Blog posts tagged ‘dossier: undergraduate encounters with feminism’

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Young Woman: Life as a Paradox

Rhodd Friswell draws on ‘doing gender’ theory to explore how their subversion of gender norms was influenced by her immediate familial and peer group environment. This piece received an honourable mention for the 2025 Yuan Changying Prize recognizing outstanding work by students in the pre-Honours course Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World.

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The Immovable Masculinity of the American Presidency

Anna Jefferies analyses gendered representations of candidates in the 2024 US Presidential Election. This piece was a winner of the 2025 Yuan Changying Prize recognizing outstanding work by students in the pre-Honours course Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World.

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Empowerment or Empire? Reassessing Germany’s Feminist Foreign Policy and its consequences on Iran’s civil society

Mara Bentzin analyses how Germany’s stance on economic sanctions on Iran undermines its Feminist Foreign Policy. This piece was a winner of the 2025 Yuan Changying Prize recognizing outstanding work by students in the pre-Honours course Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World.

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Reflecting on the Mini-Undergraduate Dissertation Showcase

This year, GENDER.ED was able to host a Mini-Undergraduate Dissertation Showcase as part of our Annual Research Showcase. In this blog, Undergraduate Intern Mouna Chatt, and Kaveri Qureshi, Associate Director, converse about what they saw as the highlights and significance of the mini-showcase.

7 members of Black Women* at Edinburgh's Committee on a stage at the Magazine Launch Event. Above them are some strings of fairy lights. Behind and to the left of them, there is a cross and some posters. One of the committee members, Maryam Yusuf, is speaking into a microphone. There is an audience across the stage.

Looking back: Nurtured Magazine Launch Event

Mouna Chatt, GENDER.ED's Undergraduate Intern, reflects on Black Women* at Edinburgh’s Nurtured Magazine Launch Event that took place in March 2025.

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Across Country Lines: Connection in Times of War

Hanaa Yousuf reflects on receiving the news that there is war in Sudan and what it means to be separated from your country, not knowing when you can see it again.

Black Women at Edinburgh's logo. The logo is a circle that features a graphic of three black women. The logo also reads 'Black Women at Edinburgh'. The text is written in a cursive-like font.

The rise of Black femicide in the United Kingdom

Ruweyda Ahmed discusses the rise of Black femicide in the United Kingdom, emphasizing the urgent need for increased media coverage, culture-specific policies, and the validation of Black women and girls’ vulnerability.

Photo of co-presidents Wardah and Kaashvi at the Student Awards. Wardah is holding an award made of glass and Kaashvi is holding a certificate that reads 'Student Awards: Winner: Brown Girl Society'. They are both smiling and wearing beautiful, ball-like dresses.

A Year in Gatherings: Brown Girl* Society’s First Year of Community

Avani Tilekar reflects on Brown Girl* Society's (BG*S) very first full year as an official society at the University of Edinburgh.

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From Research to Practice: Finding Feminist Community as an Undergraduate Student

Mia Hiraani-Nelson, consciousness-raising coordinator for Girl* Up Edinburgh, reflects on the weave between her formal studies and her activism, and how feminist community has made her alert to new, previously […]
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Let feminism encompass your way of being: Reflections from a Podcast Officer

Mia Taylor reflects on her journey as podcast officer for Girl* Up Edinburgh, what she loves about hosting the podcast and how it encapsulates feminism as an entire way of […]
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Feminist Activism through Girl* Up Edinburgh: Amplifying the Voices of Afghan Women

Thulsa Miqdhaadh Moosa, current President for Girl* Up Edinburgh, takes stock of how the organisatiom platforms and amplifies voices with personal experience and engagement, reflecting on a panel on Afghan […]
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Queer feminist reading and archives - remembering we have always been here

Ione Gildroy, queer officer at Girl* Up Edinburgh, reflects on queer feminist reading and archives, and how looking to history can give strength and inspiration.I vividly remember reading a book […]

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