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The Centre for Gender Studies hosted the Leverhulme Visiting Professorship Lecture onLeaving No One Behind vs. Respecting Local Ownership in Development Cooperation: Conflicting Norms about LGBTQI+ Rights in Hostile Environmentson Monday 6 June 2022.The Lecture was followed by a Q&A, chaired by Dr Lauren Wilcox, UCCGS Centre Director and a drinks r…

The Gates Cambridge Trust has announced the complete Class of 2022, made up of 79 outstanding new scholars.We are delighted to announce that Ms Waruguru Gaitho, PhD in Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies, has been awarded a Gates International Scholarship for 2022-23 and we send our warmest congratulations to Waruguru on this great achievement.Schola…

The Centre for Gender Studies held a 'Webinar on LGBTQ+ rights in Botswana and Ghana'on Wednesday 27 April 2022 with human rights advocates from Ghana and Botswana, who discussed the situation in their countries. Professor Audrey Gadzekpo of the University of Ghana focused on the origins and struggle to defeat the draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill titled …

The Centre for Gender Studies hosted the Leverhulme Visiting Professorship Lectureon 'Visibility or impact? International efforts to defend LGBTQI+ rights in the Global South' on Monday 14 March 2022 in the Quarry White House Auditorium, Selwyn College, Cambridge.When and how should international actors become involved in defending LGBTQI+ rights i…

The Gates Cambridge Trust has announced the results of the US selection round 2022. The Trust has awarded scholarships to 23 outstanding candidates from across the United States.We are delighted to announce that Ms Haley Howard, MPhil in Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies, has been awarded a Gates US Scholarship for 2022-23 and we send our warmest c…

The University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies is delighted to announce an online event to mark the centenary of the Irish Civil War. 'The Irish Civil War: A roundtable discussion' will take place at 5.00pm on Thursday 24 February 2022 and will aim to explore the history and legacy of the Irish Civil War from different vantage points and per…

Why is a focus on gender so important for interpreting the world in which we live?In this new book edited by Professor Jude Browne, sixteen world-famous scholars have been brought together to address this question from their respective fields: Political Theory, Philosophy, Medical Anthropology, Law, Geography, Islamic Studies, Cultural Studies, Phi…

Many congratulations to Reetika Subramanian, PhD in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies, for winning First Place in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) 2021 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition for her photograph Beed district, Marathwada, February 2021.Caption: Visible Work, Invisible Worker: Sheela Rathod cuts sugarcane fo…

We are delighted to announce that Professor Stephen Brown, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa (Canada) is the Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the Centre for Gender Studies for the academic year 2021-22 and co-hosted by CRASSH as a Visiting Fellow. Professor Brown’s research will focus on Foreign Aid and LGBTI Rights in the Global So…