- 2025-12-16 - Anita Kaiser, the associate director of the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity, is among eight staff and academic professional employees recognized by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences for their outstanding professional contributions...
2025-07-08 - The Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity is happy to announce we offer a Masters in Global Studies in collaboration with the Center for Global Studies and the Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security (ACDIS). Our track is Gender and Public Policy...- 2024-06-24 - Prof. Min Zhan of the School of Social Work has been appointed Director of WGGP beginning August 16. Min brings a long history of collaboration with WGGP and its Gender Relations in International Development interdisciplinary graduate minor, which is housed in the School of Social Work, where...
2023-12-20 - The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) and the Humanities Research Institute (HRI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are co-hosting our seventh annual event, “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories” bringing together faculty, staff, students, and...
2021-08-19 - WGGP has moved! We will join the Illinois Global Institute (IGI), along with several centers at our new home in Coble Hall. The expectation is that over the next year, all IGI units will move to Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright Street (corner of John and Wright Street). During this transitional year,...
2021-02-03 - Women & Gender in Global Perspectives and the Women’s Resources Center are thrilled to host a virtual screening of the acclaimed documentary, RBG. This film follows the life and legacy of the late Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and it will be available for viewing, for free,...
2021-01-13 - GRID Student Nehal Elmeligy has published her first peer-reviewed academic article in the Journal of Resistance Studies titled "Making a Scene: Young Women's Feminist Social Nonmovement in Cairo" (November...
2020-11-24 - WGGP Faculty Affiliate Dr. Rebecca Smith was a guest speaker for the CGS-WGGP panel titled "Syndemics: Theory & Application" (November 11, 2020). Rebecca is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathobiology and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Her research...
2020-11-18 - The latest news from the New York Times on how government leaders, school administrations, parents and students are navigating an uncertain season. ...
2020-11-17 - Women participating in politics have navigated unique challenges and opportunities from the coronavirus pandemic. Governments around the world should take these steps to safeguard women’s political inclusion during the pandemic and beyond. The coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt political...
2020-11-13 - The LAS Global Studies program is currently accepting proposals for the GLBL 296: Global Studies Foundation Seminar (on-campus) and GLBL 298: Global Studies Seminar Abroad for AY 2021-22. Faculty are encouraged to apply for both seminars and...
2020-11-12 - WGGP Faculty Affiliate Colleen Murphy has published a Chicago Tribune article titled "Commentary: To protect our democracy, remember: Our opponents are not our enemies" (November 5, 2020). Colleen Murphy...
2020-11-12 - The Center for African Studies will be hosting an event titled "75 years of the UN and the Africana Diaspora--a special CAS webinar" on Tuesday, November 17 @ 10:00am. Event will feature WGGP Visiting Research Scholar Vernita Pearl Fort as a guest speaker....
2020-11-12 - Come see GRID Student Cintia Martins Freitas present at the Lemann Graduate Forum on Friday, November 20. The event will begin at 10:00 am and Cintia's presentation titled “Collective Candidacies...
2020-11-09 - Hosted by the University of Illinois Archives and co-sponsored by WGGP, the November lecture will be presented by Susan Martinis on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at 12:00pm CST. Susan Martinis is a Stephen G. Sligar Endowed Professor of Biochemistry and the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation...