Reflections on gendered differences in conceptualising and contextualising COVID-19
In this webinar Professor Sarah Bradshaw considers how the notions of nature, natural and naturalness, and of hazard and disaster, have been understood in the COVID-19 context. She reflects on the use of these notions in the conceptualisations and contextualisations of COVID-19 as a…
Kambri Film Fest | Brazen Hussies
An exclusive panel discussion, chaired by ANU Gender Institute Convener, Fiona Jenkins, featuring Brazen Hussies director Catherine Dwyer, with Elizabeth Reid AO and Maeve Powell.Event date: 21 January 2021Event webpage
Gender Equality, Human Security and Sustainable Development: Webinar 2
2020 marks the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on women, peace and security (WPS), and the anticipated announcement of the Australian government’s 2nd National Action Plan (NAP) on WPS.How has Australia advanced the WPS agenda, particularly in focusing on…
Redefining understandings of security and the WPS agenda: crises, climate and pandemics: Webinar 3
Over many years there has been growing discussion across the WPS space about “emerging issues” – mass displacement, climate change, pandemics, humanitarian crises and violent extremism – and their growing impact on peace and security globally, and in our region. These issues are no longer “…
Women, Peace and Security: Civil Society’s Role in Building UNSCR 1325: Webinar 1
2020 is an important year of anniversaries for setting in place bold agendas for women’s rights and gender equality – 25 years since the Fourth World Conference in Beijing (1995) and 20 years since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on women, peace and security (WPS)…
HERE WE ARE! A Gender Institute Celebration of Women and the Arts
At the end of 2020 with all its challenges, the ANU Gender Institute celebrated still standing strong, with a panel of our grant recipients discussing their work as and about creative women in the arts. Panellists & Projects:Alison Alder, ANU School of Art and Design: Still Waiting…
What’s so special about Asian security? Dealing with economics and institutions
What’s so special about Asian security? Dealing with economics and institutions, Natasha Hamilton-Hart, Elizabeth Thurbon, and Alice Ba. WIAPSR Webinar, 2 Nov 2020.This interactive webinar explores two potentially potent themes that could make Asia’s security order and practices distinctive:…
Making the invisible, visible
Shedding light on the gendered dimensions of poverty. Episode 1: In episode one, Sharon Bessell joins Policy Forum to discuss the limitations of the international poverty line and what new research has revealed about the gendered, multidimensional nature of poverty. It has been 20 years since…
Rights, Democracy and Equality in the Shadow of the Pandemic
This conference discusses the challenges of Covid-19 to rights and equality. It focuses on the blurring of the boundaries between the public and private spheres and the struggle with framing and managing the state of emergency posed by the pandemic.
Can a Pandemic Accelerate Dad-friendly Workplaces?
On 3 September, Coleen MacKinnon, Principal with consulting firm Inclusivity Quotient, and Rob Sturrock, advocate and author of Man Raises Boy, co-hosted an event exploring how to create more father-friendly workplaces during covid-19. A panel of working fathers from typically male-dominated…