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Psychology of Women and Equalities Section
Using feminist psychology to tackle violence against women and girls
Members of the Psychology of Women and Equalities Section share their views on the issue of violence against women and girls and the government’s proposed strategy to tackle it.
View resultSocial Psychology vs Cyber-Misogyny
The following blog post recaps a recent Psychology in the Pub event for International Women’s Day on how we can use social psychology to understand anti-feminism online.
View resultWhy is reducing the gender pay gap controversial?
On Wednesday the BPS is hosting a talk at Bournemouth University which aims to explore why the gender pay gap still exists and how we can halve it. In advance of this, Jenny Cole has provided us with this piece discussing the controversy surrounding the issue.
View resultMapping the body: the connection between psychology and fashion
On the 11th of November, psychologists from Manchester Met, along with academics from the Manchester Fashion Institute (MFI), will be talking about body image, fashion and identity in an event run as part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science.
View resultSix reasons
The member ballot for our proposed new sections will go out in April. In this blog post Martin Seager lays out six reasons to vote for a Male Psychology Section.
View resultCareers in cyberpsychology - in conversation with Dr Inka Karppinen
This article was written by Dr Inka Karppinen, lead behavioural scientist at CybSafe, and edited by Dr John Blythe, an industry representative for the BPS Cyberpsychology Section.
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Psychology of Women and Equalities Review
Decolonising the curriculum
Award for Innovation in Practice
Diversity and Inclusion
ConferencePsychology of Women and Equalities SectionPsychology of Women and Equalities Section Annual Conference 2025
23 Jun 2025 - 24 Jun 2025
Join the 2025 POWES conference for feminist scholarship in a friendly setting. Open to all interested in gender, sexuality & equality research at any career stage.
- Children, young people and families
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Health and wellbeing
- LGBTQ+
- Race, ethnicity and culture
- Research
- Sex and gender
- Violence and trauma
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More opportunities to take part in Pride in London
18 April 2024
The BPS is expanding the activities members and staff can get involved in during this year’s event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community.
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- LGBTQ+
Creative and critical feminist research
30 July 2018
Madeleine Pownall reports from the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society's Psychology of Women and Equalities Section.
- Sex and gender
‘It’s taking women’s accounts seriously’
31 July 2024
Ella Rhodes on a project from Psychology’s Feminist Voices and the British Psychological Society’s Psychology of Women and Equalities Section (POWES).
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- Sex and gender
‘Representation and methodology need to change’
08 March 2021
Dr Rose Capdevila is Senior Lecturer at The Open University, and Chair of the BPS Psychology of Women & Equalities Section (POWES). For International Women’s Day, Deputy Editor Dr Annie Brookman-Byrne asks the questions.
- Sex and gender
The women who made psychology
10 November 2017
Ella Rhodes reports from the British Psychological Society's seventh annual Stories of Psychology event.
- History and philosophy
- Sex and gender
Campaign to level up
25 November 2021
Ella Rhodes reports on The British Psychological Society's Senate-voted theme for 2022.
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Inclusivity is critical
12 May 2022
Elizabeth Bates is Chair of the Male Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. Her research interests centre on male victims of female perpetrated partner violence as well as the broader issue of domestic violence and abuse; in addition, she’s committed to ensuring that her students have the best possible experience at university, and the greatest chance of employment. She talked to Ian Florance.
- Sex and gender
- Violence and trauma
Institutional sexism in academia
18 February 2006
Sarah Riley, Hannah Frith, Louise Archer and Louise Veseley discuss women in psychology and The Psychologist.
- Sex and gender
- Teaching and learning
Moving beyond the ‘disadvantage stakes’?
12 June 2017
The debate continues over the potential formation of a 'Male Psychology' Section of the British Psychological Society.
- Sex and gender
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Editorial
Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-12-2024
Author(s): Charlotte Dann, Emma Turley
View EditorialWorking in a man’s world - An IPA study of women’s lived experience in the UK construction industry
Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-12-2024
Author(s): Ella Armstrong-Barker, Benjamin Partridge, Lisa Staniforth
View Working in a man’s world - An IPA study of women’s lived experience in the UK construction industryA phenomenological analysis: Using life mapping to explore sexual identity development in middle-aged lesbians
Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-12-2024
Author(s): Yara Vizinho
View A phenomenological analysis: Using life mapping to explore sexual identity development in middle-aged lesbians‘Culturally, straight hair was promoted’: Black and Mixed-Race Ugandan women’s self-perceptions of their natural hair
Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-12-2024
Author(s): Ssanyu Kayser
View ‘Culturally, straight hair was promoted’: Black and Mixed-Race Ugandan women’s self-perceptions of their natural hairGender, deprivation, and identity: Research informed practical implications
Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-12-2024
Author(s): Melanie Haughton, Chris Walton
View Gender, deprivation, and identity: Research informed practical implicationsAgora – A tale of trauma
Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-12-2024
Author(s): Michaela Maria Hintermayr
View Agora – A tale of trauma‘You’re supposed to love being a mother, but don’t talk about your kids all the damn time’: The digital lives of mothers on social media
Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-12-2024
Author(s): Gemma Ballard, Lisa Lazard
View ‘You’re supposed to love being a mother, but don’t talk about your kids all the damn time’: The digital lives of mothers on social mediaCoercive control: A decade later
Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 1
Date of Publication: 01-07-2024
Author(s): Tanya Frances, Emma L Turley, Lois C Donnelly
View Coercive control: A decade laterThe Impact of Coercive Control Legislation for Transgender People in Australia
Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 1
Date of Publication: 01-07-2024
Author(s): Aaron Sylvian
View The Impact of Coercive Control Legislation for Transgender People in AustraliaHow agencies enable and perpetuate the coercive control of women
Series: Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review Volume: 7 Issue: 1
Date of Publication: 01-07-2024
Author(s): Amy Beddows, Ankita Mishra
View How agencies enable and perpetuate the coercive control of women