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Young people's well-being and pornography: meet the researcher. Exclusively for the readers of our newsletter, RHEA interviewed Nina Szyf, PhD student at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University (joint PhD) within the SWYPPE-project.

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Exclusively for the readers of our newsletter, RHEA interviewed Danielle Fernandes, EUTOPIA doctoral researcher at RHEA (Collaborative PhD: VUB - NOVA Lisboa). We discuss her current research project on gender-based violence in Brussels, which you can follow on her Instagram @Cityconfessions.be!

Missed the RHEA Gender Lecture Series? Here's our take! Wie is er bang van gender? We kicked off the series with the panel "Wie is er bang van gender?" as the inaugural Machteld De Metsenaere lecture.

The RHEA Gender Lecture Series: because gender, diversity and intersectionality matter year round!

Talk about starting the year off strong! On New Year's Day, journal 'Sexual Violence' published an article on Sexual Violence in Brussels Nightlife by Danielle Fernandes, Maïté Meeûs and Gily Coene.

In a Q & A for the Editor's Choice of Rhea's Newsletter, Jihane Sliti discusses her and Prof. Dr. Iman Lechkar's recent publication “No punishment is enough for monsters" (short title)...

For the Editor's Choice of our Newsletter, we wrote a teaser on Prof. Dr. Karen Celis and Prof. Dr. Sarah Childs' piece on democratic practices through a feminist lens. Feminist Democratic Design (FDD): Why do we need it, What is it and How does it work?

As part of the book "A New Wave of Antiracism in Europe? Racialized Minorities at the Centre"(IMISCOE Research Series, Springer), edited by Ilke Adam, Jean Beaman and Mariska Jung, we shall soon be able to read Serena D'Agostino's "#RomaLivesMatter, too.

We are relaunching the RHEA Brown Bag Seminars! Every few weeks, RHEA-researchers will present their work or proposals with the aim to collect feedback and insights. Bring your lunch and join us at the next (online) seminar!

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