Hemangini Gupta

GENDER.ED’s 5th year celebration: The Annual Research Showcase

GENDER.ED’s Annual Research Showcase returned completely in person for the first time since the pandemic and was an opportunity to learn about cutting-edge gender and sexualities research projects and initiatives at the University of Edinburgh. This year was also a celebration of GENDER.ED’s five year anniversary! We showcased an exhilarating and diverse collection of work from across schools and disciplines. …

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Announcing the Yuan Changying Prize Winners 2023!

By Meryl Kenny Image: Rob Robinson receives the Yuan Changing Prize from Drs. Radhika Govinda and Meryl Kenny. Image credit: Rebecca Hewer. GENDER.ED and the School of Social and Political Science’s Gender Politics Research Group are delighted to announce the winners and shortlist for the annual Yuan Changying Prize. Winning observations will be posted as a …

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On reproductive justice in Colombia: gendered victimhood and forced parenthood

By Tatiana Sanchez Parra Despite an active domestic reparation programme in Colombia, children born of conflict-related sexual violence remain largely invisible in the country’s human rights and transitional justice agendas. There are no policies in place to address their situation and needs, and there are no organizations or networks dedicated to working with or for …

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Making life possible: mothering and caring in the British asylum accommodation system

By Júlia Fernandez Molina Reproductive justice frameworks need to include the power of care to reproduce life under the gendered and racialised conditions of asylum accommodation, writes Júlia Fernandez. Image: Rayan’s accommodation, a small studio flat where she lives with her two children since they were moved to a very isolated area in the outskirts of …

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Recognition for gendered work: A post-pandemic hope and demand

By Rukmini Sen and Aishwarya Rajeev Indian community health workers (or ASHAs), provide essential forms of care and labour during a health crisis. Yet their own lives are not safeguarded and they struggle for access to the very resources they need to do their jobs. How are they protesting and what are their demands? This …

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Introducing GENDER.ED’s new team: Sheher Bano and Rhea Gandhi

Rhea and Sheher are GENDER.ED’s current PhD Assistant and Undergraduate Intern respectively; at the beginning of their time at GENDER.ED, they met and sat down to have a conversation about themselves, why they chose to intern for GENDER.ED, what they hope to gain from this opportunity, and the kinds of feminist work and theory they …

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