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23 January 2023

GENDER.ED-EUSA Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazers – Call for Nominations

GENDER.ED and EUSA are pleased to announce this year’s Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazers call for nominations! In 2022, we introduced the Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazers series to showcase the brilliant feminist work […]

19 December 2022

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 […]

12 December 2022

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.

28 November 2022

Our Annual Blogathon on 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is Here!

Each year GENDER.ED hosts an annual Blogathon in collaboration with colleagues at Ambedkar University, Delhi, and the University of New South Wales, Australia.

The Gender Equalities at Work team, from L-R Tanya Rhodes, Louise Jackson, Ann Henderson and Frances Galt.

21 November 2022

Campaigning for equal – 50 years on

‘Gender Equalities at Work’ is an interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers at the University of Edinburgh, University College London, and The University of the West of England.

14 November 2022

Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Awards 2022 – Pia Wahi-Singh, Honorary Mention

This year, GENDER.ED and the Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) came together for the launch of the Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazers Awards and …

07 November 2022

Muschet’s Cairn: Remembering and forgetting the victims of domestic abuse

Image: Mushet’s Cairn We have so few memorials that tell the story of women’s lives, it is a tragedy that one of …

02 November 2022

GENDER.ED Newsletter – November 2022

We’ve had a busy few months with our Meet and Greet reception, several events, and new blogs on International Safe Abortion Day, ...

31 October 2022

Hex: Giving voices to the accused witches of Scotland

Who knows the story of young Scots woman Geillis Duncan’s last night on earth? As one of some 3800 people accused of …

24 October 2022

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 …

17 October 2022

Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Awards 2022 – Shy Zvouloun, 3rd Prize

This year, GENDER.ED and the Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) came together for the launch of the Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazers Awards and Blog Series. The Awards seek to recognise and celebrate […]

14 October 2022

Announcing the GENDER.ED Postdoctoral Fellowship

GENDER.ED is turning 5 this year! To mark our 5th year anniversary celebrations, GENDER.ED and IASH are very pleased to announce the …

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