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05-17-2016, 08:01 AM
Australian girl wins right to wear pants at school because it's 2016
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It's one of those things that really shouldn't be an issue anymore.
A petition to allow a young girl to wear trousers to a Catholic school in Melbourne, Australia has been successful, with the school promising it would review its uniform policy.
SEE ALSO: 'Mumpreneur': Does it deserve to be the most hated term in business? (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/is-mumpreneur-passe/)
Simone Cariss, a parent at Our Lady of the Nativity Primary School, started the Change.org petition on Friday (https://www.change.org/p/victorian-department-of-education-uniform-gender-equality-in-schools-needs-to-be-legislated)*after the school declined a request to allow her daughter Asha to wear pants due to its uniform policy,*according to Fairfax Media (http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/female-student-at-catholic-school-wins-in-fight-to-wear-pants-20160516-gow8t9.html). The petition also*pushes for gender equality when it comes to school uniforms across the state of Victoria. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/girl-wins-right-pants/)
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It's one of those things that really shouldn't be an issue anymore.
A petition to allow a young girl to wear trousers to a Catholic school in Melbourne, Australia has been successful, with the school promising it would review its uniform policy.
SEE ALSO: 'Mumpreneur': Does it deserve to be the most hated term in business? (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/is-mumpreneur-passe/)
Simone Cariss, a parent at Our Lady of the Nativity Primary School, started the Change.org petition on Friday (https://www.change.org/p/victorian-department-of-education-uniform-gender-equality-in-schools-needs-to-be-legislated)*after the school declined a request to allow her daughter Asha to wear pants due to its uniform policy,*according to Fairfax Media (http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/female-student-at-catholic-school-wins-in-fight-to-wear-pants-20160516-gow8t9.html). The petition also*pushes for gender equality when it comes to school uniforms across the state of Victoria. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/girl-wins-right-pants/)
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