Gender diversity on corporate boards
The Global Gender Diversity Report, is an annual report published by Altrata. It considers what the state of gender diversity among senior executives in 2023 is, examining 1,712 major listed companies’ boards and leadership teams across 20 major countries. Methodology and data sources are provided by the report. Progress is also discussed.
Autograph Letter Collection
The LSE digital library is releasing its autograph letter collection online. The collection contains over 5,000 letters dating from 1851 to 1975. The original deposit was made in 1930 by Philippa Fawcett of letters received by her mother, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, who had died the year before. Many of these letters were considered ‘Autograph’ letters written […]
Medieval and Renaissance Women
Medieval and Renaissance Women: charters and rolls The British Library blog has a full list of digitised charters and rolls from their medieval collections. They include examples of women who made wills and owned and passed on property which will be fascinating for those interested in the economic agency of women at this time.
Votes for women: coronation special (1911)
An important part of suffrage campaigning was the organisation of mass processions and parades for the 1911 Coronation of King George V. These Flickr photos show preparations, banners, leaflets, tracts letters and so on. A Fragile Unity: The Women’s Coronation Procession, 1911 is an article on the Mapping Women’s Suffrage website which shows the scale […]
Protests and Suffragettes
A project led by artists, activists & archivists who are working with schools and Wikipedia to rediscover and celebrate the women of Scotland and their history. They are making art works, murals and recording oral histories of famous Scottish women from history. Their YouTube channel has short talks on Scottish suffragettes. They have great social media […]
AWA Magazine online archive
Free access to an online archive of the full run of one of the earliest independent African women’s magazines: AWA: la revue de la femme noire.1964-1973. It has amazing photos of fashion, guidance on health and careers. All materials are in French. This article discusses its importance.
Black Mothers in the Forefront: Struggles and Resistance in the 1970s
An online exhibition from the Black Cultural Archives Images and oral histories which focus on activism by black mothers in the UK in the 1970s. Includes campaigns for health, education and work.
Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub
A new hub created at LSE Social Policy which aims to act as a network and website for scholars working on the causes and impact of gender inequality in education, labour markets and the family.It includes details of projects, full text papers and events.
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.
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