Part 2 This excerpt repeats a small section of the introductory comments, before concentrating on the detailed information about the contributions in Women, Law and Culture edited by Jocelynne A. Scutt. The linking paragraphs and explanatory material introducing the sections appeared…
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Women, Law and Culture Conformity, Contradiction and Conflict
Part 1 This excerpt from the introduction of Jocelynne A. Scutt’s Women, Law and Culture Conformity Contradiction and Conflict has been heavily edited to meet, as far as possible, blog word count requirements. While the interconnecting pieces remain, description of…
House of Lords Seminar : WWAFE 2017 Seminar Series
WWAFE 2017 SEMINAR SERIES ENORMOUS CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE – WOMEN, TRUMP & BREXIT A seminar series on women’s rights, challenges, perspectives, hopes and empowerment Baroness Margaret Prosser chairs our June seminar in the…
OUT OF SITE, OUT OF MIND – THE WOMEN OF THE VENTILATOR
Amy Galvin’s post first appeared in March. However, with the House of Lords seminar to be advertised in the next post it seems relevant to remind readers of women’s past in the UK Houses of Parliament. The women about whom…
LIVING IN A POOR AREA INCREASES THE RISK OF ANXIETY IN WOMEN, BUT NOT MEN
Living in a poor area increases the risk of anxiety in women, but not men First published in The Conversation : May 5, 2017 2.47pm AEST. This article is republished under Creative Commons licence. Olivia Rimes is a PhD Candidate, University…
Shadow of a Century
Jean Grainger Shadow of a Century (2015) Scarlett O’Hara, named by her romantic mother, after the Gone With The Wind character, is a journalist. Through her own romantic involvement that leads to her downfall (and the novel’s exposure of…
A treasure revealed: Mme de Graffigny’s correspondence finally published after 250 years
Thank you to Pippa Faucheux , Publishing Manager Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford (www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk) for permission to publish this article from the Voltaire Foundation Blog. The foundation’s blog for International Women’s Day 2017 will also be published during March. WHN Admin.…
Transcript: Hon. Penny Wong speech at ANU Canberra
Part 2 SENATOR THE HON PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT SENATOR FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA SPEECH 21 June 2016 28TH ANNUAL LIONEL MURPHY MEMORIAL LECTURE Time for change In Australia,…
Speech by The Hon Penny Wong on the occasion of the 28th Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture
Transcript from a speech made by the Hon. Penny Wong, which focusses on discrimination against LGBTI Australians Part 1 SENATOR THE HON PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT…