On March 5, 2025, The Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity (CSGGE) and the Humanities Research Institute (HRI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign co-hosted our eighth annual event, “11 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories” bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia.The event featured 11...
On October 11, 2024, WGGP hosted an Affiliate Lecture by Dr. Eunmi Mun on "Egalitarian Workplaces: Organizational Pattern of Gender Wage Inequality in High Income Countries". Scholars of gender wage inequality have long shown that workplaces play a significant role in shaping the gender gap, but we know little about what kind of workplaces treat women and men equally and how many workplaces are...
On October 2, 2024, WGGP hosted an Alumni Lecture by Annie Contractor on "Community Engagement, Rural Edition: Navigating Local Power and Conquering the Fear Factor". The lecture explores the unique challenges and opportunities faced by rural communities in fostering effective community engagement. The discussion dissects the dynamics of entrenched local power structures, the role of trust in...
On April 5, 2024, WGGP and GWS hosted a Film Screening of “Period. End of Sentence” with Director Rayka Zehtabchi as part of the Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s) Conference on April 4-5th, 2024. Reyka Zehtabchi is an Iranian-American director and producer working in both documentary and fiction. Reyka’s Oscar-winning Netflix short documentary “Period. End...
On April 5, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a reflection panel “Common Differences 1983-2024: Further Weaving of a Transnational Feminist Agenda in the Face of New and Enduring Challenges” as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s). The conference was...-
On April 5, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a panel “Memory & Reparations” as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s). The conference was organized by graduate students from WGGP and GWS: Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez (Sociology), Nehal Elmeligy (...
On April 4, 2024 WGGP hosted keynote lecture by Dr. Amina Mama (University of California, Davis) on “Transnational Feminist Praxis in an Age of Genocide” as a part of Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s) Conference on April 4-5th, 2024. This lecture argues that the many violences perpetrated against women have been the major driver of...-
On April 4, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a panel “Voicing the Invisibles” as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s).The conference was organized by graduate students from WGGP and GWS: Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez (Sociology), Nehal Elmeligy (Sociology),...
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On April 4, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a panel “Artivisms & Media” as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s). The conference was organized by graduate students from WGGP and GWS: Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez (Sociology), Nehal Elmeligy (...
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On April 4, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted Welcome Remarks and a discussion on Common Differences Then and Now: Geographies of Feminist Journeys as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s). The conference was organized by graduate students from...