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Columba Achilleos
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Lecturer (Assistant Prof) @BhamPolsis | Researching WPS, NGOs, gender, race, (in)security, FFP & visual global politics | Feminist Killjoy | Anti-war | She/her | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gov/achilleos-saril-columba.aspx
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hannahwright.bsky.social
Nice to see this piece has an issue number now, just as we pass the 25th anniversary of UNSCR 1325. @columbaachilleos.bsky.social and I also have a short follow up conversations piece coming shortly...
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Towards an abolitionist feminist peace: State violence, anti-militarism, and the Women, Peace and Security agenda | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Towards an abolitionist feminist peace: State violence, anti-militarism, and the Women, Peace and Security agenda - Volume 51 Issue 5
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November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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mybisa.bsky.social
25 years of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda: new Review of International Studies edition by Katrina Lee Koo 🎉

All articles free to read until end of Jan!
Inc: Maria Martin de Almagro, Sara E Davies, Hannah Wright, Alexandra Phelan & more! 🌟

Read here 👉 https://ow.ly/rqR450XhsZt
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October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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25 years of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda - a new collection from @risjnl.bsky.social complied by Katrina Lee Koo.

Browse here - https://cup.org/4oAmXZq

cc @mybisa.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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hannahwright.bsky.social
Pleased to see mine and @columbaachilleos.bsky.social 's article, 'Towards an Abolitionist Feminist Peace: State Violence, Anti-Militarism and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda' in this new collection:
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25 years of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda - a new collection from @risjnl.bsky.social complied by Katrina Lee Koo.

Browse here - https://cup.org/4oAmXZq

cc @mybisa.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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pollypw.bsky.social
If the aid sector is truly committed to the idea of doing no harm then it should not be using generative AI.

Full-stop.

But instead we see how once again the sector is a useful playground for capitalist experimentation and expansion.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies
Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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girwgbisa.bsky.social
The @mybisa.bsky.social Gendering IR Working Group is now on Bluesky (and LinkedIn)! 🥳 Follow us here for updates and upcoming events.
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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tonihaastrup.bsky.social
Something to read on the eve of the 4th FFP ministerial
2 yrs of work; from authors to editors really proud to have worked with so many awesome feminists++ on this & the best co-editors a girl could wish for @columbaachilleos.bsky.social & @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social - the smartest minds! 🙏🏾
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
columbaachilleos.bsky.social
1/ 🚨 Our intro to the Special Section on #FeministForeignPolicy is out! Co-authored w/ @tonihaastrup.bsky.social & @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social ky.social in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social: "The Where, What & Who of Feminist Foreign Policy"
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The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy: Hierarchies of Geography, Knowledge, and Power | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
The Where, What, and Who of Feminist Foreign Policy: Hierarchies of Geography, Knowledge, and Power
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October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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endsexisminschools.bsky.social
We’re launching the results of our research into gender balance in the History curriculum today.

The report - The Great History Heist: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum - found only 12% of History lessons feature women as their main focus. 59% featured no women at all.
Sexism in the History Curriculum - End Sexism in Schools
End Sexism In School’s second crowd research project is looking into the History curriculum taught at KS3 (years 7-9) in England and Wales.
endsexisminschools.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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nuthmani.bsky.social
Can't wait to see all the defenders of women and girls sharing this message.
September 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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drljshepherd.bsky.social
Delighted to collaborate with the always brilliant @doris-asante.bsky.social on this essay on WPS NAPs as we approach the 25th anniversary of the adoption of UNSCR 1325. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
WPS at 25: National Action Plans as Mechanisms for Implementation of a Diverse Agenda | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
WPS at 25: National Action Plans as Mechanisms for Implementation of a Diverse Agenda
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September 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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drljshepherd.bsky.social
Incredibly impressed by Kate Scott and Lindsay Day, two brilliant PhD students at USYD who have published this excellent paper on TikTok tradwives and online anti-feminist movements www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Such a pleasure to work with and learn from such smart humans!
TikTok tradwives: femininity, reproduction, and social media
In recent years, social media platforms have seen a growing promotion of the Tradwife’s lifestyle, where cis women embrace patriarchal gender norms and identities such as the stay-at-home mother an...
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August 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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tonihaastrup.bsky.social
This wouldn’t be possible without my fellow African feminists in the trenches
cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Aug 20
#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social -

Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa - cup.org/4oItz8P

- @tonihaastrup.bsky.social

#FirstView
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August 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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thomsonjennifer.bsky.social
New Notes from the Field online from @tonihaastrup.bsky.social as part of this Special Section on #feministforeignpolicy

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social

Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa - cup.org/4oItz8P

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Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Contending with the Coloniality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Perspective from Africa
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August 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social
🚨New on the Blog:

After 25 years of bipartisan commitment to Women Peace & Security, the UK gov't suddenly seems loath to mention or fund it. @tonihaastrup.bsky.social
& @jamiejhagen.bsky.social make the case for gender equality & inclusion in UK policy.

rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/08/04/2...
25 Years of Women, Peace and Security in the UK: An opportunity to align feminist commitments at home and abroad
After a quarter-century of bipartisan British commitment to the Women Peace and Security agenda, the current Labour government suddenly seems loath to mention or fund it. Toni Haastrup and Jamie Ha…
rethinkingsecurity.org.uk
August 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
Domestic violence is a major threat to women around the world but it is also a warning sign for political violence. And yet, it rarely gets the political attention it deserves and requires.
Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
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July 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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politicsgenderj.bsky.social
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣

For our upcoming issue on #feministforeignpolicy, @karolinefaerber.bsky.social & @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social analyze how Germany 🇩🇪 represents, negotiates and reproduces its colonial past in their FFP.

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Research article "Claiming Historical Responsibility? The Persistence of Coloniality in German Feminist Foreign Policy" by Karoline Färber & Madita Standke-Erdmann. Abstract begins: Recently, former colonial powers in the Global North have begun addressing their colonial pasts through their foreign policies. Some of these states pursue a feminist foreign policy (FFP). However, to date, only one FFP makes explicit mention of colonial legacies: that of Germany, adopted in 2021. How does German FFP discourse address this and what political work does this do? Contributing to critiques of coloniality in FFP, we analyze the discursive representation of Germany’s colonial past in foreign policy texts since 2021. Drawing on the socio-critical concepts theater of reconciliation by Max Czollek and remembrance superiority by Mohamed Amjahid, we find that the discourse powerfully establishes gendered notions of caring, responsible, and reflexive German statehood.
July 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social
I'm so happy about @karolinefaerber.bsky.social and my new article with @politicsgenderj.bsky.social 🥰. We draw on @maxczollek.bsky.social and @mamjahid.bsky.social 's work to show how claims of historical responsibility in Germany's Feminist Foreign Policy towards colonialism sustain coloniality /1
July 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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thomsonjennifer.bsky.social
The first article and Notes from the Field from our Special Issue with @politicsgenderj.bsky.social on #feministforeignpolicy is online now! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @columbaachilleos.bsky.social

The first Notes looks at how FFP has influenced donor funding on peacebuilding:
balnik.bsky.social Niklas Balbon @balnik.bsky.social · Jul 20
Feminist foreign policies talk equality, but local feminist peacebuilders still face donor scepticism, unstable funding & political pushback.

Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve.

📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...
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July 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.
Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he's witnessing firsthand
Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.
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July 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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lottelydia.bsky.social
“Statutory maternity leave allows most new mums and birthing parents to take up to 52 weeks off work.
Statutory maternity pay is paid for up to 39 weeks” right yes I wonder if anyone in government can see the GLARING PROBLEM with this
harrydcarr.bsky.social Harry Carr @harrydcarr.bsky.social · Jul 1
Review of parental leave and pay is great, but the framing is all wrong: it is not about being "generous and supportive," it is (or should be) about basic equality, and addressing what is currently flagrantly sexist government policy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Parental leave and pay for new parents to be reviewed by ministers
Campaigners say the UK's system has been
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July 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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norocel.bsky.social
My department at Lund University recruits 3 Associate Senior Lecturers (BUL) Gender studies: lnkd.in/dPzNNC7G; Social anthropology: lnkd.in/deXFaPXf; Sociology: lnkd.in/dK5BnZxz. Positions correspond to tenure-track (50/50 research/teaching) w/h permanent employment after 4 yrs.
Apply by 31 August!
July 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’

Extraordinary work by my colleagues here

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Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’
[FREE TO READ] A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back
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July 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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folukeifejola.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Half of black women in UK who raise concerns during labour did not receive suitable help, study finds
Maternity experiences of more than 1,000 pregnant people found black women up to four times more likely to die in childbirth
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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balnik.bsky.social
👀 The article is a part of a @politicsgenderj.bsky.social special issue on Feminist Foreign Policy curated by Professor @tonihaastrup.bsky.social, @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social and @columbaachilleos.bsky.social. Stay tuned for the whole special issue in autumn.
July 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM