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Category Archives: Women and Politics
Congratulations to Dr Harini Amarasuriya, appointed as Sri Lankan MP
genderED would like to offer a heartfelt congratulations to Dr Harini Amarasuriya – 2019 IASH Nominated Fellow and former PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology – who was appointed as a Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka this Wednesday. After obtaining … Continue reading
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Stand up for Catalonia: A feminist perspective on political repression
Mònica Clua (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) and Tania Verge (Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)) On Monday 14 October 2019, the Spanish Supreme Court convicted nine Catalan pro-independence leaders and sentenced them to between nine and 13 years for the … Continue reading
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 Sydney and Ambedkar University Delhi to bring you a blogathon over the … Continue reading
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Another year – and another chance to read genderpol’s top blogs of 2017
Happy New Year to all our genderpol readers! To mark the beginning of a new year, we’re taking the opportunity to revisit the most-read blogs of 2017. Enjoy! In November, we posted a series of blogs to raise awareness of … Continue reading
Reflections on a Year of Dangerous Women: Speaking Out, Listening, Resisting and Persisting!
On March 8 2016, Peta Freestone, Jo Shaw, and colleagues at Edinburgh University’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), launched an ambitious collective endeavour using social media to ask the question: ‘What is a dangerous woman?’ The project … Continue reading
Posted in dangerous women, feminism, gender politics, Uncategorized, Women and Politics
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Another Crack in the Glass Ceiling? Leslie Evans appointed Scotland’s top civil servant
Another first for gender equality this week: with news that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had appointed Leslie Evans as Scotland’s top civil servant – the first time a woman has held this position. Guest genderpol blogger Professor James Mitchell, University of … Continue reading
General Election 2015: women MPs and candidates
Party and gender breakdown of new parliamentarians after 2015 General election from the House of Commons library General Election 2015: women MPs and candidates.
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Shattering the Highest Glass Ceiling in Scotland?
Meryl Kenny and Fiona Mackay It has been a week of firsts: the election of Nicola Sturgeon as the first female First Minister of Scotland followed by the announcement that her first Cabinet – a ‘team of all talents’ – will … Continue reading
Posted in gender politics, Uncategorized, Women and Politics
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Now is the right time to introduce tough gender quotas for the Scottish Parliament
Now is the right time to introduce tough gender quotas for the Scottish Parliament. Meryl Kenny and Fiona Mackay’s recent blog post for Democratic Audit
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Towards an International Convention against Violence against Women
Originally posted on IntLawGrrls:
Violence against women is a widespread phenomenon highlighted in various reports of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Its Causes and Consequences. Yet, no single treaty seems to cover this specific type of…
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