Valesca Lima

@valescal.bsky.social

Research on Housing, Governance & Citizen Participation

“We will find you and if we find you, we will not let you live.” That's what cricket female players heard from the Taliban regime. Vicious gender politics is at the centre of sport in Afghanistan. Ireland's officials love to sounds outraged but DO NOTHING ABOUT IT www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Fintan O'Toole: Cricket Ireland showed indifference to gender apartheid by hosting Afghanistan

Unlike the soccer team’s bad luck in being drawn against Israel, Cricket Ireland did this – excuse the pun – entirely off its own bat

irishtimes.com

I was there just to wait for Argentina to lose in the final match but then I was caught by surprise with a quite OK halftime show: Madonna, the Ronaldinhos, BTS! Ted Lasso?! Even Bieber was there but his song killed the vibe 🤣 And Shakira of course

Childcare services need urgent policy changes: when a provider is overcharging and pulling out of public funding to avoid paying refunds it is holding parents hostage. These parents don’t have options! Childcare space a very scarce www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Dublin creche raising fees after being ordered to refund more than €100,000 to parents

Charlie’s Childcare had signed up to State funding scheme, agreeing to keep fees at 2021 levels in return

irishtimes.com

People do read your thesis: patthomson.net/2026/07/07/p... It's good @patthomson.bsky.social debuked this one. It might be that few people will read it cover to cover (external & internal examiners, supervisors, proofreader) but once it reaches a repository, other plp will engage w/ it too!

people do read your thesis

That tweet is back. You know the one. A PhD thesis, it says, is the only book in the world read cover to cover by exactly three people: the author, the proofreader, and the examiner. The screenshot…

patthomson.net

“Removing households from housing lists or homelessness statistics is not a solution to the homelessness and housing crises.” Homelessness charities warn new housing bill could bar vulnerable people from emergency accommodation: www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

Homelessness charities warn new housing bill could bar vulnerable people from emergency accommodation

Group of charities express concern and call on Government not to ‘rush through’ legislation

independent.ie

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

nytimes.com

This is the position of Islamic feminism: the problem is not Islam, but the way certain men have interpreted it to serve their own interests … A feminist framework rooted in Islam rather than imported from the west, gives them a way to resist that feels authentic theconversation.com/what-happene...

What happened to Afghanistan’s female academics?

By December 2022, all universities in Afghanistan had closed their doors to women.

theconversation.com

As misleading headlines go, that has to be up there with some of the worst! As is the claim that "Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s." The "shocking new study" does NOT show that at all 🙄 🧵 1/21

Express Headline:

Twenty-seven young foreign workers hired for every one Brit as immigration fuels unemployment crisis.
Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s, according to a shocking new study.

How Ireland’s far right has opened new front by targeting Dublin’s council homes The far right is hijacking anger on working-class Dublin estates over a shortage of council houses by vandalising vacant properties www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

‘Very disturbing’: How Ireland’s far right has opened new front by targeting Dublin’s council homes

The far right is hijacking anger on working-class Dublin estates over a shortage of council houses by vandalising vacant properties

irishtimes.com

This 💯 👇 Some easy ways to prevent this: 1. Invite female speakers first. Wait till they are confirmed. 2. Invest in creating a broad base of female experts (not just the few everyone knows and wants). 3. Invite more than “the one” female panelist. (do same for other underrepresented groups)

Tarik Abou-Chadi@tabouchadi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Given my recent experiences seems worth saying again: Don‘t organize manels Don‘t make excuses for why your panel is a manel Don‘t try to persuade people to participate in your manel (using these excuses) Don‘t ask people who do not want to participate in your manel to suggest women for your manel