This is such a fascinating article, especially in the wake of the catastrophic cuts to aid across the world. It's always helpful to consider historical agents outside the global North, rather than dismissing them as puppets and passive recipients of development funds!

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In 1977, the South Korean government agreed to send taekwondo instructors to the West African republic of Upper Volta. Inhae Yap explains what the exchange can tell us about the politics of aid in the Cold War and today.

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📣 Our 'Introduction' to #SI of @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social #womensgrassrootsactivism New Histories of Female Activism in Twentieth-Century Britain & Ireland is published & free to read now 📣. @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social #skystorians www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Here we frame the #SI & set out how contributors are 'attentive to ways women have used the term activist (or not)' & suggest that there is 'a spectrum of activist nomenclatures'. Emphasis is placed on ‘quiet’ forms of activism, resulting in new histories of #womensgrassrootsactivism in 🇮🇪 &🇬🇧.

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This #SI is an output of @ukri.org #AHRC funded research network #womensgrassrootsactivism. I ❤️ working with co-editors @ruthdav.bsky.social @annefhlogan.bsky.social @racheljcollett.bsky.social & Anna Muggeridge & the fantastic women who participated in our project learn.lsbu.ac.uk/womens-grass...

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