Stories
- Article
Social isolation and the search for sanctuary
Threatened with deportation, Furaha Asani turned to her church for support. Met with silence and disinterest, she walked away, but argues that churches should do much more for migrants.
- Article
Are you still nursing?
Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.
- Article
Leaving Mexico and finding refuge in hope
In Mexico, violence of all kinds – organised, street, domestic – is accepted as normal. From the UK, Laura Morales speaks out and fights to help those suffering back home.
- Photo story
My body, my hair
To depilate or not to depilate? Farah Esset and Eden Rickson share a collection of personal pictures and stories that explore the intimate interplay between body hair and identity.
Catalogue
- Books
Migrants, emigrants, and immigrants : a social history of migration / edited by Colin G. Pooley and Ian D. Whyte.
Date: 1991- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Medical Screening of Irish Immigrants
Date: 1958-1959Reference: SA/MWF/H.17Part of: Medical Women's Federation- Books
Women's work, health, and quality of life / Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, editor.
Date: 2001- Books
Women, collecting, and cultures beyond Europe / edited by Arlene Leis.
Date: 2023- Books
Ethical issues in women's healthcare : practice and policy / edited by Lori d'Agincourt-Canning, Carolyn Ells.
Date: [2019]