family? And how do you ensure that your child also receives this new division of roles and does not see the conservative division of roles as ‘standard’? Kek Mama’s Eline Olde Kalter and Malu Pesulima talk about it in this podcast with Ragna Heidweiller, trainer, coach and author of the handbook for a new division of roles: For better and for worse (but only if you do the dishes).

Read about strong women

From Jane Austen and Cleopatra to Michelle Obama and Serena Williams, Bedtime Stories for Rebellious Girls puts fairy tales in a whole new light with 100 reads about inspiring women who changed the world in their own rebellious ways – as writers, pirates or mathematicians. A wonderful reading book to show what you can achieve as a woman.

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