Women, Medellin, Colombia
Dr Sonja Marzi has launched the website of her project ‘Futuros urbanos desde las mujeres’. Based on her work on the right to the city of displaced and conflict-affected women in Medellin, it shows the challenges women face in the city. The website is in Spanish.
Medieval women’s wills
Medieval women’s wills The British Library’s Medieval and Renaissance Women project has recently digitised a number of wills of women from the 13th to the 16th centuries, from England, Flanders and Germany. These offer insight into ownership of property and resources.
AOPf22 project
AOPf22 project: Association of photographers has set up an online gallery to encourage collaboration and connections with female and non-binary photographers and networks. The members were invited to create work on the theme of community and all it encompasses. The results can be viewed online. Each photo has extended captions.
Peacekeeping Resource Hub
The official UN website on peacekeeping now has an improved design. It serves as a unified entry point for all official DPO and DPPA training and guidance materials, and provides links to other related UN documents and resources. It also offers links to real-time news and updates in the United Nations peacekeeping world. It includes […]
Women’s rights in Ireland 1880-1920
Virtual Tour: Bonnets, Bandoliers and Ballot Papers The National Museum of Ireland have created this online exhibition tour focussing on the campaign for women’s rights in Ireland 1880s-1920s.
Lesbians Talk series now digitised
A influential collection of 7 pamphlets from feminist non-fiction publishers Scarlet Press, which were published between 1992 and 1996, are now available online via the Bishopsgate institute. They provide a fascinating insight into the concerns and viewpoints of the Lesbian community at the time. Topics covered include: HIV, transgender activism and the experiences of black […]
Ecofeminism, Canada
Clayoquot Lives: an ecofeminist story. An online archive of materials related to the 1993 Peace Camp in Clayoquot Sound, Canada. This was set up by activists to protest against rainforest logging. The site includes oral histories, photographs and papers from those involved.Niamh Moore co wrote an academic journal article on the ethics of creating the digital […]
Norwich Women’s Film Weekend: online archive
The Norwich Women’s Film Weekend (or NWFW) was a two-day annual event created by Cinewomen that ran for 10 years, from 1979 to 1989, at Cinema City in Norwich. The NWFW lasted longer than any other women’s film festival in the UK. In 2021 the NWFW archive was deposited with Norfolk Heritage Centre and in […]
Indian women in World War II
The Indian Women and War (1939-1945) project was created by Believe in Me CIC with funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund. It is working with young people to explore the impact of the Second World War on Indian women. It aims to make visible their contribution to the war effort. The website includes videos, booklets […]
Traces of South Asia
From the LSE Archives, this collection comprises documents about or created by people or organisations that have a relationship to the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.The site includes online exhibitions, biographies of key staff and student figures uncovered and links to primary source documents relating to them. […]
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