Ideas gallery 9.1 International examples of a 'transforming society position on early childhood curriculum From a Pakistanl women's newsletter with a feature on early education: Education or simply learning -has a lot to do with facilitating change. And the popular education method [critical education] makes it possible. (Shuba 1991/92:9) From the Minister of state for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dublin, Ireland: it is obvious that this is the time io concentrate efforts to rectify the situation by developing an anti prejudice curriculum, which enables all children to develop positive attitudes so that they can accept, learn and appreciate dif ferences of race, culture, language, disability and gende (Wallance 1998:7) From Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund: "While gender biases and inequalities are deeply rooted in cultural traditions, ECD [Early Childhood Developmentl offers a beginning for correcting gender inequities and improving women's lives." (Bellamy 2001: 5) From the Goals of the Early Years Trainers AntiRacist Network, UK (Membership leaflet 2001): practitioners to under "We believe educators should encourage students and to motivate an stand how racism operates throughout British society and empower people to challenge it.