Gender and Education Association - GEA

Gender and Education Association - GEA The Gender and Education Association is a volunteer-led international intersectional feminist charity. UK charity number: 1159145

Since 1997, we have worked to eradicate gender stereotyping, sexism, and gender inequality within and through education. Since 1997, our community of educators, researchers, activists, leaders, artists, and more have been working to challenge and eradicate gender stereotyping, sexism, and gender inequality within and through education. UK charity number: 1159145

Charity details:
https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5053893

New on the Gender and Education Association blog:Written by Sara Turnbull, a doctoral researcher at Lancaster University...
13/07/2026

New on the Gender and Education Association blog:
Written by Sara Turnbull, a doctoral researcher at Lancaster University and a teacher with 13 years of classroom experience, this blog post explores how educators can use traditional fairy tales to develop children’s critical thinking and feminist imaginaries.

Rather than avoiding problematic stories, Sara encourages teachers to change the questions, validate children’s concerns and introduce counter-narratives that challenge gender roles, inequality and injustice.

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Can traditional fairy tales become tools for feminist education? Sara Turnbull reflects on 13 years of teaching and shares three practical ways to help children question stereotypes, challenge unfairness and imagine alternative endings.

New on the GEA blog:Solidarity, Sisterhood, and the Emotional Labour in AcademiaIn this reflective piece, Reshmi Lahiri-...
18/06/2026

New on the GEA blog:

Solidarity, Sisterhood, and the Emotional Labour in Academia

In this reflective piece, Reshmi Lahiri-Roy, Rachel Daniel and Kelly Hart explore academic motherhood, care, solidarity and the often-invisible emotional labour that sustains universities.

Drawing on collaborative autoethnography and a symposium on solidarity, sisterhood and allyship, the authors ask what becomes possible when experiences of mothering, caring, grief, marginalisation and support are recognised as central to academic life, rather than treated as outside it.

The piece calls for a broader understanding of solidarity: one that moves beyond individual resilience and towards collective responsibility, institutional change and genuine care.

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Exploring solidarity, sisterhood, and emotional labour in academia, this blog highlights intersectional experiences of academic motherhood and calls for collective change.

New on the GEA blog:Pride Month is Indigenous Peoples’ History Month: Why Q***r and Trans liberation must be tethered to...
09/06/2026

New on the GEA blog:
Pride Month is Indigenous Peoples’ History Month: Why Q***r and Trans liberation must be tethered to decolonization and Two-Spirit sovereignty

Brent Saccucci examines Two-Spirit reconciliation, decolonising education, religion, and the Christian-colonial gender and sexual norms that continue to shape schools and curricula.

The blog invites educators, researchers and allies to consider what reconciliation requires, and why work against homophobia and transphobia must also be connected to decolonial education.

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A reflection on a Two-Spirit reconciliation dialogue, exploring colonial religion, education, and the importance of decolonial approaches to gender and spirituality.

16/03/2026

📣 New awards in Gender and Education – now open for applications!

The Gender and Education Association is pleased to announce two new awards for 2026 recognising outstanding scholarship in the field:

🏆 Gender and Education Publication Prize – recognising an exceptional journal article that makes a significant contribution to research on gender and education.

🎓 Gender and Education Doctoral Thesis Award – celebrating outstanding doctoral research focused on gender and education.

If you have recently published in this area, completed a PhD on gender and education, or supervise doctoral researchers whose work deserves recognition, we encourage you to apply or nominate.

🔗 Learn more and apply:

Publication Prize: https://genderanded.org/gender-and-education-publication-prize-2026/

Doctoral Thesis Award: https://genderanded.org/gender-and-education-doctoral-thesis-award-2026/

Please share with colleagues, doctoral students, and anyone working in gender and education.

The Professor Kathleen Quinlivan 2026 Gender and Education Doctoral Thesis Award supports, nurtures and encourages the next generation of feminist academics working in the broad field of gender and education by recognising innovation and excellence in the early career academic community whose work a...

New on the GEA Blog: “Black Girlhood in Europe Symposium 2026: Are You Down?”In this blog, Dr Silhouette Bushay introduc...
18/02/2026

New on the GEA Blog: “Black Girlhood in Europe Symposium 2026: Are You Down?”

In this blog, Dr Silhouette Bushay introduces the forthcoming Black Girlhood in Europe Symposium, taking place in London next month, and reflects on the urgent work of building Black Girlhood Studies across Britain and Europe.

She also announces the launch of the Black European Girlhood Studies Association (BEGSA), an initiative that brings together scholars and communities interested in Black Girlhood Studies across Britain and Europe.

The post speaks directly to the epistemic whiteness and neocolonial violence that continue to shape intellectual, political, and institutional spaces, and highlights the importance of creating new pathways for knowledge, representation, and justice.

Black Girl Streams C.I.C. is launching the Black European Girlhood Studies Association (BEGSA) which is also convening/co-hosting Black Girlhood in Europe Symposium 2026 – Black Girlhood at the Intersections: Health, Disability and Neurodivergence, and it’s first Special Interest Stream (SIS), t...

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