1,358 search results for “women s movement” in the Staff website
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Marit Ruitenberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.f.l.ruitenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Rehana Dole
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
n.r.s.dole@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sofia de Jong
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.w.m.de.jong@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Studying archaeological roads gives insights into connectivity and movement
Archaeologist Tuna Kalayci investigates roads in a recent edited book. What happens if we think of roads not only as containers of action but also as dynamic and complex phenomena, as the action itself? This question inspired Dr Tuna Kalayci to bring together various studies across a wide range of epochs…
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Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history
Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.
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Why do Japanese and South Korean women falter on their way to the top?
In recent decades, women in Japan and South Korea have been catching up in terms of educational achievements and economic activity. Yet the number of women in leadership positions is still lagging behind. PhD candidate Yorum Beekman investigated why this is.
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Alumna first female rector of Venice: 'More women needed in academia'
Alumna Tiziana Lippiello became the first female rector magnificus of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice last year. In this way, she hopes to contribute to emancipation in the academic world: 'We need more women here.'
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'The necessary and the possible': a project on social movements as drivers of change
Postdoctoral researcher Joost de Moor, who joined the interdisciplinary Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) initiative at Leiden University since April 2021, will spend 50% of his time doing research for the project "The necessary and the possible: How social movements articulate,…
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Rising inequality slows as more women in lower-income groups join the labour force
Behind the relatively stable income inequality in the Netherlands, big changes have been happening. Income inequality has increased over the past 40 years, but less sharply because women in lower income groups have begun working more. In contrast, men’s income has increased very little over the past…
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‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.
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Peak movement in afternoon and evening linked to lower risk of diabetes
People who move most in the afternoon and evening are less insulin resistant than people who move mainly in the morning or spread throughout the day. This makes them at lower risk of type 2 diabetes. These are the results that researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have published…
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Sigrid Kaag avant la lettre: Women played a significant role in eighteenth-century diplomacy
With her Veni research, investigator Rosanne Baars from the Institute of History aims to demonstrate that women played a role in the eighteenth-century diplomatic circles of the Ottoman Empire. ‘We already know that one woman led the entire embassy.'
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Belittling and threats are part of everyday life for outspoken women
In a fiery Annie Romein-Verschoor lecture, Sylvana Simons opened up about her experiences as a woman in politics. The leader of the BIJ1 party is regularly the subject of belittling comments and threats. Writer Aafke Romeijn, who reflected on the Simons’ lecture, has also been threatened frequently…
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Call for Papers: Localizing the Women Peace & Security Agenda Across Multiple Governance Challenges
Hybrid Workshop: In person and online on 26 – 27 January 2023.
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Science on Insta: are influencers helping get young women (back) into reading?
Dutch influencers like Romy Boomsma and Nina Pierson have a huge following on Instagram and are increasingly sharing book tips there. Researcher Aafje de Roest wants to find out more about the reading culture they are promoting and its effect on the reading habits of their mostly young female follow…
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forming embryo to cancer metastasis: the significance of collective cell movement
Luca Giomi has the first results of his ERC consolidator grant. He discovered that epithelial cells move collectively but in different ways, depending on the scale you look at. It is hexatic at small scales, and becomes nematic at larger scales: it is a multiscale order. This collective movement of…
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Stories from women in physics: ‘I want to understand how the world works’
For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, women students and researchers from physics talk about what inspires them about their work. From quantum to cosmology and biophysics, their curiosity about how nature works is what connects these women. What do these 5 scientists want to share…
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European subsidy for Ellen de Bruijn: ‘Hormonal fluctuations in women have been ignored for too long in brain research’
Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn studies the effects of hormonal fluctuations on behaviour and on the brain over a woman's life course. With an ERC Consolidator grant, she and 3 PhDs and a postdoc will further her EEG research on the different stages at which girls and women experience strong hormonal f…
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Dilara Erzeybek
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
d.erzeybek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.jentzsch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3456
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Diana Suhardiman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
d.suhardiman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jiemiao Chen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.chen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Yali Si
Science
y.si@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marijana Vujosevic
Faculty of Humanities
m.vujosevic@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mariëlle Bruning
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.r.bruning@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8913
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Ursula Kilkelly
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
u.kilkelly@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jessie Pool
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.m.w.pool@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4035
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Sophy Baird
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.b.baird@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lucy Opoka
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.a.opoka@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6438
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Katrien Klep
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
k.f.m.klep@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1325
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Ton Liefaard
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
t.liefaard@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ann Skelton
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.m.skelton@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Heitman has been nominated for the TOPX “Guiding Star” award (award for women in the Life Sciences)
One of our RISE members, Prof. Laura Heitman, has been nominated for the TOPX Females to Follow “Guiding Star” award. TOPX empowers promising and ambitious women, and aims to honour inspirational females with remarkable careers in Life Sciences. TOPX selected her (and 7 other female professionals) because…
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Symposium Women's Rights
Symposium
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Anais van Ertvelde
Faculty of Humanities
a.e.van.ertvelde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
b.l.fogarty@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2829 8903
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André Leliveld
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.h.m.leliveld@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 715272 727
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Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.p.sombroek@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Women Issuing Fatwas
PhD defence
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Joana Cook
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.l.i.cook@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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International Women's Day 2023 @ Wijnhaven
Conference
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CMP Somatic Dance (mixed level)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Herstory and the female gaze: event on International Women's Day
Debate
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Maartje Janse
Faculty of Humanities
m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4167
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Leila Demarest
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Women in Data Science (WiDS)
Conference
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The UN Commission on the Status of Women CSW: Over 75 years of making women’s rights human rights
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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Income differences in the Netherlands: it’s not as equal here as you might think
Egbert Jongen researches income inequality in the Netherlands. Where are the differences and what can we do about them? This Professor of Economics and Socioeconomic Policy will explain more in his inaugural lecture on 1 July. ‘We can learn from countries with less difference between men and women and…
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Reimaging Peace Democratization in Yemen: Women, Transnationalism and Activism in Exile
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series