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 …
Recognition for gendered work: A post-pandemic hope and demand Read More »
By Rama Salla Dieng and Korka Sall In this blog, cross-posted from African Arguments and part of Rosebell Kagumire’s African Feminisms series examining social and feminist movements on the continent, the authors analyse the role of the magazine AWA: la revue de la femme noire in crafting a pan-African political consciousness through transnational organizing. Introduction Here …
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 and the SPS EDI Committee. A poster-based timeline, video work, and black boxes with objects belonging to survivors of sexual assault were on display in the CMB Foyer 26-29 Sept. to explore the impact of #MeToo …
Curating the #MeToo in China Exhibition and South-South Feminisms Read More »
As State forces in Iran continue to violently suppress protestors, we invited Prof. Nacim Pak-Shiraz to offer context on the political battles being waged on women’s bodies. The Islamic Republic of Iran has not shied away from using brutal force in enforcing hijab on its reluctant population since it came to power in 1979. Through …
Women, Life, Freedom: The Backlash against Compulsory Hijab in Iran Read More »
For International Women’s Day 2021, GENDER.ED has co-organised and co-supported two events focusing on feminist classrooms and the role of women in HIV and LGBTQ+ activism. Feminist Classrooms: Past, Present and Future is co-organised with EUSA, the Student Union at the University of Edinburgh, while The Role of Women in HIV and LGBTQ+ Activism is organised by the Staff Pride Network, while supported by GENDER.ED and IASH.
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