About Mairéad Butler
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.
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Mairéad— what an eloquent reflection! So proud of you and the tireless hours and energy you put into your project— you are a major inspiration for navigating and dealing with both the academic and emotional challenges of such a personal project. Congratulations!
Thank you so much Ella, it means a lot!