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. […]
The trial of Joan of Arc
BL Medieval manuscripts has now digitised documents relating to the trial of Joan of Arc. They comprise two manuscripts Egerton MS 984 https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_984 a second trial held after the appeal of her mother Stowe MS 84 https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Stowe_MS_84 This twitter thread provides expert commentary
Feminist posters
Transnational Journeys: An archival exploration of feminist posters that transcend borders at the Feminist Library An online exhibition from the Feminist Library which provides digital images of a number of international feminist posters which have been deposited in their collections since the 1960s. These explore the content, issues and questions that arise about the nature […]
BLM memorial fence
The Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection Note: this resource contains strong language and references to brutality and violence.An open-access digital collection created by T DC Public Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library, The Library of Congress, and Howard University. It is preserving images, posters, banners, clothing, photographs, and ephemeral objects which were hung on a […]
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