413 search results for “women s rights” in the Student website
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Daan van der VlietFaculty of Science
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Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’
As a woman, working in Japan and Korea can be pretty tough, Yorum Beekman discovered. It prompted her to pursue a PhD on the subject: ‘I thought: hey, that’s interesting!’
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What are we defending? Steven Pinker on the core values of NATO and the Enlightenment
NATO not only safeguards our security and stability, but also defends Enlightenment principles, promoting prosperity, health and freedom. This is what eminent psychologist and thinker Steven Pinker argued to a packed Great Auditorium.
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Man, woman and more: 'Why does my passport have to say I'm a woman?'
Protests against textbooks on trans persons in America and against a reading hour by drag queens in Rotterdam: it has been raining protests recently against people with a gender expression that does not match their birth sex. Why does this evoke such resistance? We asked Professor by special appointment…
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’
The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times. During the ceremony those present reflected on what the academic community and universities can mean in times of crisis and conflict.
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KIEM grant for Research on Protest and Social Movements in the Netherlands | Leiden University
Mariska Jung, Jasmijn Rana and Looi van Kessel receive a €10,000 KIEM grant for "Hope springs eternal" - an innovative project that brings together students, academics and social movements to investigate Dutch protest culture.
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Sigrid van Roode: ‘Zār jewellery reveals the world of unseen Egyptians’
Zār jewellery from Egypt can be found in many museums and private collections in the West, but for a long time very little was known about it, except that it was used in rituals to protect against spirit possession. PhD candidate Sigrid van Roode has explored its history and discovered that the jewellery…
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Nadine Akkerman wins Dr Hendrik Muller Prize 2021
Nadine Akkerman, associate professor of early modern English literature is receiving the Dr Hendrik Muller Prize 2021 for her work.
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Jessie PoolFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health of LGBTQIA+ child asylum-seekers
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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In search of hidden voices
Nearly all documents from the 16th and 17th centuries were written by more than one person but attributed to only one author. Professor Nadine Akkerman wants to rectify this oversight in her research on scribes.
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Upcoming Elections in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Peru: A New Turn to the Right?
Debate, Academic Roundtable
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Lara WierengaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Tessa MinterFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Craft and innovation take centre stage at LeidenGlobal exhibition
An interdisciplinary photo exhibition about crafts and craftsmanship in different cultures will open at Oude UB on 6 October. At the opening Fridus Steijlen will give an introduction to the Tau Tau puppets that are made in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Damaged by Disgrace: report on involuntary relinquishment and adoption of babies in the Netherlands
For decades, unmarried girls and women in the Netherlands were forced to give up their newborn children. The impact was profound and persists to this day for the mothers, fathers, relinquished children, and the adoptive families in which they were raised.
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DNA study reveals remarkable stability in prehistoric Low Countries populations
For thousands of years, the prehistoric communities of the Low Countries followed their own path, compared with the rest of Europe. An international research team has now published these findings in Nature.
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How can we make unacceptable behaviour a man’s issue?
During Consent is Key Week, we’re exploring ways to eliminate sexual violence within our university community. We spoke to Assistant Professor Mischa Dekker, who specialises in gender-related violence, about how to prevent unacceptable behaviour among students and staff.
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App on Gender Equality Launched at FGW: 'We have to do it together'
Male scientists owe their position to their brilliance, women to their hard work. Or do they? The Equalista app helps staff and students at the Faculty of Humanities to become aware of gender equality.
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Four Vici grants for Leiden University researchers
Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded prestigious Vici grants the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. The honoured applications are from researchers at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden Observatory, the LUMC and the Faculty of Archaeology.
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Heleen van AmerongenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carolien JacobsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Benthe van DelftFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marina den HoudijkerAdministration and Central Services
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Mark KlaassenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Julia RootenbergFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eva SchmidtFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bibi van den BergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Arsjad MuradinFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Janine UbinkFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Suliman IbrahimFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bart SchermerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Valerie FrissenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Joeri ReindersFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Gianclaudio MalgieriFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maria-Lucia Rebrean -
Gerrit-Jan ZwenneFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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André van der LaanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ymre SchuurmansFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nikki VostersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Inga van Doornmalen
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Danny MekicFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Andjelka PetreskiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Oliver TuazonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Dona Sanduni Wickramasinghe
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Christine TremblayFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Mies GrijnsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bruno BraakFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Joni OysermanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid