The legal situation for women deciding about their own bodies has been always been challenging, ambivalent and mostly determined by others – especially by men. When it comes to unwanted pregnancies, women must go through protracted processes – often associated with shame, guilt and high costs – in order to have an abortion. Looking at the contemporary legal situation and the rights a woman has over her uterus, we should be shocked to see that outdated laws are still being adhered to.
Category: Placements and Volunteers Blog
Summer Programme Launch
Our volunteer Pauline braved the torrential rain to take part in the launch of the Summer 2024 Programme on Thursday 23rd May. You can find the full programme here (in written and audio formats), but here are some of the highlights.
Gender Studies Student Kirstin Murray blogs on The Importance of Feminist Spaces (1 of 3)
Hello! My name is Kirsten, and I am currently undertaking a MSc in Applied Gender Studies. Part of my master’s is a research placement which I am completing at the […]
Gender Studies Student Kirstin Murray blogs on Photographing Lesbian Activism (3 of 3)
Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) has a rich history and connection to LGBTQ+ activism, specifically lesbian activism. Within GWL’s collection of photographic material there are photographs of the Lesbian Avengers organising […]
Gender Studies Student Kirsten Murray blogs on Who Writes Our Stories (2 of 3)
While looking through and cataloguing Glasgow Women’s Library’s (GWL) collection of photographic material I noticed photographs from book signings and events that authors had attended. Most noticeably there are photographs […]
Gender Studies student Maisie Taylor blogs about her placement experience at GWL
Hi! My name is Maisie and I’m a currently completing my Master’s in Gender Studies at the University of Stirling. As part of my second semester, I chose to undertake […]
April Book Picnic Recommendations
On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic: Other Women by Emma Flint Recommended by Elaine, who […]
Knitting the Woman’s Woolly: Podcast
What should have been a quick blog post, rapidly grew to four posts when Becky started writing about feminism and knitting. This is the audio version of those posts to hopefully make a long piece of writing a little more accessible.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
I hope my voice has spoken to you – the finale
Endings can be irritating, tough and intolerable. When I begun working on Open The Doors during the last weeks of December 2022, I had this feeling bugging me ‘I have […]