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Decolonising Feminisms, Transforming Lives

On 22 May 2019, the one-day workshop ‘Decolonising Feminist Knowledge: Reflections on Research and Curriculum’ was held at the University of Edinburgh, under the auspices of Teaching Feminisms, Transforming Lives, […]

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World: audio interview

Re-blog: Taking Transformative Action on Sexual Violence in Universities (16 Days Blogathon)

This article was originally posted as part of our 16 Days Blogathon 2018, a collaboration by  University of Edinburgh’s GENDER.ED initiative, the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW Sydney and Ambedkar University Delhi to […]

Re-blog: Epidemic of Violence against Transgender Women in Indonesia: When the Government Fails to Protect its Vulnerable Citizens (16 Days Blogathon)

This article was originally posted as part of our 16 Days Blogathon 2018, a collaboration by  University of Edinburgh’s GENDER.ED initiative, the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW Sydney and 

16 days, 16 calls to action against gender-based violence

16 days, 16 calls to action against gender-based violenceCatch up on the final day of our collaborative blog with the Australian Human Rights Centre, University of New South Wales and […]

People on the move, people on the run: displacement and security through a South Asian feminist lens

By Meenakshi Gopinath, Shilpi Shabdita and Diksha Poddar“We lost our home, which means the familiarity of daily life. We lost our occupation, which means the confidence that we are of some […]

International 16 Days Blogathon collaboration

Last year, we participated in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence with a series of blog posts. This year, we are partnering with the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW […]

Criminalising the Client: Institutional Change, Gendered Ideas and Feminist Strategies

In 1998, Sweden was the first country in the world to criminalise the purchase of sexual services, but not the sale of sex. The law represented a new prostitution regime […]

Naghma Abidi on ‘Teaching Feminisms, Transforming Lives’

Blog post by Naghma Abidi.In the moments of now, you are so much involved in the present and it is only when that moment has passed that you appreciate the full […]

On the Collectivity of Feminist Pedagogy: Reflections on Feminist Sharing in Delhi

Blog post by Dr Lisa Kalayji.Some months back, I picked up Sara Ahmed’s eagerly-awaited most recent book, Living a Feminist Life. Opening it to the first page, I found the dedication:‘To […]

Just a joke? #MeToo, Internet humour and feminist killjoys

Maja Brandt Andreasen is an AHRC- funded PhD student in feminist media studies at the University of Strathclyde. Her research project investigates rape discourse on humorous websites with the Weinstein […]

Conversation with Emma Ritch, Engender

Christina Neuwirth, 11.12.17CN: Thank you for taking the time to speak to me today! I wonder if you could tell me a little bit about Engender before we begin?ER: Sure! […]