Reprinted from The Conversation, November 11, 2016 11.39pm AEDT PhD researcher, Northumbria University, Newcastle Disclosure statement Christina Dodds is a member of the Royal British Legion and is a member of the Queen Alexandra Royal Army Nursing Corps…
Tag: women’s work
Menstruation: Some political dimensions
WHN Admin. Why can’t undercover activities be useful? The Women’s Decameron[1] begins with Emma, confined to a maternity hospital with nine other mothers, decrying their lamentation that a skin infection has imprisoned them preventing their departure for home…
Few Blue Plaques, Few Statues: Where Are We? Holding Up Half The Sky? For What?
WHN Admin. Yes, women ‘hold up half the sky’ but public acknowledgements are rare. On March 2nd the paucity of blue plaques was reviewed in the WHN blog, and commentary on action to rectify the problem aired. The blue plaques dedicated…
How far have women progressed in the UK construction industry?
Owen Goodhead, MD of Randstad Construction, Property & Engineering, which provides permanent and temporary recruitment solutions for the construction, property and engineering sectors. It wasn’t so long ago that seeing a woman on a building site would have…
Money, Politics and Equal Rights for Women
©Bernadette Cahill 2016 On October 15, 1851, Clarina Nichols – abolitionist and women’s rights and temperance advocate – told an audience of a thousand the harrowing tale of a woman who had worked hard all her life and…
Abstracts: Papers to be Presented at the WHN Conference 2016
WHN Admin. The following presenters have been generous in providing the abstracts of the papers that they will present at the conference: Dr Pam Jarvis, Bernadette Cahill and Teresa Barnard. These abstracts appear below. Additional presenters are being approached…
The New Zealand Experience – Renaming, Rebuilding and Social Development
Part 1 WHN Administrator In Australia, thoughtful speakers acknowledge the indigenous owners of the land. New Zealand’s then Attorney General, Margaret Wilson, acknowledged the tengata whenau of Nunagwal Land in her speech in Canberra at the National Labor [1]Women’s Conference,…
Labor Women: Political Housekeepers or Politicians?
Robin Joyce Part 2 Leaders’ roles and activities are usually, although not always, easy to follow. Jean Beadle, as described in Part 1, was one woman whose career in the labour movement was well known. However, other women involved…
Labor Women: Political Housekeepers or Politicians?
Robin Joyce Part 1 Myths which limit women’s role and the perception of that role are abundant. The political arena is no exception and the negative images significantly undermine women’s perception of their heritage as legitimate actors in the…