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How Women Work! : Online Summer Series
How Women Work! : Online Summer Series
Location:
Online
Type:
Lecture
Speakers
Yildiz Temürtürkan
International Coordinator of the World March of Women
Sejuti Das Gupta
Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, in the Comparative Cultures and Politics field. Her recent research explores the impact of COVID-19 on women workers.
Aqui Thami
Founder of Sister Library, Indigenous Artist, and Activitist
Shrayana Bhattacharya
Senior Economist in the World Bank’s Social Protection and Labour unit for South Asia, and award-winning Author of 'Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh'
Mary Ann Manahan
Co-ordinator of the Global Working Group Beyond Development, Activist, and Researcher
Description
An Online YSI Lecture Series, run by women in the field of Political Economy of Development, organised by women and open to women. We aim to create a platform for women to feel comfortable occupying space. The series runs from the 29th July – 2nd August, and will be hosted on Zoom.
Speakers include:
Yildiz Temürtürkan – 29th July at 2pm BST
Sejuti Das Gupta – 30th July at 2pm BST
Aqui Thami – 31st July at 2pm BST
Shrayana Bhattacharya – 1st August at 3pm BTS
Mary Ann Manahan – 2nd August at 1pm BST
Our work is in collaboration with Sister Library, Asia’s first feminist library, to bring forward their mission of aligning community and learning. Sister Library is a community funded library that helps provide underprivileged girls tuition. We hope you are able to contribute in solidarity.
Hosted by Working Group(s):
Organizers
Attendees
Julia Ostrovskaya
Hitesh Potdar
Modisana Seate
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