Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed

@zahrahnesbitt

Research Manager . Women's Rights. Gender. Social Protection. Care Economy. Still blogging about African Literature . Views my own.

Joined September 2013

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    Jan 6

    May this be the year I get my [reading] groove back. Starting with The Women of Brewster Place.

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  2. 12 hours ago

    Twitter community! Can you recommend any excellent African, Caribbean or Black British novels about old age and/or care in old age? Asking for a friend 😏

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  3. 6 papers on : 1️⃣ Gender-transformative programming 2️⃣ Promoting Positive 3️⃣ Gender-Equitable Masculinities 4️⃣ A Bolder Vision for & with Adolescent Girls 5️⃣ Gender Dimensions of Violence against Children 6️⃣ Gender-Responsive

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  4. Feb 4

    Fantastic opportunity for a Director of Policy to join us and deepen our impact on European external policies! This role is based in Brussels or Berlin. Apply early as applications will be considered on a rolling basis 📣

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  5. Feb 4

    : at is hiring a leading technical role on global sexual and reproductive health. 🤩 Esp. encouraging applications from women and underrrepresented countries! Apply here by Feb 9:

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  6. 1/ I'm delighted with the first in-depth feature on me in a newspaper or magazine anywhere in the world, including the UK. Thank you to the & journalist for making me a Person of Interest & for capturing so much with this profile

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  7. Feb 3

    NEW COVER ALERT: You're welcome world! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 M-E-T-H-O-D, MAN! Aging gracefully, gorgeously, and defining growth for the Hip Hop generation, our February cover star, deserves his flowers! Photographer, Flo Ngala Writer, Veronica Wells

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  8. Jan 31

    We are now accepting submissions for Issue 5. The issue will be guest-edited by Mali Kambandu, Willie Lee Kinard III and Yovanka Paquete Perdigão. Send in your fears and joys, your doubts and faiths, your curiosities and silences. Deadline: 28 February

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  9. Feb 3

    I don’t know how long our program will exist, but as long as it exists, we have work that we’re excited to do. I’m always happy to answer questions about the program, including questions about what this level of uncertainty might mean, so if you’re interested, let me know!

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  10. The future of our programme is uncertain right now. But we’ve built a program that our students and staff love. We’re in our second year, we want to keep growing, and we are currently accepting applications… (a thread)/1

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  11. Feb 3

    🥳We're ! We are seeking a Project Manager to coordinate WIEGO's Child Care Initiative within our Social Protection Programme, working with project partners🙌🏼 🗓Deadline: 18th February 🌎Remote Learn more & apply: Know someone? 🤔Please share!

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  12. Feb 3

    One of the best job ads you will see. Please my Black academics, can you apply. Please my LGBT+ academics, can you apply.

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  13. Jan 28

    Our new issue will look at Women, Work & the Digital Economy. Interested in contributing to this issue? Send your ideas to: genderanddevelopment.south@gmail.com before March 10, 2021. Contributor guidelines & more details are 👇

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  14. Feb 2

    Thrilled we could publish our commentary in the Lancet about why are at the fore of 📑📣💫 Gender Policy and Action Plan Huge thanks to the amazing Rosanne Wong Omar Abdi for the leadership

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  16. Feb 1

    New series of The Gig podcast out now exploring care and domestic work. In Ep. 5 I chat with about social protection for workers. Honoured to share the stage with of and Fairuz of

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  17. Jan 31

    Lectureship in Development and Justice at the University of Edinburgh. We welcome scholars working with gender, sexuality and/or critical race theory, collective action and social movements, and global political and environmental challenges. Please RT

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  18. Jan 30

    [TODAY in 1959] London hosts its 1st ‘Caribbean Carnival’, a celebration of the community’s culture & resistance against police/white supremacist violence, in the wake of the 1958 Notting Hill Riots. It was organised by Claudia Jones, Trinidadian Black communist organiser.

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  19. Jan 31

    WE'RE HIRING: We're seeking a researcher on the Protracted Displacement in an Urban World programme --> This role is in our human settlements research group, which works to support equitable & sustainable development in centres in the global South.

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  20. Jan 26

    📢 WE'RE HIRING 📢 We're recruiting for a Research & Policy Officer and a Project Assistant. Join us as we continue our work towards a green, caring economy. We work flexibly and mostly remote. Both roles are 30 hours across 4/5 days. Closing 14 Feb.

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  21. Jan 31

    Can you think of a more important time to work for a or domestic abuse charity? needs your help, and is recruiting for THREE roles in the Policy & Campaigns team. Apply now, or DM me for a chat!

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