413 search results for “women s rights” in the Student website
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professors, students and alumni played a crucial role in Leiden’s women’s rights movement
PhD candidate Agnes van Steen researched the history of the Leiden women’s rights movement (1860-1990) and found that the university produced many feminists.
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Raafat Shamieh
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Keyring in your hand when walking down the street alone? 'Many women are always on guard'
A cover over your drink in the pub, deodorant as pepper spray or headphones to avoid hearing catcalling: many women use everyday objects to feel safer in public spaces. Student Anne van der Linden made an online exhibition about this.
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Lies PunselieFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Afrooz Kaviani JohnsonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ruhama Yilma AbebeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sayeh MohammadiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Diana Davila Gordillo
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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The right diagnosis and faster for women with heart problems
It often takes longer for women with heart problems to get the right diagnosis. In her Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture, Professor Hester den Ruijter will talk about how hormones influence the heart and the importance of medical research that focuses specifically on women.
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Apollonia BolscherFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Joseph FinnertyFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sheila VaradanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Children’s Rights Scholarship 2
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Nina van CapelleveenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Vladyslav S VirchenkoFaculty of Science
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Emmanuel s Sarabwe
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Rick LawsonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Narin IdrizFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Vasiliki KostaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Luisa Pinto e NettoFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Anna Maria Puigderrajols TriadóFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Katrien KlepFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Suzy DuivenvoordeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tarlach McGonagleFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ann SkeltonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Leiden Classics: Leiden University’s first women students
It was not until 1878 that the first female students enrolled at Leiden University, but the discussion on whether women were suited to study was by no means over. 8 March is International Women's Day. BBC correspondente Kim Ghattas will deliver a lecture on 6 March on the struggle by Arabic women for…
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Pinar ÖlcerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Women collecting the Middle East: collaborators and collections
Who assembled the collections of museums? The answer to this question seems to point to men as collectors. Apart from for rare exceptions, female collectors hardly seem to exist. Yet there were indeed women collectors. For the project Museums, Collections and Society, researcher Holly O'Farrell will…
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Jenneke EversFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Looi van Kessel on the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture: ‘International Women’s Day is important for everyone’
Every year, Leiden University hosts the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture to mark International Women’s Day. This year, historian Nadia Bouras will speak about academic freedom, class and being a woman in academia. And that is just as relevant to men, says lecturer and organiser Looi van Kessel.
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Lucy OpokaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ellen GijselaarFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sjoerd j.s. Nieboer
University Facility Services
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Mirjam Sombroek-van DoormFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Dan SaxonFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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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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Kristof GombeerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Titia LoenenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Unequal academic freedom: women’s expertise more likely to be questioned
Nadia Bouras will give the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture on 6 March. She will call for academic freedom for everyone.
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to responsible collaboration following advice of Committee on Human Rights
Leiden University is announcing its approach for sensitive collaboration with external partners. This has been prompted by the ongoing, troubling situation in the Middle East and the recent advice from the Committee on Human Rights and Conflict Areas regarding current collaboration with Israeli part…
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While the men are away, the Scheveningen women do it their way
Women confined to the kitchen? Not in Scheveningen around 1900. There, some women ran entire shipping companies. This is according to new research by history student Sjors Stuurman. He compiled the results in a book he wrote for Muzee Scheveningen.
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Over a third of Leiden’s professors are women, just above national level
The proportion of female professors at Dutch universities is increasing, but at a modest rate. At 34.2%, Leiden University is in the top three. These are the results of the Women Professors Monitor for 2025.
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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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Adam FaircloughFaculty of Humanities
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Ton LiefaardFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hans-Martien ten NapelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Peter RodriguesFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Li-Ru HsuFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid