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22
Mar
2017
Is modern feminism bringing the change we need?
Feminism has come a long way and has reshaped the world greatly. However, today we are still far from achieving gender equality. While significant progress can be observed in some areas, there are still barriers that remain mostly unchallenged. In this panel discussion, speakers will share their insights on some of these barriers and what can be done to overcome them. Our panellists include: Emeritus Professor Marian Sawer: Former Head of the Political Science Program,...
08
Mar
2017
Be bold for change: transform your future
To celebrate International Women's Day, Dr Kakenya Ntaiya will visit ANU to deliver a public lecture about her childhood in Kenya and the Kakenya Centre for Excellence, which she founded. Dr Kakenya Ntaiya is a globally-recognised education expert who runs an international foundation based on her ground-breaking school in Kenya. She has a PhD from the United States and a vision to inspire her students to dream big. Kakenya grew up in the village of...
07
Mar
2017
Antarctica: 76 female scientists at the end of the earth
If a trip to the southern tip of the world doesn’t teach you some life lessons, then I don’t know what will! Come along and hear some important life lessons like never get too close to an iceberg, it pays to sit quietly by yourself in the middle of a penguin colony, blue is the most constructive colour and we can’t just keep playing the game, we need to change the game. I will discuss...
06
Mar
2017
How the personal became political: re-assessing Australia's revolutions in gender and sexuality in the 1970s 2017
This interdisciplinary 2-day symposium is the ANU Gender Institute Signature Event for 2017 and will celebrate both International Women’s Day and the Institute’s 6th anniversary. See below for full program. This symposium explores events, transformations, policy changes and watershed developments in gender and sexuality in Australia in the 1970s. These changes were interconnected and profound. The pill became widely available and sexuality was both celebrated and flaunted. Homosexuality was gradually decriminalised state by state. The...
22
Feb
2017
Peruvian Congressman Alberto de Belaunde on human rights (including LGBTI challenges) in Latin America
Peruvian Congressman Alberto de Belaunde is one of the few political figures defending LGBTI civil and gender identity rights in Peru. His talk will focus on the question of human rights, including LGBTI challenges, in Latin America. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. All welcome Podcast now available here . About Congressman de Belaunde Mr de Belaunde is one of the youngest congressmen in Peru’s parliament. He comes from a family of...
10
Feb
2017
Angelique V. Nixon - “Saltwater Trouble”
*This poetry performance is part of the Australian Association for Caribbean Studies conference 2017 * Angelique V. Nixon is writer, artist, teacher, scholar, activist, and poet—born and raised in Nassau, The Bahamas and currently based in Trinidad and Tobago. She identifies as an Afro-Caribbean woman, multi-racial Black, queer and sex-positive being, rooted in working-class struggle. Angelique earned her Ph.D. in English specializing in Caribbean literature, postcolonial studies, and women and gender studies at the University...
