Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

End Sexism In Schools @endsexisminschools.bsky.social · 15d

We’re launching the results of our research into gender balance in the History curriculum today.

The report - The Great History Heist: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum - found only 12% of History lessons feature women as their main focus. 59% featured no women at all.

Sexism in the History Curriculum - End Sexism in Schools

End Sexism In School’s second crowd research project is looking into the History curriculum taught at KS3 (years 7-9) in England and Wales.

endsexisminschools.org.uk

38 74

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 25d

Can't wait to see all the defenders of women and girls sharing this message.

1 17 31

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Laura J. Shepherd @drljshepherd.bsky.social · 28d

Delighted to collaborate with the always brilliant @doris-asante.bsky.social on this essay on WPS NAPs as we approach the 25th anniversary of the adoption of UNSCR 1325. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

WPS at 25: National Action Plans as Mechanisms for Implementation of a Diverse Agenda | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

WPS at 25: National Action Plans as Mechanisms for Implementation of a Diverse Agenda

www.cambridge.org

1 3

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Laura J. Shepherd @drljshepherd.bsky.social · Aug 19

Incredibly impressed by Kate Scott and Lindsay Day, two brilliant PhD students at USYD who have published this excellent paper on TikTok tradwives and online anti-feminist movements www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Such a pleasure to work with and learn from such smart humans!

TikTok tradwives: femininity, reproduction, and social media

In recent years, social media platforms have seen a growing promotion of the Tradwife’s lifestyle, where cis women embrace patriarchal gender norms and identities such as the stay-at-home mother an...

www.tandfonline.com

7 11

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · Aug 20

This wouldn’t be possible without my fellow African feminists in the trenches

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Aug 20

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social -

Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa - cup.org/4oItz8P

- @tonihaastrup.bsky.social

#FirstView

6 17

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · Aug 20

New Notes from the Field online from @tonihaastrup.bsky.social as part of this Special Section on #feministforeignpolicy

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social

Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa - cup.org/4oItz8P

#FirstView

Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa

cup.org

1 5 4

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Rethinking Security @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social · Aug 4

🚨New on the Blog:

After 25 years of bipartisan commitment to Women Peace & Security, the UK gov't suddenly seems loath to mention or fund it. @tonihaastrup.bsky.social
& @jamiejhagen.bsky.social make the case for gender equality & inclusion in UK policy.

rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/08/04/2...

25 Years of Women, Peace and Security in the UK: An opportunity to align feminist commitments at home and abroad

After a quarter-century of bipartisan British commitment to the Women Peace and Security agenda, the current Labour government suddenly seems loath to mention or fund it. Toni Haastrup and Jamie Ha…

rethinkingsecurity.org.uk

4 3

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Jul 26

Domestic violence is a major threat to women around the world but it is also a warning sign for political violence. And yet, it rarely gets the political attention it deserves and requires.

Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse

Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

www.theguardian.com

120 250

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Jul 31

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣

For our upcoming issue on #feministforeignpolicy, @karolinefaerber.bsky.social & @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social analyze how Germany 🇩🇪 represents, negotiates and reproduces its colonial past in their FFP.

polisky gendersky

buff.ly/Y9B4uMH

Research article "Claiming Historical Responsibility? The Persistence of Coloniality in German Feminist Foreign Policy" by Karoline Färber & Madita Standke-Erdmann.
Abstract begins: Recently, former colonial powers in the Global North have begun addressing their colonial pasts through their foreign policies. Some of these states pursue a feminist foreign policy (FFP). However, to date, only one FFP makes explicit mention of colonial legacies: that of Germany, adopted in 2021. How does German FFP discourse address this and what political work does this do? Contributing to critiques of coloniality in FFP, we analyze the discursive representation of Germany’s colonial past in foreign policy texts since 2021. Drawing on the socio-critical concepts theater of reconciliation by Max Czollek and remembrance superiority by Mohamed Amjahid, we find that the discourse powerfully establishes gendered notions of caring, responsible, and reflexive German statehood.

6 15

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Madita Standke-Erdmann @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social · Jul 21

I'm so happy about @karolinefaerber.bsky.social and my new article with @politicsgenderj.bsky.social 🥰. We draw on @maxczollek.bsky.social and @mamjahid.bsky.social 's work to show how claims of historical responsibility in Germany's Feminist Foreign Policy towards colonialism sustain coloniality /1

2 8 22

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Jul 21

Delighted to see this published! Congratulations

1 3

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Jennifer Thomson @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social · Jul 21

The first article and Notes from the Field from our Special Issue with @politicsgenderj.bsky.social on #feministforeignpolicy is online now! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @columbaachilleos.bsky.social

The first Notes looks at how FFP has influenced donor funding on peacebuilding:

Niklas Balbon @balnik.bsky.social · Jul 20

Feminist foreign policies talk equality, but local feminist peacebuilders still face donor scepticism, unstable funding & political pushback.

Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve.

📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...

doi.org

1 3 13

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

NPR @npr.org · Jul 21

Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.

Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he's witnessing firsthand

Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.

n.pr

24 270 590

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Jul 2

“Statutory maternity leave allows most new mums and birthing parents to take up to 52 weeks off work.
Statutory maternity pay is paid for up to 39 weeks” right yes I wonder if anyone in government can see the GLARING PROBLEM with this

Harry Carr @harrydcarr.bsky.social · Jul 1

Review of parental leave and pay is great, but the framing is all wrong: it is not about being "generous and supportive," it is (or should be) about basic equality, and addressing what is currently flagrantly sexist government policy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Parental leave and pay for new parents to be reviewed by ministers

Campaigners say the UK's system has been

www.bbc.co.uk

6 25 120

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Ov Cristian NOROCEL @norocel.bsky.social · Jul 9

My department at Lund University recruits 3 Associate Senior Lecturers (BUL) Gender studies: lnkd.in/dPzNNC7G; Social anthropology: lnkd.in/deXFaPXf; Sociology: lnkd.in/dK5BnZxz. Positions correspond to tenure-track (50/50 research/teaching) w/h permanent employment after 4 yrs.
Apply by 31 August!

12 7

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · Jul 14

Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’

Extraordinary work by my colleagues here

on.ft.com/4kE1EUn

Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’

[FREE TO READ] A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back

on.ft.com

2 63 77

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · Jul 21

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Half of black women in UK who raise concerns during labour did not receive suitable help, study finds

Maternity experiences of more than 1,000 pregnant people found black women up to four times more likely to die in childbirth

www.theguardian.com

16 21

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Niklas Balbon @balnik.bsky.social · Jul 20

👀 The article is a part of a @politicsgenderj.bsky.social special issue on Feminist Foreign Policy curated by Professor @tonihaastrup.bsky.social, @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social and @columbaachilleos.bsky.social. Stay tuned for the whole special issue in autumn.

1 3 7

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Niklas Balbon @balnik.bsky.social · Jul 20

Feminist foreign policies talk equality, but local feminist peacebuilders still face donor scepticism, unstable funding & political pushback.

Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve.

📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...

doi.org

1 9 12

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Paul C(innamon) Kirby @paulcinnamon.bsky.social · Jul 3

Non-violent direct action is now as bad as suicide bombing civilians, mass rape, and summary executions. It wasn't even close: 382 useful idiots against 26 hold-outs. And these are the people who dare to lecture on the ills of 'moral equivalence' and pearlclutch over the loss of public trust.

1 1 6

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Dr Simona Guerra @drspguerra.bsky.social · Jun 5

📬 Forthcoming on European Politics and Society,the 2nd article on my @esrciaasurrey.bsky.social project on the early women of European integration,thanks to the writing time at ULB with @nathaliebrack.bsky.social more on this at the nxt @uaces.bsky.social annual general conf @cbesurrey.bsky.social

Title and abstract of the forthcoming article on the European Common Assembly, later European Parliament of the Six, women and their career. ‘In their own voice: the early women of European integration (1950s-1960s) between political advocacy and European careers’, soon out in European Politics and Society.

1 5 15

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social · Jul 1

With summer in full swing, we have launched our July issue today!☀️

🌏 Special section on Central Asia and the Indo-Pacific
🔖 Articles on climate politics, EU-UK relations and more
💻 Policy papers on US foreign policy & AI governance
📚 24 book reviews

Read NOW: academic.oup.com/ia/issue/101/4

1 8 17

Reposted by Columba Achilleos

Charlotte Carney @charlottecarney.bsky.social · May 19

My first single authored publication is out! This article critiques the carceral logics of the ICC. I offer this critique alongside abolitionist tools to show how we can start to move away from harmful, carceral justice, beginning with the abolition of the ICC.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Abolishing the International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court (ICC) was formed through, and remains situated within, oppressive structures. Accordingly, critical legal scholars have questioned the Court’s ability to foster mea...

www.tandfonline.com

3 3

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Jun 10

👉 Sexual & gender-based violence in party tourism isn’t accidental.
It’s structural. Silence protects profit.
Survivors pay the price. Read the full article here: academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...
@nicolapratt.bsky.social

Sun, sea and sexual violence: the political economy of party tourism

To what extent has sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) become permissible in party tourism destinations? This article reveals the dynamics behind the p

academic.oup.com

Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · Jun 10

10) We need to rethink the political economy of tourism itself. That means imagining alternatives to tourism currently built on profit, patriarchy, and silence.

1 1