The NGO Committee on the Family New York and LDS Charities invites you to attend
GENDER EMPOWERMENT STARTS AT HOME
A Parallel Event of the 63 rd Commission on the Status of Women
Tuesday, March 12th • 10:30AM–12PM
Yerevan Hall, Armenian Convention Center • 630 Second Avenue
Please join us for presentations by
PROFESSOR CHRISTIA SPEARS BROWN
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, and author of Parenting Beyond Pink and Blue:
How to Raise Your Kids Free of Gender Stereotypes
and
PROFESSOR KYLE PRUETT
Department of Psychology, Yale School of Medicine, and author of Fatherneed: Why Father Care is
as Essential as Mother Care to Your Child.
The family is the “natural and fundamental” (Universal Declaration of Human Rights Art. 16(3)) building block of society. As such, stable families are essential for stable communities, stable nations, and a stable world. This session will investigate how the family is the first and most important social protection system, and can be the primary source of empowerment to women and girls. Expert speakers will describe how the family unit provides
access to public services and contributes to the long-term success of girls, including in education, employment, community involvement, societal activism, and other important public services and forms of social protection.
Professor Christia Spears Brown will address ways that parenting impacts the way children perceive their abilities, particularly girls’ beliefs about their educational ability, including in relation to STEM fields. She will also discuss how parents can promote and model gender equality for boys. Professor Kyle Pruett will speak on the unique contributions mothers and fathers make to healthy child development. In particular he will talk about the ways that engaged fathers improve child outcomes, including through reducing gender stereotyping and promoting peaceful problem solving in the home.