Gender Institute Event Series
I Carry You with Me - Film screening
Film screening
As part of the celebrations of Pride Month, the Embassy of Mexico, in collaboration with the Australian National University’s Latin American Students Association (LASA); the Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies (ANCLAS); the Australian National University Gender Institute; and…
Hidden Genocide - An Exhibition
Exhibition
Unmasking the Hidden Genocide in the Tigray region of Ethiopia through a collection of videos and photos. Imagine there was a state election in Queensland, and Scott Morison didn't want the election to go ahead. But Queensland went ahead regardless. In response Scott Morrison ordered the federal…
A Tale in Two Books: China and the United Nations
Webinar
Join us for an interactive discussion with the authors of two important recent books: Rosemary Foot, China, the UN, and Human Protection: Beliefs, Power, Image (OUP, 2020); and Courtney Fung, China and Intervention at the UN Security Council: Reconciling Status (OUP, 2019).…
Generation Equality Forum Australia
Public forum
In March and June 2021, UN Women is convening the Generation Equality Forum (GEF), co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France. This landmark Forum brings together global partners, activists and allies to define and commit to concrete actions that will accelerate gender equality. Focussing on…
What Happens to Women’s Voices During a Pandemic?
Webinar
What Happens to Women’s Voices During a Pandemic? Studying the Impact of COVID-19 on Women Writers in Australia This paper presents the preliminary results from ANU Gender Institute-funded research into the effects of COVID-19 on the ability of women writers in Australia to have their work…
Boys and Feminism
Public lecture
This lecture considers some important cultural and intellectual problems arising from the relations between feminism and boyhood. Contemporary media discourse suggests that feminists exclusively understand boys and the experience of boyhood through such frameworks as “patriarchal privilege” and…
Empowerment of Women's Rights in Ecuador and Australia
Webinar
The “Violet Economy” is an economic strategy announced on the 21st of October 2020 in Ecuador that aims to reduce labour gaps between men and women that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic in economic, political and social sectors. The Violet Economy is a program…