Remembering Resistance: a Century of Women’s Protest in the North of England is a new project from researchers at Lancaster University that aims to bring to life the history of women’s protest. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Remembering Resistance will create a permanent archive of women’s activism to inspire future generations. To ensure that the voices of women who … [Read more...]
Lottie helps at FAN for Tomorrow’s Engineers Week
Women's Engineering Society (WES) Young Members Board Lottie Doll is helping archive the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) collection at FAN, with our lovely new banner in the background. With her help we're planning to launch the collection at our International Women's Day event next year to celebrate the centenary of WES. Tweeting - #LottieTour #TEWeek18 … [Read more...]
Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation Conference
The first annual CEASE (Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation) Conference takes place in London on 14 November 2018. The conference will provide a platform for expert speakers to paint an in-depth picture of everything from sex trafficking, prostitution, pornography, to grooming, child sexual exploitation and the sex trade industry in Britain today. Naomi Miles, co-founder … [Read more...]
FiLiA Feminist Conference 2018
Calling all feminist campaigners, activists, artists, academics and revolutionaries. Calling all women! FiLiA 2018 takes place in Salford on the weekend of 20/21 October. The conference brings together sisters who are taking down patriarchy, fighting injustices across the world, fighting violence towards women, pay disparity, discrimination against refugees, racism and … [Read more...]
West Yorkshire Queer Stories
A project to record, collect and preserve LGBTIQ+ experience is looking for contributors. West Yorkshire Queer Stories wants people to share their stories, both the everyday and the extraordinary, as well as donate queer objects and photographs to be scanned for a digital collection. They are also looking for 50 volunteer Community Curators with an interest in queer history, … [Read more...]