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‘Inclusion Reimagined’: Podcast by Professor Anu Aneja for Indira Gandhi National Open University

‘Inclusion Reimagined’: Podcast by Professor Anu Aneja for Indira Gandhi National Open University

In celebration of International Women's Day 2024, Professor Anu Aneja, Director of the Women and Gender Studies program, was invited to deliver a podcast hosted by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. The podcast, intended for distance education students of IGNOU located across India, was relayed through the university’s media channels. During the episode, Professor Aneja explored the theme of 'Inclusion Reimagined' and offered insightful perspectives on diversity and equity through a critical interrogation of narrow understandings of identity and intersectionality in the context of the need for systemic changes.  She also highlighted the important role of language, poetry and art in bringing about transformations through the power of creative imagination.

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2023 Scholar's Lecture

2023 Scholar's Lecture

On April 20th, Women and Gender Studies hosted our annual Scholar’s Lecture, featuring a talk by Dr. Akila’Ka Ma’at, Assistant Professor in Women and Gender Studies, African and African American Studies, and Communications.

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Yevette Richards Jordan Presents in Belgium on Gender Politics Faculty Afoot

Yevette Richards Jordan Presents in Belgium on Gender Politics

Professor Yevette Richards Jordan presented "Gender Politics: The AFL-CIO’s Underhanded Practices against the ICFTU’s Women’s Committee" on October 7 at an international workshop hosted by the Amsab-Institute of Social History. The workshop entitled, "The AFL-CIO and the International Cold War: Problems, Paradigms, and Pragmatic Responses," explored the Cold War international history of US labor's relations with worldwide organized labor. The workshop aimed to offer a global approach to the phenomenon of an “activist” American trade union movement.