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A woman’s place is in the (on-line) world?

This blog from June 2020 considers some of the benefits and disadvantages of technology for women and girls, as online communication became the ‘new normal’ during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Community
Gender & diversity
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#11 Social Dreaming Matrix during the Covid-19 pandemic. Notes from 8th June
Social dreaming
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Tavistock Community 2nd Annual Gathering
is taking place on 29 June, via Zoom.
Unconscious
Group relations
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Medici is live!
Addressing digital exclusion through sharing best practices.
Young people
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#10 Social Dreaming Matrix during the Covid-19 pandemic. Notes from 4th June
Social dreaming
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The impact of Covid-19 on our communities and what we can learn
An invitation to participate...
Group relations
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#9 Social Dreaming Matrix during the Covid-19 pandemic. Notes from 1st June
Children & families
Social dreaming
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#8 Social Dreaming Matrix during the Covid-19 pandemic. Notes from 28 May
Children & families
Social dreaming
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Group Relations Learning Beyond 2020
The World is starting to open, lockdowns are easing, social distancing and cleaning regimes are getting ready for the return to the new normal or the new reality.
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Group relations
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Virtual support and vulnerability in the women and girls sector

This blog shared how projects were adapting to lockdown restrictions in the early days of COVID-19, providing online, remote and socially distanced support to women and girls who were facing some of the greatest negative impacts of the pandemic.

Community
Gender & diversity
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#7 Social Dreaming Matrix during the Covid-19 pandemic. Notes from 21 May
Social dreaming
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WGI Synthesis Report #1: 'The Women and Girls Initiative'
Community
Gender & diversity
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#6 Social Dreaming Matrix during the Covid-19 pandemic. Notes from 18 May
Social dreaming
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Corona-Time Notes: The Virus of Horror
We are sharing a recent piece of writing from our friend Dr Yossi Triest reflecting on the time of Coronavirus.
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The Early Bird still gets the Worm
Leicester Conference 2020. Early bird deadline 20 May. Apply now!
Unconscious
Group relations
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#5 Social Dreaming Matrix during the Covid-19 pandemic. Notes from 14 May
Social dreaming
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Covid-19 and the Women and Girls Initiative

The first of 5 blogs about COVID-19, which shared some of the achievements of projects as they quickly and effectively mobilised to support women despite the challenges presented by the pandemic.

Community
Gender & diversity
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#4 Social Dreaming Matrix during the Covid-19 pandemic. Notes from 11 May
If we were to give the session a title it would be: Lemon Drop Soup to the Superhero • 48 participants – about 34 female/ 14 male • We lost count of dreams.. and associations..
Children & families
Social dreaming
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#3 — At the breakfast table he is approached by someone he argued with 34 years ago.

#3 — At the breakfast table he is approached by someone he argued with 34 years ago...

Children & families
Unconscious
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#2 — the letter a. No longer warm, cosy and round but flat with a stick coming out of it — a threat...

#2 — the letter a. No longer warm, cosy and round but flat with a stick coming out of it — a threat...

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