
JusticeEquityDiversityInclusion - UK
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JusticeEquityDiversityInclusion - UK
@JEDI_UK
Scholars promoting justice, equity, diversity, & inclusion in research, teaching & practice.


For women, singing is forbidden in Iran. This woman is bravely singing in one of Esfahan’s most historical mosques. When the security agent tried to stop her, she resisted and continued. Brave Iranian women like her will some day bring down this most anti-woman regime.




Fatherhood through the Lens of a Mother-Legal Scholar Inspired by my experience during Spring 2020's lockdown, my take on how legal fatherhood should be rethought: 🚩in relational terms 🚩around care OA: academic.oup.com/icon/advance-a… Thanks to @MaxAnthropology and @ICON__S


There seems to be some bemusement in the media about efforts to decolonise the curriculum in mathematics. Some think this means removing concepts from the curriculum to replace them by others. Let’s look at one example. Why are there 360° in a circle? 1/12

Our son has been in daycare since the beginning of the year. If he is sick and needs to come home early, they call me. If they want to give him paracetamol, they call me. If he has injured himself they call me. So what? 🧵1/4



Status-leveling burden: Women in male-dominated roles get cooperation from women in closely aligned jobs by being extra friendly & performing tasks outside their role--which can be time consuming, hard emotionally & create risk of burnout. @arghavan_salles news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1688…


Analysis of 63K manuscripts (Jan 2018-May 2021) finds lower representation of female authors in COVID-19 manuscripts than in pre-pandemic manuscripts. Decrease of 20% in the proportion of women as 1st authors, 12% last authors & 20% corresponding authors. unige.ch/communication/…

Sometimes change happens one woman at a time! The U.S. Capitol currently has 252 sculptures of men...and 14 of women. I’m working to change that. My bipartisan bill to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor with their own statues just passed the Senate.





