BJSW Advance Access originally published online on September 26, 2005
British Journal of Social Work 2005 35(8):1343-1355; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch225
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Why Gender Matters for Every Child Matters
The authors are all members of the Gender and Child Welfare Network, which was formed in 2003. This comment on the Green Paper is written on behalf of the network. Brigid Daniel is professor of childcare and child protection at the University of Dundee. Brid Featherstone is reader in Applied Childhood Studies at Huddersfield University. Carol-Ann Hooper is a lecturer in social policy at the University of York. Jonathan Scourfield is a lecturer in Cardiff School of Social Sciences.
Correspondence to Brid Featherstone, Centre for Applied Childhood Studies, Harold Wilson Building, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 3DH, UK. E-mail: b.m.featherstone{at}hud.ac.uk
This article is a commentary on the Green Paper for children’s services in England: Every Child Matters. The focus of the discussion is the lack of gender analysis in the document. The article highlights the gendered character of contemporary parenting, and the failure of some of the proposals in the Green Paper to address this. There is also discussion of the need to appreciate the gendered character of childhood, and the implications of this for children’s services. The authors also argue the importance of using a gendered perspective to engage adequately with the causes and consequences of child maltreatment. The article ends with some recommendations for strengthening the gender analysis in the Green Paper.
Keywords: children, gender, policy, practice
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