Liberating History Podcasts
A series of 60 minute podcasts created by the Liberating Histories research team which is supported by Northumbria University, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, The LSE Women’s Library and Western University Canada.They document the history, nature and importance of magazines to the women’s liberation movement and feminism from 1960s – 1980s. The site also […]
Gender-based violence: Africa
Afrobarometer surveys of Africans on gender-based violence This dispatch reports on a special survey module included in the Afrobarometer Round 9 (2021/2023) questionnaire to explore Africans’ experiences and perceptions of gender-based violence. Survey findings show that across Africa, GBV ranks as the most important women’s-rights issue that citizens want their government and society to address.
Women, Life, Freedom
Woman, Life, Freedom Movement of Iran web archive aims to preserve web archive snapshots from the Woman, Life, Freedom movement of Iran which emerged in the wake of the 2022 police killing of Mahsa Jîna Amini. Her arrest by the morality police, on alleged grounds of non-compliance with the compulsory Hijab Law, caused mass protest. […]
Awakening of Indian Women webinar
The Awakening of Indian Women is an account of the Indian feminist movement in the early decades of the twentieth century. The book, inspired by Marxist feminism, was written in the 1930s by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and other activists and has recently been republished. The book launch was filmed and can now be viewed here In […]
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