LSE Fellow in Gender Studies vacancy 😊 https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/1956/0/359742/15539/lse-fellow-in-gender-studies
Layan died alone in a hospital in Jerusalem. No family at her side. No mother or father holding her hand.
Hospital staff prayed over her body because Israel didn't allow any family members to accompany her to the hospital. https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine/status/1557816364160663553
UPDATE: Today, Layan Musleh Hamdi Al-Shaer, 10, succumbed to wounds she sustained in an Israeli drone strike west of Khan Younis on August 5.
She is the 17th Palestinian children confirmed killed in Gaza after the Israeli military launched a military offensive in August 5. https://twitter.com/dcipalestine/status/1557092603983798277
The recent droughts in Europe once again made visible the "Hunger Stones" in some Czech and German rivers. These stones were used to mark desperately low river levels that would forecast famines.
This one, in the Elbe river, is from 1616 and says: "If you see me, cry"
As colleagues are preparing their syllabi for the new semester, I want to start a thread sharing polisci books published during the pandemic (especially by early career scholars) to help promote them. If you can help, DM me the title of your book and I’ll add it to the thread 1/
Great article from Kirstin Wagner from @unppsea today sharing accounts from women and children who were exploited and abandoned by peacekeepers in DRC. So great seeing the voices of those who are 'peacekept' at the forefront like this.
https://theconversation.com/sexual-exploitation-by-un-peacekeepers-in-drc-fatherless-children-speak-for-first-time-about-the-pain-of-being-abandoned-188248
