The labeling of foreign policies as "feminist" originated with OECD members such as Sweden, Canada, and France before being adopted by various Latin American governments, starting with Mexico. The region's strong commitment to women's and gender rights in international forums is attributed to a well-connected feminist movement. In this lecture, Prof. Solomón will address the shared foundation of OECD and Latin America's feminist foreign policies, emphasizing progressive stances on women's and gender rights and highlight Latin America's distinctive approach, notably its focus on promoting domestic women's rights rather than those of external communities, in contrast to OECD countries.

In Remnants, tattooed and scar-bearing bodies reveal a larger history, as the lived trauma of genocide is understood through bodies, skin, and—in what remains of those lives a century afterward—bones. Gathering individual memories and archival fragments of women survivors, Elyse Semerdjian offers a feminist interpretation of the Armenian Genocide, and issues a call to break open the archival record in order to embrace affect and memory.

With panelists: Giselle Carino, Hawon Jung, and Chantal Umuhoza- please join us for a zoom panel focused on learning from experts on reproductive justice movements, research, and action in various regions around the world including Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

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Webinar with Dr. Sa’Ed Atshan

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Renowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter has led a lifelong fight for the rights of her people. But while launching an effort to establish an Indigenous forum at the European Union, Aaju finds herself facing a difficult, personal journey to mend her own wounds after the unexpected passing of her son.

In this sun-soaked, sublimely sensitive debut, writer/director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren sets her lens on an eight-year-old’s identity crisis over one uncertain summer vacation.

Webinar with Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and Daphna Hacker

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This talk will be about how South Asian Muslim women used food in their travel writings to distinguish between self and other, shedding light on the role of alimentary identities in shaping colonialism, postcoloniality, nationalism, and globalization.

Sadly this event has been postponed. We look forward to welcoming Juliana Borges to campus later this year.

Juliana Borges will analyze the way in which Black women have been criminally punished in Brazil, from colonialism to coloniality, and the varied forms of Black resistance that they have led in the face of the punitive State.

With panelists: Payal Kumar, Dr. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Rachel Lorenzo of Indigenous Women Rising, and Dr. Rebekah Viloria- Please join us for a panel which will analyze our current political state, the work advocates and researchers have done, and the future for justice movements in the fight for reproductive justice.

Women’s and Gender Studies at MIT honors and remembers the memory of Karl Surkan including the academic and personal connections he held at the Institute and Boston area.