SCIENCE4ALL 2026

Centro Elena Cornaro is participating in the 2026 edition of SCIENCE4ALL on September 27 at Caffè Pedrocchi (Via VIII Febbraio 15, Loggia Museo) with two initiatives:- From 10:30 to 11:15, Greta Boldorini and Prof. Elisa Prandini will give a talk titled Women's Art in Public Spaces examining

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Chronic Pain as an Epistemic Problem: Experiences, Expertise, and Power

This special issue for the journal Sociology of Health & Illness puts into perspective the understanding of chronic pain and medically contested conditions and how they shape social recognition, access to treatment, and identity and how Chronic pain is not experienced, interpreted, or treated in

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Call for papers: Trans Lesbian Life

Dal 03.09.2026 al 01.03.2027

The Journal of Lesbian Studies has launched a call for papers entitled Trans Lesbian Life, which aims to highlight the experiences of trans lesbians at historical, philosophical, and political levels.Opens December 1, 2026 - Deadline March 1, 2027.For more information, follow the link.Cover image

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The City of Female Artists: Public Art by Women in Padova

24.09.2026

On September 24, Irecoop organizes the event The Public Art by Women in the city of Padova.  When you walk around Padova, how many works of art signed by women do you come across? But above all, what story do they tell us? Do they tell a free story?The day begins with these questions as a starting

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Delivering equal pay: a new tool for employers

From principle to practice: the European Commission and EIGE launch the updated EU-wide guidelines on gender-neutral job evaluation and classification to help organisations ensure equal pay for work of equal value between women and men.Gender-neutral job evaluation and classification is a fair,

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Agents of Change: Women’s Specialist Services and Their Feminist, Multi-Level Approach to Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls

WAVE has published Agents of Change, a new study on the role of specialist support services for women in combating male violence, based on interviews and a survey of organizations within the WAVE network.Specialist services for women (WSS) are essential for tackling violence against women and girls,

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Transformative Feminist Pedagogies for More-than-human Futures

As part of the new ATGENDER book series, Gender: Theories, Troubles, Transformations, published by Bloomsbury, a call for chapters is now open for the project Transformative Feminist Pedagogies for More-than-human Futures. The central question guiding this call is: How can feminist pedagogies

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Call for Articles for a special issue of the European Journal of Women’s Studies

Women’s and gender studies have increasingly become a target of anti-gender, far-right and authoritarian politics, therefore there is a necessity for international research on how these developments are reshaping academic cultures, scholarly practice, teaching and learning, and the place of women’s

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Paneuropean Conference

On 21 and 22 September, the University of Milano-Bicocca will host the Pan-European Conference Implementing the Istanbul Convention after the EU’s Accession in the Academic System. Backlash, Gaps and Institutional Responsibility, promoted by UNIRE and OCEAN.Below is the registration form:  https:/

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Call for papers: Special Issues, Queer Feminist Anthropology

The following call for papers from the journal Condition humaine, aims to reflect on the contemporary challenges of feminist anthropology, at the crossroads of tensions internal and external to the discipline and crossed by conflicting circulations of "categories of emancipation." The papers can be

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Gender Responsive Budgeting in a Southern European Context

Marija Risteska’s new book, "Gender Responsive Budgeting in a Southern European Context", explores how governments and civil society in Southern Europe integrate gender equality into fiscal policy and decision-making processes, and how feminist democratic innovation and gender- as well as wellbeing

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DanceSport's Economy of Desire

New publication of the volume "DanceSport’s Economy of Desire".In this work, Meneau critically examines and deconstructs the rigid gender norms and heteronormative stereotypes that have historically been embedded within the world of competitive ballroom dancing (DanceSport). These norms shape the

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Women's Experiences of Time: Inequality and Violence

The call for papers for the University of Salerno's new International Conference on Gender-Based Violence has been released. The  conference, "Women's Experiences of Time: Inequality and Violence," will take place on November 18 and 19, with the deadline for abstract submissions set for September 5

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Article: Student Experiences in Darfur & Omdurman | Ahfad University for Women

Sudan faces the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with conflict driving mass displacement, collapsing services, and widespread violence. Despite this, Ahfad University for Women, which serves as the Vice-Chair of UN Academic Impact SDG Hub 1, is still engaging with communities across Sudan to

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New book: Ecology and feminism in performance

The monograph Ecology and Feminism in Performance: Composting Histories 1962–2020 is now available from Manchester University PressFrom land art to postdramatic theatre, the book traces how feminist performance has engaged ecological politics from the 1960s to the present. It uses the metaphor of

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