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Final Laidlaw Reflective Report: Summer 2 2023

Here is my final Laidlaw Reflective Report, in which I reflect upon the following twin themes: the lessons I have learned over the course of the Laidlaw Scholarship, particularly during my LiA with WORI, and my future goals, which are inherently informed and shaped by my Laidlaw experience.

Nov 19, 2023

Mairéad Butler

Postgraduate Student, Central European University, Universidad de Granada, Trinity College Dublin

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Mairéad Butler (She/Her)

Postgraduate Student, Central European University, Universidad de Granada, Trinity College Dublin

I'm an Erasmus Mundus MA in Women's and Gender Studies (GEMMA) student in Central European University, Vienna and the Universidad de Granada. I'm a BA (Hons) European Studies graduate, Gold Medallist, and Laidlaw Scholar (2022-23) at Trinity College Dublin.

My feminist historical research focuses on the intersection of motherhood, public health, and restorative justice in (post)colonial, Catholic contexts, with an emphasis on Ireland.

My Laidlaw research (2022) consisted of a comparative study of experiences of and discourses around gender-based violence in the Irish and Spanish Civil Wars (1922-23 and 1936-39 respectively). For my LiA (2023) I worked with Women Rights Initiative (WORI), a grassroots women's rights NGO in Uganda, on resource mobilisation and social enterprise business planning.