Between 2009 and 2023, campaigners in El Salvador secured the release of dozens of women imprisoned for abortion-related charges, miscarriages, stillbirths and obstetric emergencies. But now, under the country’s "state of emergency" imposed by dictator Nayib Bukele, progress is unravelling.
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The registration deadline for #BISA2026 is today ‼️
Join us in Brighton in June: 'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🎉
Register now 👉 https://conference.bisa.ac.uk
Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social VisitBrighton Juanita Elias
Photo of an island and the sea at sunset taken through a barbed and razor wired fence.
Director of Leeds Institute for Societal Futures, Professor Louise Waite, shared expert commentary in The Times on the Anti‑Slavery Collective’s links to Princess Eugenie. Her research drives our challenge area Migration, Mobility & Belonging.
Find out more here: bit.ly/4bgRJ5E
#research #privilege
📣 Call for paper and panel proposals for the Centre for Global Security Challenges Conference 2026: New Ordering? World Politics and the Future of Global Challenges
📅 21st-22nd May 2026
📍 University of Leeds
Deadline for proposals: 31st March 2026
🤝New partnership for the School!
We’re pleased to share that the School of Politics and International Studies has joined West Yorkshire Citizens, the local chapter of @citizensuk.org
Find out more about this new partnership here ⬇️
essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics-res...
My Voice My Choice coordinator Nika Kovač: "Today is a victory for women in Europe and a good day for European democracy. For the first time, the Commission confirms unequivocally that EU funds can be used to guarantee access to safe abortion care – particularly for women in vulnerable situations."
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Discover your next steps to postgraduate study at our Masters Discovery Fair on Wednesday 11 March:
🧑💼 Explore career support and opportunities
💰 Get funding advice
💬 Speak to academic staff
🏙️ Learn about life as a postgraduate student at Leeds
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4s6w5GX
Sign the petition to convince the European Commission to change their mind on My Voice, My Choice. Unofficial info says the draft response has a negative attitude. Decision Feb 26. Still time to change their mind. Sign & share: sign.myvoice-mychoice.org/forms/europe...
Amazing news!!! 😍😍 Ministers from Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden have sent a letter to the Commission to urge them to accept our initiative for safe abortion.
Now, Ursula von der Leyen has no more excuses!
Do not miss this conversation with Prof Derek Edyvane about the politics of civility at Birkbeck on Thursday 5 March! You can sign up here: my.bbk.ac.uk/ords/f?p=832... More information about the book is available here: academic.oup.com/book/60427 @derekedyvane.bsky.social
➡️ New report from our Climate Evidence Unit: CCS (carbon capture & storage) could support the UK’s path to Net Zero, but only if deployed strategically & responsibly. It highlights key actions on governance, public engagement, flexibility & fair costs. Read more 👉 climate.leeds.ac.uk/our-work/cli...
We are delighted to announce that Frances O’Grady is to deliver the 2026 Alice Bacon Lecture!
📆12th March 2026
🕒18:30 - 19:30
📍Great Hall, University of Leeds
This free public lecture is hosted by @cdpleeds.bsky.social
Get your ticket here: shorturl.at/IV1Kl
Find out more ⬇️
shorturl.at/aO97i
🚨 The deadline for #EISAPEC26 abstract submission is tomorrow!
A stylized yellow horse surrounded by floral patterns is depicted on a red background. The text reads, "Happy Year of the Horse 2026."
Happy Year of the Fire Horse! 🔥🐎
We would like to wish everyone here at Leeds a year of passion, progress, and positive change.
Keep exploring, keep learning, and make the most of every moment on campus.
Best Graduate Paper 2025. Congratulations to Nijat Eldarov for the paper ' Border security innovation as ecological risk management: Preemptive surveillance and techno-natural turn in border security'
🎉 Congratulations to Nijat Eldarov, winner of EISA's Best Graduate Paper Award!
🔗 Learn more about the paper and the committee's comments here: buff.ly/weiEpHI
Very good statement on the ways that extreme wealth/power concentration breeds depravity.
The story of the Epstein Files, and of our time.
Throughout 2026, @timep.bsky.social will be programming around the 15 year anniversary of the Arab Uprisings.
Our kick-off event on February 23 features an incredible line-up: Lina Attalah, Hamid Khalafallah, Razan Rashidi, and Samia Errazzouki, moderated by @michatobia.bsky.social.
Egyptian human rights defender Dr. Aida Seif El-Dawla has been ordered released on LE 100,000 bail after being questioned for 3 hours today by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on El-Nadeem's recent report on torture in prisons and other related publications involving torture victims.
For those in Cambridge, I'm giving a talk on Wednesday 18 February, 6-7:30pm, at St Catherine's college
www.politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk/events/dr-il...
Reminder that Francesca Albanese is not being targeted for a sentence twisted and lifted out of context in a speech.
She is being targeted for daring to name the names of giant companies complicit in the crime of genocide.
They would rather destroy international law than be accountable to it.
🚨 The #EISAPEC26 abstract deadline is coming up!
Brighton Pier in England, a popular travel destination and iconic landmark on a sunny day.
Only 2 weeks remaining to register for #BISA2026 ‼️
'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' to discuss, promote & develop international studies 🌍
👉 https://conference.bisa.ac.uk
Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social VisitBrighton Juanita Elias
Background is a smiling portrait of Dr James Greenwood-Reeves. #News flare. LGBT+ History Month special! This year's LGBT+ History month logo. Text reads: Dr James Greenwood-Reeves reflects on LGBT+ History Month as a valuable opportunity to learn from the past, celebrate community, and recognise the importance of visibility.
🏳️🌈LGBT+ History Month special!🏳️🌈
In this interview, Dr @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social shares the creative and collaborative influences behind his work, including @lawsadrag.bsky.social, a network that brings academics and drag artists together to explore lived experiences of law.👇
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🧵 Today at @timep.bsky.social, we're launching "The Arab Uprisings 15 Years On: More Than a Moment."
I'd like to tell you a bit more.
This year, we mark fifteen years since the Arab Uprisings, the single most significant event that changed my life and the life of so many in my generation. (1)
Dr Laura Considine (@lauracon.bsky.social) is quoted in this article published by @theipaper.com on the end of the New START nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia ⬇️
inews.co.uk/news/world/f...
We are delighted to announce that Professor Stuart McAnulla will deliver the fifth lecture in the 2025/26 Faculty of Social Sciences Inaugural Lecture Series
Culture Wars UK: Is it Time for Universities to 'Rearm'?
Wed 25th Feb, 4-5pm
More info & tickets ⬇️
www.tickettailor.com/events/fssev...
🎉Congratulations to Dr Margherita Belgioioso for securing a fully funded ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership Collaborative Studentship
Project title: Civil Resistance and the Onset of Peace Processes
Collaborative partner: @berghoffnd.bsky.social
Closing date: 11 March
shorturl.at/oTTOx
🔊 Final Ep of S3 of Politics and Pedagogy we speak to the leads of 'Pedagogical Research Centres and Communities' across Politics and IR departments in the UK. Available across all platforms rss.com/podcasts/pol...
1-4 September 2026. 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations. ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.
⏰ Remember to submit abstracts for #EISAPEC26 in Lisbon by 19 February!
🔗 Abstract submission guidelines can be found here: buff.ly/T1qTbM6
An ESRC White Rose DTP Collaborative Studentship is available in the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, with the project title: ‘Civil Resistance and the Onset of Peace Processes’. Please share widely phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/453-...
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