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As a feminist activist I hoped this module would fulfil its promise of pushing the envelope with difficult academic concepts and the insane promise of understanding Butler. The challenge of understanding Butler is still there, but that’s ok understanding Butler … Continue reading →

What is the link between Gender and the environment? The environment can sometimes seem a bit abstract and science based and far removed from the gender issues that I am familiar with. Then we (the MA Gender and Development class) … Continue reading →

In the Pacific “Culture”, kastom, traditions are often used as a reason (or perhaps an excuse) for gender inequality or to defend and not seek to change beliefs and practices that discriminate against women. This argument surfaces when groups talk … Continue reading →

One thing that keeps cropping up in discussions and lectures within IDS is the concept of gender equality and what happens to this concept within the wider international development framework where it gets diluted and depoliticised. Women’s concerns or gender … Continue reading →

I have 10 years of experience working in feminist organisations and then this blog question brought home to me that fact that I have never formally studied gender theory. The question: “What you understand by ‘gender’?” So the big “G’. … Continue reading →