Blog posts tagged ‘intersectionality’

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Sisterhood* in the Ghorba

For Islamophobia Awareness Month, Mouna Chatt revisits her journals of the past year to reflect on sisterhood*, estrangement, and anti-Muslim racism. 
Photocopies of FOWAAD newsletter taken at the Feminist Library, London. Image Credit: Claudia Efemini (2024)

Introducing Nurtured Magazine: The Historical Importance of Archiving Black Women’s Narratives and Creativity

In a world where narratives and identities are often shaped by those with power, the voices of Black women have historically been marginalised. This article explores how Black women in Britain have historically harnessed print to carve out their own spaces for discourse and elevate their voices, and highlights the recent launch of Nurtured Magazine by Black Women* at Edinburgh (BWE) to archive Black womens’ stories and inspire future generations at the university.
Rutendo and Claudia, President and Vice President of Black Women* at Edinburgh presenting at our first official event as a society in September 2024. Image credit: Katherina Alawode (2024)

Why Black Feminist Organisations Matter: Building Sisterhood and Solidarity for Change on Campus

Black women have long championed both anti-racist and feminist movements, yet their contributions are often erased. In recognition of Black History Month, this article explores how Black women’s organisations are reclaiming narratives through decolonial, intersectional, and African feminist frameworks, with a focus on campus activism and the importance of creating inclusive, representative spaces.

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What Black Feminist Praxis and Mouna Chatt’s (Re)Wayat Can Teach Us About Resistance

Hosted as part of Islamophobia Awareness Month, I recently attended a workshop led by Mouna Chatt, a current undergraduate Sociology and Politics student, around her research project under the OUR MIND […]
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Past Interns and Assistants: Aerin Lai

 In honour of GENDER.ED’s five-year anniversary, we recently sat down with past undergraduate interns and PhD assistants to discuss their experiences at GENDER.ED, what gender and sexuality studies related work […]
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On Menstrual Justice

Professor Marcy Karin shares her remarks from the GENDER.ED-IASH event on Reproductive Justice to mark International Women’s Day in 2023. We don’t talk about menstrual injustice enough, she writes. On […]
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Actors of change: female activists fight for peace in the DRC

Caption: Peacebuilder Madeline Akida speaks during a meeting between local women and the families of a Congolese army commando unit stationed at a nearby garrison, Beni, July 2022. Photo credit: Hugh […]
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Ensure Empathetic Understanding of Women’s Safety for Gender-Responsive Public Transport Futures

In the last post of our dossier on Building Feminist Cities, Swati Kumari from the Edinburgh Earth Initiative shares her research that complicates ideas of safety. Adopting an intersectional approach […]
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Does Gender Affect Our Approaches to Climate Breakdown?

Image: Local Green Belt Movement members survey their work. Credit: USAID/Neil ThomasToday, GENDER.ED teams up with the Edinburgh Earth Initiative to share our toolkit on gender sensitive research. 
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The Kigali Declaration: (Re)Committing to Gender-Sensitive Parliaments

The Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) 145th Assembly recently held in Rwanda was on ‘Gender equality and gender-sensitive parliaments as drivers of change for a more resilient and peaceful world’. It resulted in the […]
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Jaspreet Kaur’s teachings in brown self-love

When I think about my unique journey as a South African woman of Indian origin, my mind brings on flashbacks from my childhood. I picture six-year-old me’s little body positioned right in front of our living room’s big TV screen, virtually emerged in the displayed landscapes that swirled with colour, but yet stood firm in their impressive depictions of natural formations spanning the globe.
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Curating the #MeToo in China Exhibition and South-South Feminisms

GENDER.EDs five year anniversary reception was accompanied by the launch of a student-curated, travelling exhibition on #MeToo in China, supported by GENDER.ED …

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