About Emily Esplen

Emily Esplen is the Policy and Advocacy Manager at Womankind Worldwide. She was formerly Women’s Rights Coordinator for One World Action.

 

Articles by Emily Esplen

Reclaiming care as a fundamental end in itself

In the global context of economic insecurity and emerging 'care crises', there is a real risk that the development industry becomes complicit in compounding women’s burden of unpaid care and entrenching traditional gender roles -  something we must guard against, argues Emily Esplen

What will it take to realise our vision of a just and equal world?

After thirty years of CEDAW, gender equality is at a vital juncture. How can we progress towards a just and equal world through such tumultuous times? Emily Esplen calls for a radical democratisation of political spaces, and the fashioning of new, inclusive alliances for justice

Men and gender justice: old debate, new perspective

The nature of men's involvement in the struggle for gender justice has long fiercely divided gender-equality advocates. After nearly three decades of disagreement this seam of tension doggedly persists, little engaged with and largely unresolved.

Emily Esplen is research and communications officer at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

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Emerging powers and human rights.

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