The National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) operates an e-group – Girltalk Generations – which polls women on broad issues to measure their support or opposition and to collect their comments on why they feel the way they do.
Every month the National Council emails questions on a topical issue to those listed in the group. The responses are collated according to the generation the respondents belong to and the results of the poll are published in the Council’s newsletter, The Circular, along with selected comments made by the e-group members. As well, the results are published on the Council’s website: www.ncwnz.org.nz.
Everyday Feminism will begin posting the monthly questions for Generation Y (and other generations if there is an interest) for our blog contributors to respond to and discuss with each other in their posts. Generation Y is described here by NCWNZ:
Girltalk – Gen Y
Those born between 1979 and 1999 can be classified as Generation Y, or the Millenials. They are stereotypically tolerant of multiculturalism and internationalism. This generation readily has opinions on gay rights and gender roles, with an increased tolerance of alternative lifestyles. They are the generation influenced by the “Net”, and by commercial brands. This generation has had more access to pharmaceuticals than previous generations and has been termed the “sad generation” by some. Like Generation X, Generation Y has adopted fast foods readily, with resultant obesity being a commonplace problem.
THE ISSUES FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY ARE CRIME, JUSTICE AND EDUCATION:
This week saw both John Key and Helen Clark give their state of the nation addresses. Both speeches highlighted areas of concerning youth. The areas focused on were crime, justice and education.
The links to the speeches are:
www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?ArticleID=11772
www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id164&objectid=10489530
1. What do you think of the two major political parties’ stance on youth?
Polling Questions: (indicate Yes/No)
2. Would you support modern youth boots camps as a scheme to modify anti-social behaviour? (Please give comments /reasons)
3. Do you think that the policies released on youth (modern boot camps and education/training) will prevent youth crime in anyway? (Please give comments/reasons)
4. Do you think targeting 16-18 year olds is the best use of educational resources? (What alternatives, if any, can you suggest?)