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Hope the life-sized LEGO Suffragette visits The University of Warwick

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:00 GMT

Hope: The LEGO Suffragette is visiting The University of Warwick from 10 February until 28 February 2025.

UNESCO and L’Oréal honour Warwick student as top young female scientist

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:50:00 GMT

A postgraduate student from the University of Warwick, whose research focuses on understanding personality traits that widen the gender gap, has been recognised by a major international award as one of the most promising and inspiring young female scientists from the Middle East.

‘College knowledge hubs’ in rural India to open up higher education to disadvantaged communities

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:11:00 GMT

More young men and women from rural areas of India could gain informed access to higher education and better life chances, tackling age-old obstacles of gender, caste and class, thanks to a project led by the University of Warwick — and a half-million-pound boost from the Fair Chance Foundation.

“The future of women in STEM is bright but not secure”: Warwick climate scientist

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 11:20:40 GMT

Four female climate scientists from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh — who are currently pursuing postgraduate studies thanks to ‘Women in STEM’ scholarships between the University of Warwick and the British Council — share their experiences and reflections on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022.

Female caregivers in war zones need recognition and support – new research

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:58:00 GMT

In conflict zones around the world, women’s health and wellbeing will decline further, unless caregivers are given better state social protection, according to collaborative intercontinental research by the University of Warwick (UK) and Monash University (Australia).

New research explores contemporary Muslim girlhoods in Assam, India

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 10:25:41 GMT

A new book by Warwick sociologist Dr Saba Hussain offers new insights into the nature of educational disadvantage experienced by Muslim girls in the Assam region of India.

Leading expert on women and prison to help inform policy debate

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:14:00 GMT

Professor Azrini Wahidin, one of the UK’s leading figures in the study of women in prison, has been invited to offer expert insight to a conference exploring women’s experience of the criminal justice system. Professor Wahidin will be the keynote speaker at ‘Offending Women? Women's Journeys Through the Criminal Justice System,’ taking place in Manchester on Saturday 6^th April.

Transforming gender relations the key to flourishing in older age, researchers say

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:04:00 GMT

Research by Professor Ann Stewart of Warwick Law School, supported by Dr Jennifer Lander (now at De Montfort University) into the interaction between gender and ageing in rural Kenya underpins a new discussion paper published in conjunction with HelpAge International as a resource for policymakers, international NGOs, national and local governments, and older people themselves.

Turning back the clock? Employment rights after Brexit

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 10:48:28 GMT

Over the last 20 years, the UK has become a leader in creating an employment culture that promotes work-family balance and assists working parents. The fourth Warwick Brexit Briefing on Employment examines how Brexit may risk a return to parents and carers becoming trapped in flexible jobs with fewer rights than full-time, permanent workers, and see men and women returning to entrenched gender roles.

Living in a ‘war zone’ linked to delivery of low birthweight babies

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:04:48 GMT

Mums-to-be living in war zones/areas of armed conflict are at heightened risk of giving birth to low birthweight babies. However the evidence for any impact on the rate of other complications of pregnancy is less clear. That’s the findings of a review of the available evidence conducted by the University of Warwick and published in the online journal BMJ Global Health.