Careers & Livelihoods
Glass ceilings? The challenges of leadership? Does a woman have to choose between care giving and her career?
We’ll publish posts looking at all of these themes.
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Today is the anniversary of the tragic death of Linda Norgrove. Here, Hazel Hall and Lorna Norgove reflect on the dangers of Linda’s work, and how she challenged the traditional gender roles in Afghan society.
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In a post inspired by a photograph taken in 2015, Jo Shaw explores the imagery of ‘women with guns’.
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An Appreciation
Sandra Cairncross explores the lives of four sisters born in Glasgow, three of whom were accomplished artists, but whose lives are now disappearing from sight.
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How domestic labour is dangerous
Jackie Gulland examines the gendered history of social security policy including the dangers in recognising–or not–caring duties & domestic tasks as work.
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When Meltem Naz Kaso volunteers to help women from different faiths communicate, they all become dangerous to the persistence of xenophobia & Islamophobia.
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Emma Cooper’s calls for us to “overcome our plant blindness & develop a new generation of plant-savvy scientists”– dangerous women among them.
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The War on Women: And the Brave Ones Who Fight Back
Today we feature an extract from Sue Lloyd-Roberts’ book ‘The War on Women: And the Brave Ones Who Fight Back’, along with an introductory note from Allan Little.
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The Bradford Female Educational Institute
JY Saville tells of the Bradford Female Educational Institute, an exception at a time in history when working class women’s education was a dangerous idea.
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Victoria Pagan reflects on the dangers of participating in workplace inequality and how this perpetuates damaging organisational cultures.
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