Friday, 13 May 2016 at 1:00 pm – Friday, 13 May 2016 at 4:00 pm
Global Girls
Global Girls
Date: Friday 13th May 2016
Time: 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Location: No 70 Oxford St, Manchester M1 5NH
Tickets: FREE - Booking is required here: https://global-girls.eventbrite.com
This event is part of the Humanities in Public World strand.
This event offers critical reflections on gender and girlhood in a global context. It will explore how research on global experiences of girlhood, and the fuzzy distinctions between sex, bodies and gender, can translate into practice. It brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading researchers, activists and community organizers who share an interest in how being a girl and a woman is constructed across spaces, places and cultures. There will be discussions on shared experiences of girlhood in a global context, on growing up, conformity, state policies and social practices. The day will consist of a series of brief talks, short film screenings and discussions, plus posters from local schools, students and other organisations.
Film Screenings: Two short films Light Moves and Graphic Moves – made by young people from an ex-mining town in South Wales.
Speakers and Themes:
Dr. Ofra Koffman; social researcher with the Essex HealthWatch with expertise in the fields of gender, new media and health policy. Her talk is on ‘Girl power: a global revolution’, and focusses on the girl empowerment policy agenda promoted by a wide range of leading organisations involved in global health and development work.
Dr Navtej Purewal; Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Indian Studies, and Deputy Director of the South Asia Institute at SOAS, the University of London.
Dr Victoria Cann; Lecturer in the Humanities in the Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities at the University of East Anglia. Co-Founder of the community group ‘Day of the Girl Norwich’ and one of the founding members of the International Girls’ Studies Association.
Convened by the Sylvia Pankhurst Research Centre, Dr Shoba Arun (Department of Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University) and Dr Kate Cook (School of Law, Manchester Metropolitan University)
This event is part of Humanities in Public's World strand.
Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to disability equality. If you have any access requirements, please let us know via 0161 247 6710 or email us at h.darby@mmu.ac.uk before you arrive to help us to make sure that your visit to the event is as enjoyable as possible