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Author: GenderAnd Education
Collaboration, communication and connection: Reflections on the politics of carrying out international feminist research
By Tamsin Hinton-Smith, University of Sussex; Fawzia Mazanderani, University of Sussex; Nupur Samuel, O.P. Jindal Global University; Anna CohenMiller, Nazarbayev University; and Ruth Goodman, University of Sussex In January 2021 as an interdisciplinary team ofContinue reading
Call for Papers: Critically Exploring Co-production
Critically Exploring Co-production : A special issue of Qualitative Research Journal The Gender and Education Association have been asked to share this call for papers for an exciting special issue of Qualitative Research Journal on co-production.Continue reading
Engaging with trans/feminist herstories
By Kate Marston and Claire Thurlow In the UK, the prominence of a number of anti-trans feminist voices in social and mainstream media has led American journalist Katelyn Burns to term anti-trans ideology as ‘theContinue reading
What is the fate of teenage mothers in their quest to access education in Kenya?
By Catherine Asego “I had my first child when I was 13 and dropped out of school. Since I had to fend for my baby, I decided to wash clothes for a living and thisContinue reading
Gender and Education Association co-chair, Professor Jessica Ringrose, wins prestigious award for research
GEA co-chair Professor Jessica Ringrose has received an American Educational Research Association (AERA) award for her work on gender equality. Professor Ringrose won the Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award, AERA announcedContinue reading
Affirming trans rights
Amid the global Covid-19 pandemic and a wave of #BlackLivesMatter protests against police brutality, politicians are attempting to quietly erode trans rights. In May, the Hungarian government brought in a new law banning legal genderContinue reading
CRUSH: Launching a new RSE resources for teachers in Wales and beyond
By EJ Renold, Ester McGeeney and Max Ashton Relationships and sexuality education (RSE) begins long before children start school. As soon as children enter the social world they will be encountering complex and often contradictoryContinue reading
Black Lives Matter
On 25th May 2020, George Floyd was murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on his neck for a total of nearly nine minutes. The video of Floyd’s death, bravely captured by 17-year-oldContinue reading
Exploring consent through theatre, creative writing and dance
Natasha Richards and Gemma Connell are current PhD students who are both interested in how performance can be utilised as an effective tool for exploring issues of consent. Natasha works more specifically with young peopleContinue reading
