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Report and Support

If you or someone you know has experienced or witnessed any form of harassment, discrimination or gender-based violence, you can report it anonymously or get support from a specialist member of…

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Museums, Media, Data & Gender: How to Make Images of Women More Visible on Wikimedia?

For this year’s Wikimania we are expanding on the themes of Collaboration of the Open through a GLAM and knowledge equity lens. We aim to establish a cross-community pathway to increase visual…

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3MT Final 2024 - Marifatul Amalia

University of Edinburgh Three Minute Thesis Competition Final 2024 Finalist - Marifatul Amalia School - Moray House School of Education and Sport Presentation - Mind the gap: Understanding…

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LGBTQ+ History and women of the MENA region

This is an Edinburgh Award presentation for Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia 2022/2023 - an extracurricular project undertaken by student Ellanee Kruck to research and improve topic coverage of…

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Finding the Impossible Witches

University of Edinburgh student intern Claire Panella discusses her work on the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland project. She was tasked with finding the 'impossible witches' by looking…

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Ruby Imrie on the Map of Accused Witches in Scotland project and the Witchfinder General data visualisation internship

This University of Edinburgh event was held on 24 November 2023 and focused on improving the representation of inspiring women online and celebrating the Central Library of Edinburgh's…

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Eddie Ungless, Measuring Bias is Pointless.

Eddie Ungless, PhD candidate in the School of Informatics Measuring Bias is Pointless.It has been consistently shown that existing bias measurement methods for natural language processing (NLP)…

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A History of Women in Veterinary Medicine - Andrew Gardiner

A History of Women in Veterinary Medicine - Andrew Gardiner

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Gender equality: where are we today and what is needed for the future? - Fiona Mackay

Gender equality: where are we today and what is needed for the future? - Fiona Mackay

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Witches in Word, not Deed - a series of 3 talks at University of Edinburgh library

This University of Edinburgh event was held on 24 November 2023 and focused on improving the representation of inspiring women online and celebrating the Central Library of Edinburgh's…

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Exploring Archives of Sexuality & Gender (Dissertation and Thesis Festival)

The Archives of Sexuality and Gender is one of the largest digital collections of primary source documents relating to the history and study of sex, sexuality, and gender. The series presents LGBTQ…

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Cisinformed: Disinformation and the Media War on Transgender Rights

Misinformation is the defining feature of public discourse on transgender people and their rights in the United States and the United Kingdom today and the foremost obstacle to advancing the cause of…

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Dr Graham Baker

Dr Graham Baker talks about his research in PAHRC.

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Rehela Hussain_Intro

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Katy Montgomerie: On combating online hate and the gender-critical movement

Anti-trans hate is on the rise. The reasons are complex, with international bodies such as ILGA-Europe (2022) and the Council of Europe (2022) noting how trans lives and the legitimacy of trans…

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Wikipedia, Student Activism and Gender Equality

Wikimedian in Residence Ewan McAndrew discusses Wikipedia and gender equality at The University of Edinburgh. This webinar was recorded on Tuesday 23 May 2023. Original blog post announcement:…

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