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Fiona Wong – ECR Spotlight

Forging solidarity in the anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong by Fiona Wong ‘Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong!’ – a slogan …

Women, Life, Freedom: The Backlash against Compulsory Hijab in Iran

As State forces in Iran continue to violently suppress protestors, we invited Prof. Nacim Pak-Shiraz to offer context on the political battles …

Sambhavi Ganesh – ECR Spotlight

The making of Brahmin womanhoodby Sambhavi GaneshMe – “Hello, I would like to book a place at your training event.”Organiser – “How old is your child?”Me – “I am asking […]

Alisha Palmer - ECR Spotlight

Pic: Aiden Frazier, used with the UnSplash license. A Threat and a Promise: Abortion’s History in the Twenty-First Centuryby Alisha Palmer

Introduction to the ECR Spotlight Series

Last year, GENDER.ED launched an ECR Spotlight Series to showcase the cutting-edge research being done by ECRs at the University of Edinburgh. This year, …

Keeping Women Safe from the Back-Streets: The 1967 Abortion Act

To mark Safe Abortion Day, we invited Professor Gayle Davis to share her research and analysis of abortion law in Britain. The …

Millicent Garrett Fawcett, and the feminist act of collating her Selected Writings

By Professor Melissa Terras and Elizabeth Crawford Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), the leading UK suffragist and campaigner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is now an important figure in […]

Undergraduate Feminist Trailblazer Awards 2022 – Jaime Llorente Prada, 2nd 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 …

GENDER.ED Newsletter – September 2022

Annual Research Showcase Highlight: Gabriela Loureiro

Gabriela Loureiro – Embodied emotions and collective struggle: feminism, hashtags and digital consciousness-raising in Brazil Feminism and the importance of sharing feelings …

Annual Research Showcase Highlights: Kate Holliday

In this Annual Research Showcase Highlight, doctoral candidate Kate Holliday writes about her research on framing and political polarisation in contentious policy debates, focussing primarily on debates over proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act.

Annual Research Showcase Highlights: Natasha Fricker

In recent years there have been many highly publicised demonstrations against pervasive sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) within long-standing western liberal democracies like the United Kingdom and the United States.