Stephanie Danson: Active Bystander
This month in the EDI Diversity Calendar is focused on Active Bystander. At The University of Manchester, we want to encourage an environment of inclusion where everyone feels valued and respected and can work and study in a safe and supportive environment. Part of this is to encourage staff and students to challenge and report problematic behaviour such as microaggressions, discrimination, bullying and harassment and hate crime.
Lauren Stella: A story for Inspiration
My mum tells me, “Every individual within those generations had a dream. It’s whether or not the environment inhibits that dream… but their dreams live on through future generations”.
Eve Hughes: International Women’s Day – A March Celebration
March hosts the global celebration of women, International Women’s Day. It allows us to celebrate women from a diverse range of backgrounds in all their deserving glory. In order to fully get into the spirit of International Women’s Day, I’ve been reading and indulging in a lot of media that particularly celebrates women and will be reviewing a book and a film that especially stood out to me.
Emma Shields: International Women’s Day 2024 – history of women and worker’s rights which inspires inclusivity
Manchester has a rich history relating to women and worker’s rights. To me, these rights are historically analogous; International Women’s Day started as a protest by women workers over unfair conditions in the workplace.
Fatima Malik: What Ramadan means to me
I’m looking forward to starting a month-long spiritual retreat – right here, between campus, home, and a few of my favourite local mosques. That’s what Ramadan is for me. Like 2 billion Muslims around the world, I’ll fast during the daytime, and wake during the nights for congregational worship and private prayer; whilst practising gratitude & generosity, as part of the yearly soul-bootcamp, in hopes of becoming a better version of myself.
Dr. Bip Choudhury: Lent – a season of preparation
For Christians, the season of Lent begins mid-February where believers will fast for 40 days, just as Jesus did when He was in the wilderness overcoming all temptation. It is a season of preparation; preparing our hearts to be transformed to be more like His, to know and follow God’s will for our lives
Simon Reeds and Jen-Davies Oliveira: Cancer healthcare inequities in the LGBTQIA+ community
One in two of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, and World Cancer Day allows us each year to reflect on our work in cancer research. Sadly, cancer health disparities affect certain people and communities more than others – the most underrepresented is LGBTQIA+ community.
Dr. Sabine Sharp: A Brief History of Trans Activism in the UK
We often focus on American examples when we consider the history of trans activism – remembering flashpoints of history like the Stonewall riots and key figures like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and Leslie Feinberg. It’s important, however, to look at the history of trans activism in the UK. This history can illuminate the current landscape of political and media debates about trans issues.
Anna Hood, Charlene Gallery, Loretta Anthony-Okeke, and Esnath Magola-Makina: Shattering Ceilings, Building Legacies: A Reflection on the 100 Black Women Professors Now Programme
Of 23,000 UK professors, only 61 are Black women and only recently has this stark statistic gained widespread attention. For Black women, the messy and protracted path to promotion, along with discrimination and misogynoir have been many of our experiences. The 100 Black Women Professors NOW programme (100 BWPN) delivered by the Women in Higher Education Network (WHEN) recognises the need to address fundamental inequities and support Black women as we navigate career progression.
Kathy Bradley: Perceptions of disability over the centuries
I was really honoured to be asked to write a blog post during Disability History Month. I have a huge passion for both disability and history, particularly medieval history, and having started to research disability through the ages I realised how the perception of disability, and disabled people’s contribution to society, has changed over the centuries.
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