Center for Gender in Politics Blog
Femonationalism: Understanding Nationalists and Feminists’ Shared Obsession to Strip Muslim Women
In 2016, images from the beaches of Nice were published, showing a group of male police officers stripping a Muslim woman wearing a Burkini, an overall swimsuit that includes a Hijab. The French law prohibits wearing an “integral veil” for reasons of public safety on the one hand and “explicit religious sign” in public schools on theContinue reading “Femonationalism: Understanding Nationalists and Feminists’ Shared Obsession to Strip Muslim Women”
Why intersectionality cannot wait. Considering Northern Ireland’s widening participation policy
Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, ‘everyone has the right to education’. The establishment of this right in social and legal discourses, as well as increased access to schooling in many countries within the last one-hundred years has led to the perception of education as essentially inclusive. In this context, accessContinue reading “Why intersectionality cannot wait. Considering Northern Ireland’s widening participation policy”
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