Tag: human rights
‘Beautiful in bodily shape and gifts of soul’
In this months’ contribution from Scottish PEN, Dorothy McMillan takes a look at the life and career of free-thinking social reform campaigner Frances ‘Fanny’ Wright.
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What does it mean to be a dangerous (Black) woman?
Tess Ryan explores some of the leadership roles – and challenges – that Black women have taken on in Australia using the idea of the ‘angry black woman’.
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Catriona McAra and Lesley McAra write about their ancestor Charlotte Marsh, a feminist and suffragette who was imprisoned for her beliefs. They ask themselves what her legacy is in their academic and professional practice.
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Laura Sjoberg and Caron Gentry argue that gender stereotypes obscure the actual dangerousness of politically violent women.
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The story of a triumphant non-conformist daughter
Chiamaka Umeasiegbu shares the story of a triumphant non-conformist daughter, raised by her feisty widowed mother and campaigning for gender equality in Nigeria.
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Comments from a Dangerous Woman on dangerous women
In this extract from the Ruth Adler Lecture 2016, Shami Chakrabarti reflects on what it was like to be branded ‘the most dangerous woman’ in Britain, and then highlights some of the most important campaigners for human rights in the UK today.
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Branded a threat to communism
Kelly Hignett highlights the story of Dagmar Šimková, imprisoned in Czechoslovakia for alleged anti-communist activities in the 1950s and 1960s.
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The French Resistance heroine who outwitted the Gestapo
Today, the final of our Spy Week posts. Writer and historian Sian Rees explores the remarkable life and actions of French resistante Lucie Aubrac.
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Questioning the motivations behind FGM
Writer and former journalist Jean Rafferty considers the relationship between women’s sexuality and the power structures behind the practice of FGM.
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