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In labour and in love: Privacy through a gendered lens
by Aastha Malhotra and Arshia Roy Recently, there has been an increased emphasis on an individual’s right to privacy, with more and more nations jumping into ...more
The Dilemma of Beating a Dead Horse in Women’s Empowerment Interventions in Yemen
by Ghaidaa Motahar There is a consensus that war and conflict bring pain and despair, and simultaneously solicit destructive social change. In Yemen’s conflict, where men ...more
The Travel/Trial of Intersectionality
by Manjari Sahay To mark 30 years of ‘intersectionality’ since Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the concept in her article ‘Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex’, ...more
Rural women, financial inclusion and community investment funds in Pakistan: A successful pathway to sustainable development?
by Asmat Kakar Patriarchy and sociocultural constraints, chronic poverty, limited access to financial institutions and lack of financial control means women in Pakistan face a litany of ...more
What you want to see is what you get: realities, representations, and reputations of sex tourism in Bangkok
by Angana Narula Each year students on the LSE Gender MSc course Sexuality, Gender and Globalisation present independent research papers at an all-day student conference. This year’s ...more
Whose freedom, and from what?: The child as cipher for a (transnational) politics of ‘traditional values’
by Maria Brock Awareness of increasing (and increasingly politicised) sentiment against so-called ‘gender ideology’ is spreading, and no longer merely confined to academic and activist circles. ...more
Militarisation, misogyny and gendered violence in Kashmir
by Samreen Mushtaq On August 14 this year, a solidarity team comprising four Indian civil society activists held a press conference at the Press Club of ...more
Silence of the Indian sex-workers: Dissecting the eternally suppressed perspective
by Priyadarshee Mukhopadhyay Are they listening? The dreadful condition of sex-workers in India has always been a burning issue. While gender equality and human rights movements in ...more
Of Butterfly Assemblages and Constitutional Coups : Invention and Intersection of Heteromasculinity and Class in Post-Colonial Sri Lanka
by Senel Wanniarachchi Each year students on the LSE Gender MSc course Sexuality, Gender and Globalisation present independent research papers at an all-day student conference. This year’s conference ...more
'Global gay conspiracy' and misogyny in Turkish anti-gender narratives
by Alev Özkazanç Having been inspired by the great victory of the opposition against Islamist AKP in Istanbul municipal elections in 23 June 2019, several municipalities dared ...more
Night Writing: breath, love, wings
by Yasmin Gunaratnam To mark 30 years of ‘intersectionality’ since Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the concept in her article 'Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex', ...more
From “Gender Bashing” to the Dangers of Co-Optation: Gender Studies in Japan
by Chelsea Szendi Schieder Note: Following Japanese conventions, Japanese names are listed family name first. I met Professor Andrea Peto (CEU) in fall 2018 in Budapest, when ...more
Confronting My Anti-Vitruvian Self in Creepy Dolls and a Discussion about Dominatrices
by A. Rahman Ford After years of being ashamed of my body, for some strange reason I decided one day to take some semi-nude photos of ...more
Queering the ‘Global Gay’: How Transnational LGBT Language Disrupts the Global/Local Binary
By Khin Su Each year students on the LSE Gender MSc course Sexuality, Gender and Globalisation present independent research papers at an all-day student conference. This year’s ...more
Hijras and the legacy of British colonial rule in India
by Sophie Hunter On 6 September last year the Supreme Court of India struck down Section 377 (S377) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), decriminalising homosexuality. ...more
How Media and Police Still Fail London’s Queer and Trans* Residents When Dealing With Hate-Motivated Violence
by Sean Cartwright Each year students on the LSE Gender MSc course Sexuality, Gender and Globalisation present independent research papers at an all-day student conference. This ...more
