There were two important achievements.
- There was an acceptance of a Network proposal for a special edition of EERJ. It is entitled Intersectional Approaches to Educational Research Through a Gendered Lens. There will be 10 papers submitted by members of the Network and some research collaborators of Network members. The writing and editing is underway and submission is expected in December. It is being edited by Victoria Showumni, Andrea Abbas and Branaslava Baronovic.
- A proposal for a network project has been funded, it will be led by led by Victoria Showumni, who will be working with Anne-Sophie Godfroy, Edna Costa and Marian Blanco Ruiz. The project entitled 'Exploring wellbeing and progression experiences among racialised women in postgraduate education: an intersectional study in England, France, Portugal, and Spain is important for building capacity to support and further the interests of racialised women through the work of the network.
There were many highlights to this years conference,, but an important one was the Network Special Call entitled Tackling crises and generating hope: including and transforming intersectional gender relations through education. The theme encouraged us to reflect on the different strategies for tackling intersectional educational inequalities and wider injustices and to think through how hope for a more promising future could be generated. For example, in the face of persistent inequities across the educational sector. Wide array of innovative strategies for positive change were discussed. For example, one session explored the potential role of girls in shaping masculinities in positive ways, was presented. A study presented in a poster investigated the rape myths that are prevalent across Europe considered how they could be tackled based on what was found out. Two sessions discussed how entrenched intersectional gender inequalities in STEM could be tackled in universities and in schools using innovative methodologies and praxis. Other sessions explored how affective leadership could tackle crisis in schools and mentoring and other techniques for improving careers and lives.
The network held 3 symposia, 1 workshop and 10 paper sessions. All were well attended and stimulated lively and supportive, critical debates. Four posters were also displayed. We had a well-attended and helpful network meeting and a good number of volunteers for chairing and reviewing. Also, a Tuesday Workshop on Reflexivity in Research, ran by Victoria Showumni was very well attended. We also met a lot of first time attenders in Nicosia with many signing up for the network.
We are very much looking forward to Belgrade, where we will have our first Network 33 dinner and we hope to meet our members there.