The Youth Programming

It appears that gender-specific girls and boys programming was much more common in the past in both Canada and the US, and more often for boys. One US-based researcher noted that at one time, there was a move to create co-ed programming with the explicit purpose of providing girls with more equitable access as well as for cost efficiency. However, much of this youth programming today has become “gender blind,” and does not take into account the specific needs and interests of girls and the significant disparities girls and women face in access to resources and opportunities. We can speculate that a similar movement towards gender neutrality has happened here in Canada.