Feminist Movements Around the World: Creating feminist community during COVID-19
by Milena D’Atri When I decided to come to London to do my masters in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic, I knew it was going ...more
Vibrant lockdown walks
by Daniela Meneses Sala In March 2020, the government announced that individuals in England were allowed to leave home only for the purpose of shopping for ...more
Who is afraid of the rainbow? The politics of LGBTQ symbols in Turkey
by Tunay Altay On 14 April 2021, a group of students from Turkey’s Middle East Technical University (Ortadogu Teknik Universiversitesi, ODTÜ) gathered at a staircase on campus ...more
Has the pandemic revealed the gendered fault-lines in India’s labour markets?
By Mitali Nikore and Poorva Prabhu In a recent piece on India’s labour markets, The Economist noted, “During the pandemic, women have typically been the first in ...more
Feminist solidarity after the Swiss referendum: Islamophobia and the politics of veiling
by Hasret Cetinkaya Photo by Teycir Mastour and Aïda Hammad, sourced from https://lesfoulardsviolets.org and used with permission in this blogpost On the 7th of March 2021, Switzerland voted in ...more
The Hidden Masculinization and Militarization of the Canadian Citizenship Guide
by Sarah Chudleigh The Canadian Citizenship Guide seeks to characterise Canada by its ideals of peace and gender equality. However, its language, imagery and layout paint ...more
Engenderings stands in solidarity with Aurat Azadi March organisers in Pakistan
As gender and feminist scholars, and some of us members of the Engenderings collective, we express full solidarity with organisers of Aurat Azadi March in ...more
Queering or De-Queering the European Space? Reflecting on the European Parliament Declaration of the EU as an ‘LGBTIQ Freedom Zone’
By Francesca Romana Ammaturo Photo by Sijmen van Hooff on Unsplash A Divided Union? On 11th March 2021, the European Parliament adopted a Declaration that designates the ...more
A Cursory Glance at Hawaii’s Economic Revival Policy: The Intersection of Feminist Economics and Good Governance.
by Isha Prakash and Tamanna Meghrajani The battle against the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has effectively incapacitated economies of over 180 countries. This pandemic has adversely affected ...more
Viva la Vulva: the advertisement that divides Italian women
By Giorgia Baldi It is ironic that a simple TV advertisement should create such a controversy in Italy in 2020. Nuvenia, a company producing female sanitary ...more
