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lsegender @lsegender.bsky.social · 2d

Two days to go and only a handful of tickets left! Grab them while you can! 🎟️

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lsegender @lsegender.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join us for our first event of the academic year in collaboration with @lseir.bsky.social and other great co-hosts!

Bringing together four leading experts, we will explore the legacy and future of the UN WPS agenda.

www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...

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lsegender @lsegender.bsky.social · 8d

One week to go until this one with @lseir.bsky.social 💙🤍

Get your free ticket now!

www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...

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lsegender @lsegender.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join us for our first event of the academic year in collaboration with @lseir.bsky.social and other great co-hosts!

Bringing together four leading experts, we will explore the legacy and future of the UN WPS agenda.

www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...

@aikoiiris.bsky.social @drkmillar.bsky.social

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lsegender @lsegender.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join us for our first event of the academic year in collaboration with @lseir.bsky.social and other great co-hosts!

Bringing together four leading experts, we will explore the legacy and future of the UN WPS agenda.

www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...

@aikoiiris.bsky.social @drkmillar.bsky.social

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APC @apc.org · Jun 11

Are you following our #FeministTech starter pack?

go.bsky.app/7kwnBCQ

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Mariam Salehi @mariamsalehi.bsky.social · Aug 11

We see several dimensions of the knowledge politics of violence at play here. For one, the public display of killing journalists, as @argohdes.bsky.social has mentioned, for everyone to see. At the same time, on the ground reporting on atrocities is made virtually impossible 1/

Anita Gohdes @argohdes.bsky.social · Aug 11

I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

www.theguardian.com

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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · Aug 7

So pleased to see this letter from MPs in support of students in Gaza with offers at UK universities. It's been signed by over 100 MPs and is a real cross-party effort. I hope now that Starmer will respond to our requests.

Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · Aug 6

Students who win the chance to attend our world class universities need that future protected whereever they come from - proud to stand with my colleagues lead by Abtisam Mohamed in speaking up for how we can make that happen even amid the horrors of what is happening in Gaza.

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Katharine Millar @drkmillar.bsky.social · Aug 6

Report is out now! Detailed gender analysis of the norms AND practical, specific recommendations for gender-responsive implementation for each norm

unidir.org/wp-content/u...

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Katharine Millar @drkmillar.bsky.social · Aug 6

Join us online on August 28th for the launch of our ambitious new report on gender responsive implementation of the 11 UN cybernorms!
@apc.org @unidir.org

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A novel approach to the 11 UN norms for responsible state behaviour in cyberspace: Guidelines for gendered implementation → UNIDIR

UNIDIR and the Organization of American States (OAS) are pleased to invite you to a virtual roundtable marking the English and Spanish launch of a joint publication A Novel Approach to the 11 UN Norms...

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Katharine Millar @drkmillar.bsky.social · Jul 30

"Given the gravity and urgency of the moment, no lawful measure can be eschewed in the effort to induce Israel to allow Gaza to be flooded with humanitarian assistance, to restore essential services..."
www.justsecurity.org/117962/mass-...

Time Has Run Out: Mass Starvation in Gaza and the Global Imperative

It is time for comprehensive, full-spectrum, sustainable, and coordinated humanitarian action. States globally must act without delay on that imperative.

www.justsecurity.org

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Jul 30

And it's almost certainly an undercount
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...

This comes as seven more deaths from malnutrition have been recorded in the past 24 hours by hospitals in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health.

It brings the total number of deaths caused by malnutrition to 154, including 89 children.

On Tuesday, the number of Palestinians killed since the war began on 7 October 2023 surpassed 60,000, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. Its numbers are considered reliable by the United Nations and international institutions.

The figures mean that the war has left around one in 10 of Gaza’s 2.1 million Palestinians killed, injured or missing.

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Elisa Pannini @elisapannini.bsky.social · Jul 28

Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities

Sign here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The Gaza students with scholarships to UK unable to take up their places

Visa obstacles threaten to dash the hopes of 40 students due to start in September. Here are some of their stories

www.theguardian.com

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Paul C(innamon) Kirby @paulcinnamon.bsky.social · Jul 9

The genocidal arm of the professional managerial class.

“Since the GHF began operating at the end of May, more than 500 Palestinians have been killed and thousands wounded by Israeli forces in the areas near its four distribution points.”

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/07...

Save the Children suspends work with BCG over “utterly unacceptable” Gaza role

The US-based consultancy has been condemned for its work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and for drawing up plans to relocate Palestinians.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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LSE International Relations @lseir.bsky.social · Jul 4

📢 Read Dr @drkmillar.bsky.social’s latest co-authored policy report for the @unidir.org, titled "A Novel Approach to the 11 UN Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace: Guidelines for Gendered Implementation."

🔗 unidir.org/publication/...
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A Novel Approach to the 11 UN Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace: Guidelines for Gendered Implementation → UNIDIR

Guides policymakers on integrating gender into cybersecurity policies and UN norms, highlighting gendered impacts and offering actionable governance steps.

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Shadow World Investigations @shadowworldinv1.bsky.social · May 27

Join us June 13th with @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social @ahmedalnaouq.bsky.social @franceskalbs.bsky.social @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social to discuss how we can break the downward spiral of militarisation, skyrocketing arms exports, and unaccountability for war crimes & genocide. 1/2

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Harriet Gray @drharrietgray.bsky.social · Jun 10

I have a new article out today in Signs, co-authored with Phoebe Martin, titled ‘You Are Not Alone: Feminist Memorialisation and the Present Tense of Gender-Based Violence in the Monument Quilt.’ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

“You Are Not Alone”: Feminist Memorialization and the Present Tense of Gender-Based Violence in the Monument Quilt | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society: Vol 50, No 4

Abstract In recent years a new tide of memorials dedicated to victim-survivors of gender-based violence has started to rise across the world. In this article, we analyze a significant example of this ...

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Jun 9

I wrote a really short piece for Hypatia about being an abolitionist and a survivor and why philosophers are such jerks (Literally I started writing this after giving a talk about the book I wrote with Barrett Emerick since Q&A made me feel like utter shit) doi.org/10.1017/hyp....

But What about the Really Bad People? Anti-Carceral Feminism and Surviving Violence | Hypatia | Cambridge Core

But What about the Really Bad People? Anti-Carceral Feminism and Surviving Violence

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · May 29

My article on Jules Verne's technocratic worldmaking is now part of the latest @risjnl.bsky.social issue, alongside a range of really exciting contributions – check out the volume below 👇 #HistIR

Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · May 23

🎉 Vol 51(2) is out!🎉

This issue includes TEN research articles. The articles are all free to read this month, so be sure to take a look and enjoy 👇

📚Read Here ➡️ buff.ly/cSV8VwX

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New Internationalist @newint.bsky.social · May 14

'I just don't buy it.'

Professor Anna Stavrianakis of @shadowworldinv1.bsky.social criticizes the UK government's position that it can't track parts for its F-35 programme with Israel.

Sign up to our Currents newsletter for more from this week's hearing 👉 a.nin.tl/3x

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Sumi Madhok @sumimadhok.bsky.social · May 23

📢Hot off the Press:

Special Issue: Conceptual Diversity and Anti-Imperial Epistemic Justice.

journals.sagepub.com/toc/EJW/curr...

Concepts 👇🏽

*Wujud
*Namús
*Zulm,
*Azadi
*Coloniality of Gender
*Territorio- Cuerpo-Tierra’
*Asar
*Jeong
*Middle-ness; Middle-lives

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European Journal of Women's Studies - Volume 32, Number 2

Table of contents for European Journal of Women's Studies, 32, 2

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LSE International Relations @lseir.bsky.social · May 21

Dr @drkmillar.bsky.social, Dr @mjbayly.bsky.social, and Dr Yuna Han have published a new research article titled, "The Temporal Politics of Inevitability: Mass Death during the COVID-19 Pandemic."

📄Read the full article: academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
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The Temporal Politics of Inevitability: Mass Death during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract. Many international phenomena, from complex, interconnected processes to specific catastrophes, have been deemed “inevitable” by elites, policymak

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · May 21

Disabled people have been pleading with folks to show solidarity for years.

We saw the rising tide of eugenics the moment everyone declared Covid over & decided to leave us by the wayside.

Pandemics give rise to fascism. What we’re seeing is the result of allowing disabled folks to be left behind

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Katharine Millar @drkmillar.bsky.social · May 20

"Asked how the UN arrived at this figure, he responded: “We have strong teams on the ground - and of course many of them have been killed… we he still have lots of people on the ground - they’re at the medical centres, they’re at the schools...trying to assess needs.”

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Katharine Millar @drkmillar.bsky.social · May 20

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

UN warns 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours without aid – Israel-Gaza war live

UN’s humanitarian chief says aid lorries, which contain baby food and nutrition, are technically in Gaza but have not reached civilians

www.theguardian.com

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Katharine Millar @drkmillar.bsky.social · May 19

This project was some time in the making, but a wonderful experience working with @apc.org, @UNIDIR.org, and OAS CICTE. Thanks so much to the team and to all the experts and practitioners who generously gave their time to contribute to the research!

Katharine Millar @drkmillar.bsky.social · May 19

And it's illustrated with three core case studies of good practice from the Americas: Chile, Canada, and Costa Riace

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