Day of the Girl

We’re talking about International Day of the Girl - and there’s some unpleasant stats we’ll be dealing with. DSC gave the Charity Commission a proper hammering in the press. It’s just like those design twitter fights, but everyone is more polite, and we’re looking into a new DfE report on the effect social media has on mental health. And we have a guest with us today! Dinah Turner - Director of Stepping into Business which aims to empower every child to succeed in the 21st century through innovations such as Entreprenaws, their 5 star rated educational app.  Find Dinah on Twitter @dinahturner Find out more about Stepping into Business here. This weeks topics: Stat of the week:  Some stats from International Day of the Girl (Oct 11th): 1 in 6 girls have missed school because of their appearance1 in 4 have not left the house because of their appearance1 in 5 have avoided public speaking because of their appearance Source: https://bit.ly/2J7u3n0 130 million still not in school: https://bit.ly/2Ihe8lh Charity news of the week:   Article in Third Sector blasts the Charity Commissioner: https://bit.ly/2MB4rj2 Tech news of the week:  New Department for Education report claims social media is not responsible for young people’s mental health problems: https://bit.ly/2P3sIBe On a related note Facebook launched “Let’s Talk”: https://bit.ly/35T2Xtd Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected]  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your mates about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting us in a beautiful mirrored studio. Which you can’t see. But it is pretty.