NEWS

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

The Global Women's Studies Programme hosted a series of events to mark the 16 Days of Activism to end Violence against Women, linking International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (Nov 25) to International Human Rights Day (Dec 10). For more information, click here.

DUVVURY LAUNCHES UNFPA REPORT ON WORLD POPULATION

Dr. Nata Duvvury spoke at the October 26th launch of UNFPA’s report, State of the World Population, 2011: People and Possibilities in a World of 7 Billion. Jan O’Sullivan, Minister of State, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, launched the report. Dr Jacqueline Mahon, Senior Policy Advisor, Global Health and Health Systems, UNFPA, introduced the report and Dr Duvvury commented on the report, based on her extensive international development expertise. The event was organised by the Irish Family Planning Association and held at the Shelburne Hotel, Dublin.

GLOBAL WOMEN'S STUDIES STUDENTS AWARDED IRCHSS POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS

Caroline Forde and Aura Lounasma, PhD students in the Global Women's Studies programme in the School of Political Science and Sociology, were each awarded an IRCHSS postgraduate scholarship in the 2011 round. These highly competitive and prestigious scholarship have a success rate of less than 15% and are open to PhD students studying at Irish Universities in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

RELIGION, GENDER AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE

An international conference, funded by the European Science Foundation and Linköping University, and sponsored by NUI Galway, took place on 21-25 June 2011 in Sweden. Entitled Religion, Gender and Human Rights: Challenges for Multicultural and Democratic Societiess, the conference was an initiative of the Gender and Public Sphere thematic group within Gender ARC. The conference aimed to move gender from the periphery to the centre of debate on the role of religion in public and political life in democratic and democratising multicultural societies. For more information, click here.

GLOBAL WOMEN'S STUDIES LUNCH-TIME SEMINAR SERIES 2010/11

A meeting of the Global Women's Studies Lunch-time Seminar Series was scheduled for Thursday, 14 April, and featured Nata Duvvury (NUIG) speaking on Gendering the Recession. Future speakers include Angela O’Connell (NUIG). For full details, click here.

EVENTS MARKING THE CENTENARY OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

In recognition of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8th, 1911-2011), the Global Women’s Studies Programme (GWSP) in conjunction with the Irish Centre for Human Rights, The Galway Film Society, the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) and Gender ARC (an NUI Galway-UL research network) held a series of events held throughout the week of March 7th-11th. Events included Women, Power and Powerlessness - a seminar with Inez McCormack, the showing of the award-winning Iranian film Women without Men, A Celebration of the Life and Work of Diana Leonard with Kelly Coate and Anne Byrne, and a Gender ARC Public Seminar with historians Caitriona Clear (NUIG) and Bernadette Whelan (UL). More more information on all events, click here.

UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR PRIZE AWARDED TO GWS STUDENT

The Global Women’s Studies Programme is delighted to learn that 3rd Year student Kim Merrifield was awarded the title of University Scholar for her outstanding achievements in the 2009/2010 examinations. This award is given to students who achieve a minimum of a first class honours in one subject, with a second class grade one honours (2:1) in their second subject in the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies. Kim Merrifield, a student in the BA CONNECT in Global Women’s Studies Programme, was conferred with the award on the 10th of February at the NUI Galway awards day. The Global Women’s Studies Programme offers Kim their congratulations and wishes her well in her future academic successes.

REILLY BOOK OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE FOR 2010

Niamh Reilly's book, Women's Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalising Age (Polity Press), has been selected as an "Outstanding Academic Title for 2010" by the American Library Association/CHOICE. For more information, click here.

FILM SHOWN FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CENTENARY (1911–2011)

There was a screening of Women without Men, directred by Shirin Neshat to mark the centenary (1911-2011) of International women's Day on Tuesday, 8 March. Niamh Reilly (Global Women's Studies, NUIG) gave a short talk before the screening. For more information, click here.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Gender and Child Welfare Network: 4th Interdisciplinary Conference will be held at NUIG on 15 June 2011. Presentations are invited on any area of theory, research or practice which relates to the themes of the conference and can be from researchers or practitioners in a range of academic and practice disciplines, including sociology, psychology, social policy, social work, socio-legal studies, education and nursing. The deadline for abstracts is 28 February 2011. For more details, click here.

16 DAYS ACTIVITIES

In recognition of the 16 Days Campaign of Activism against Violence against Women, the Global Women’s Studies Programme is hosting a series of public events that showcases topics of critical concern to Women’s Human Rights. These events are open to the public, and all are invited to attend. For full details on all the events, click here. Events to come are:

ON DECEMBER 1: More Than a Hangover: Youth, Alcohol and Rape in Ireland, a roundtable held in conjunction with the Rape Crisis Network Ireland. Speakers include Padraig MacNeela (Psychology, NUIG), Caroline Counihan (Rape Crisis Network Ireland), Stacey Scriver (GWS, NUIG) and Saoirse Nic Gabhainn (Health Sciences, NUIG) (for full details, click here)

ON DECEMBER 9: Renewing Our Democracy, Reviving Our Economy: Time for More Women at the Helm?, a roundtable event featuring Michael D. Higgins (President of the Labour Party), Mary Murphy (NUI Maynooth), Gemma Hussey (former member of the Seanad and Dail Eireann), and David Farrell (UCD) (for full details, click here)

GWS LUNCH-TIME SEMINAR SERIES 2010/11

Each month throughout the 2010/2011 academic year the seminar series will showcase the work of researchers, academics and students with a gender-focus from within the GWSP and the NUI Galway community at large. All are invited to attend these public seminars. On 1 December there will be an extended lunch-time seminar in recognition of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. This seminar is held in conjunction with the Rape Crisis Network Ireland and supported by the BA CONNECT in Global Women’s Studies. Future speakers include Emma Brannlund and Lubna Azzam (NUIG), Rachel Pokora (Nebraska Wesleyan University), Nata Duvvury (NUIG), and Angela O’Connell (NUIG). For full details, click here. (GWS will shortly announce details of its 2010/2011 evening Public Lecture Series, which will start on Thursday, 9 December.)

DUVVURY CONTRIBUTES TO NEW UNFPA REPORT

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has just released The State of the World Population Report 2010, titled From Conflict and Crisis to Renewal: Generations of Change to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. Nate Duvvury was the technical advisor and lead researcher of the report. For more information, click here.

MARY CLANCY COMMENDED

Mary Clancy, co-ordinator of the European Women’s Studies programme, has been awarded a Lifelong Learning Programme Certificate of Recognition by the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth through her work with ATHENA – Advanced Thematic network of Women’s Studies in Europe.

NEW GRANTS SECURED FOR GWS

Nata Duvvury has secured two new grants for Global Women's Studies: The first, which is funded by CARDI, is for a project on Older Women Workers’ Access to Pensions. The other is on Gender Equality, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Poverty Reduction: Understanding the Links with Economic Growth and Improvements in Household Income, which is funded by UNFPA. For more information, click here.

2010 POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE

The 2010 interdisciplinary gender and feminist postgratuate conference of Sibéal, the Irish Postgraduate Gender and Women's Studies Network, will take place at NUI-Galway on 27 November. The theme of the conference is 'Women in Action'. The deadline for proposals is 16 October. For more information and contact details, click here.

UN SCR 1325 GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE

A new best practice guide has been launched by 1325 Ireland, a group of Irish NGOs and Women's organisations, including Women's Studies at NUIG. Download UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Towards an Effective and Inclusive Irish National Action Plan by clicking here.

GENDER CLUSTER / GWS PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES

Naomi Goldenberg (University of Ottawa, Canada), Naila Kabeer (University of Sussex) and Nira Yuval-Davis (University of East London) recently appeared as part of the Gender Cluster and Global Women’s Studies Public Lecture Series, 2009-2010.

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP

A scholarship of €2000 will be available on merit basis to a Global Women's Studies MA student with an express interest in assisting a project on gender and economic crisis. For more details, click here.

NIAMH REILLY ON NEWSTALK FM

Niamh Reilly recently spoke about her new book, Women’s Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalizing Age, on Talking History, NewsTalk FM's historical/current affairs radio programme. For more information and to listen to the interview, click here.

NEW ISSUES PAPER ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT

The launch of Nata Duvvury's issues paper Keeping Gender on the Agenda: Gender Based Violence, Poverty and Development was held on November 6, 2009. Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, welcomed the paper.  For more details and to download the paper, click here.

NEW GENDER WORKING PAPERS

The Gender, Empowerment and Globalisation Research Cluster has issued four new working papers. Working Paper No. 1 is Fundamentalisms and Women’s Human Rights by Niamh Reilly. No. 2 is GROW-ing Neo-Secularisation by Vesna Malesevic and Aine Lorie. No. 3 is 'Not an Issue?' The Muslim Headscarf in Irish Post-Primary Schools by Noirin Clancy. No. 4 is Ireland through the Veil: Gender, Autonomy and the Nation by  Stacey Scriver
To download the Working Papers, click here.

NAOMI GOLDENBERG LECTURE

 Professor  Naomi Goldenberg (University of Ottawa, Canada) will speak on Wednesday, 14 April, at 6 pm, in the Lecture Theatre, Aras Moyola, on "Gender and the Vestigial State of Religion" as part of the Gender Cluster and Global Women’s Studies Public Lecture Series, 2009-2010. She is the author of The Changing of the Gods: Feminism and the End of Traditional Religion (1979) and Resurrecting the Body: Feminism, Religion, and Psychoanalysis (1993). Her recent work seeks to bridge the religious/secular divide in social theory. For more details, click here.

NAILA KABEER LECTURE

Naila Kabeer (University of Sussex) spoke on "Marriage, motherhood and masculinity in the global economy: A crisis in social reproduction" on Thursday, March 18th as part of the Gender Cluster and Global Women’s Studies Public Lecture Series, 2009-2010. Prof. Kabeer is one of the world’s foremost experts in feminist economics, specialising in gender, poverty, and social policy issues. For more details about her, click here.

YUVAL-DAVIS LECTURE

Nira Yuval-Davis (University of East London) spoke on the topic of "Intersectionality in Transversal Politics" on 12 March as part of the Gender Cluster and Global Women’s Studies Public Lecture Series, 2009-2010. Yuval-Davis has written extensively on theoretical and empirical aspects of intersected nationalisms, racisms, fundamentalisms, citizenships, identities, belonging/s and gender relations.  For more details on Yuval-Davis, click here.

NEW ISSUES PAPER ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT

The launch of Nata Duvvury's issues paper Keeping Gender on the Agenda: Gender Based Violence, Poverty and Development was held on November 6, 2009. Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, welcomed the paper.  For more details and to download the paper, click here.

NEW GENDER WORKING PAPERS

The Gender, Empowerment and Globalisation Research Cluster has issued four new working papers. Working Paper No. 1 is Fundamentalisms and Women’s Human Rights by Niamh Reilly. No. 2 is GROW-ing Neo-Secularisation by Vesna Malesevic and Aine Lorie. No. 3 is 'Not an Issue?' The Muslim Headscarf in Irish Post-Primary Schools by Noirin Clancy. No. 4 is Ireland through the Veil: Gender, Autonomy and the Nation by  Stacey Scriver
To download the Working Papers, click here.

NIAMH REILLY BOOK LAUNCH

The launch for Niamh Reilly's new book, Women’s Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalizing Age (Polity Press) took place on 25 November at NUIG's Irish Centre for Human Rights. Centre director Prof Bill Schabas and Dr Breda Gray (Women's Studies, U Limerick) spoke at the launch.

HEISE LECTURE

On 19 November, Lori Heise spoke as part of the Global Women's Studies Lecture Series, 2009-2010. Heise is the director of the Global Campaign for Microbicides and is a well-known advocate and policy expert in the field of women's health and HIV. Other speakers scheduled for the series are Nira Yuval-Davis (March), Naila Kabeer (March) and Naomi Goldberg (April).

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