Video Blog 16 – Intersex Persons and Sex-Selective Abortions
In this episode of the project video blog, Nikoletta Pikramenou will talk about her research into intersex rights. Intersex persons, or people born with a combination of both female and male biological traits, may face discrimination and experience unwanted surgeries and procedures in infancy. The term sex-selective abortion refers to the practice of terminating a […]
Human Rights Day 2024
December 10 marks Human Rights Day, the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This day reminds us of the inalienable rights every person holds, regardless of identity or status, as a universal standard of dignity and equality.From Abortion Figurations, we recognize the importance of this date and continue […]
Video Blog 15: EU Treaties Amendment – The Right to Abortion Back on the Table
The proposal to amend the EU treaties has created quite a storm within the EU member states. One of the amendments could have far-reaching implications on abortion laws in the member states. Marta Bucholc discusses the proposed change and it’s significance.
Video Blog 14: Involvement Patterns
Can you have a favourite human right? Why can we perceive some human rights as more important than others? In the following video blog, Marta Bucholc argues for looking at human rights not as a monolith but as a rich and differentiated set of rules and concepts.
Open PhD positions – Trinity College Ireland
An exciting opportunity for prospective PhD students to get their doctoral diploma and work at the Trinity College (Ireland) and KU Leuven (Belgium) as a part of the Healthy Adaptation to Pregnancy, Postpartum and Parenthood (HAP3) project. Call for two positions is now open. For more info, see here: https://www.tcd.ie/nursing-midwifery/news/2024/phd-opportunities-with-the-hap3-project-/.
Video Blog 13: Reproductive Rights in Honduras
The Central-American country of Honduras is known for the strict prohibition of abortion in all cases. How did this come to be? What were the arguments for introducing such laws? What legal reasoning was behind it? These are the questions Marta Bucholc answers in the next installment of the Abortion Figurations video blog.
Video Blog 12: Grand Narrations
In this installment of the Abortion Figurations video blog series, Marta Bucholc talks about the idea of grand narratives. Why do we need grand stories? Why are we not satisfied with short and obvious answers? Watch to find out!
Video Blog 11: Evolution of Abortion in Chile
In the newest installment of the Abortion Figurations project video blog, our team member Carolina Mosquera Vera will talk about abortion rights in Chile. She explains how the current, 2017 law, was a significant liberalization in relation to the Pinochet-era liberalization, and the role of the feminist movement in these changes. Currently, the debate is […]
14 May 2024: Gender Wars Network Seminar
Join us on Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 for an online discussion of the Gender Wars network. Marta Bucholc, Lourdes Peroni, Iskra de Vries, Carolina Mosquera Vera, and Marta Gospodarczyk will talk about the Abortion Figurations project, which will be followed by comments from Prof. Flávia Biroli (University of Brasília, member of Gender Wars network) and […]
Publication Alert – Law and (De) Civilization, HSR Special Issue
Marta Bucholc, the Project’s PI, Robert Van Krieken, and CFR’s fellows: Florence Delmotte and Hugo Canihac, have edited a special issue of Historical Social Research focusing on the processes of (de)civilization in studying law. Check it out here: https://www.gesis.org/en/hsr/current-issues/2024/492-law-and-decivilization. The introduction to the special issue authored by the editors (Law and (De)Civilization: An Introduction, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.49.2024.11) is […]
