Gender Institute Event Series
Women in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau collection
Information session
The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PMB or Pambu) was established at the Australian National University (ANU) back in 1968 to catalogue and make preservation copies of archives, manuscripts and rare printed materials held in, or relating to, the Pacific Islands. We prioritise materials at risk of loss…
Case management services addressing DFSV & sex trafficking in Asia-Pacific
Workshop
The Asia Pacific region has some of the highest levels of male violence against women and girls (MVAWG) in the world, and survivors in these settings face considerable challenges accessing support services. Person-centred case management programs aim to provide comprehensive practical support to…
Gender and Development Workshop: A 21st Century Renewal in Australia and the Pacific
Workshop
This 2-day workshop will focus on revitalising Gender and Development for the 21st Century from the perspective of Australian and Pacific feminist scholars. ‘Gender and development’ (GAD) is an innovative approach first developed in the 1990s. It arose out of a desire to go beyond merely…
Understanding 'Coercive Control' Symposium
Symposium
In the wake of intense debates about the criminalisation of coercive control, academics have sought to determine what counts as coercive control and coercive behaviour in intimate partnerships, familial relations, and friendships. Behaviours that were once deemed…
How do we write histories of kinship and desire?
Masterclass
HDR/ECR Workshop as part of the ANU Gender Institute Signature Event: Gender, Sexuality and Assaults on Rights in Modern Europe in collaboration with the Australian Association for European History 2023 Conference. This ANU Gender Institute workshop is aimed particularly at HDR candidates,…
The impact of Roe v. Wade on the gains of 50 years and the assault on women’s and girls’ rights
In conversation
The decision in 2022 of the US Supreme Court in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization overthrew 50 years of established precedent delivering rights to abortion in the US. Since that decision, US States have passed increasingly restrictive and authoritarian laws that place women’s rights to…
Gender, Sexuality and Assaults on Rights in Modern Europe
Signature event
Assaults on reproductive choice, women’s rights, and gender diversity have been at the forefront of right-wing politics in contemporary Europe. Recent elections have again demonstrated the centrality of gender and sexuality to contemporary right-wing populist mobilisation. Gender, Sexuality and…