In Ireland, fewer than one in 250 girls cycle to school each day. Why are young women avoiding the bike as a means of transport? Research undertaken by Green-Schools, including focus groups with secondary school students, revealed that notwithstanding the usual concerns facing every cyclist (lack of cycle lanes, safety concerns) young women were also […]
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#andshecycles: interviews on gender and cycling
As part of the EU Erasmus+ Project: Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Community, An Taisce’s Green-Schools Travel Officers Rebecca Flanagan and Allison Phillips, along with six students from St. Tiernan’s Community School, Balally have recently returned from an exchange in Copenhagen after successfully completing the 3rd LTT (learning, teaching and training) in Denmark. During the weeklong October […]
