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16 January 2026

Introducing our new Co-Directors, Rebecca Hewer and Kaveri Qureshi!

As of this month, GENDER.ED has a new core team, as Becky Hewer and Kaveri Qureshi have begun as Co-Directors. In this blog, they introduce themselves, and their hopes and aspirations for GENDER.ED, in conversation with Associate Director Wannes Dupont.

Three people dressed as 'Handmaids' from Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale'. They are wearing red long robes and white head wear that covers their hair and faces. They are holding a piece of paper that reads 'Scrap the Rape Clause'
23 May 2025

Critically Interrogating the ‘Rape Clause’

Rebecca Hewer summarizes her important new report exploring UK health and social care professionals’ thoughts about assessing and certifying eligibility for the two-child limit’s ‘non-consensual conception’ exception, colloquially known as the ‘rape clause’.

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