Episode 28: Are Feminist Foreign Policies Actually Feminist?
Episode 28: Are Feminist Foreign Policies Actually Feminist? In this episode of the G@W podcast, we delve into Feminist Foreign Policies and look at some of the opportunities, challenges and […]
Episode 27: Gender Apartheid – Help or Hindrance?
Episode 27: Gender Apartheid – Help or Hindrance? Many feminists around the world believe that there is a war on against women and some are calling it “gender apartheid”. The […]
Episode 26: The Femilemmas of Allyship – Voices from Beirut
Episode 26: The Femilemmas of Allyship – Voices from Beirut In this episode, three graduate students from the American University of Beirut, Maria Hamarneh, Elvira Abi Zeid and Leil Younes, […]
Mes aventures avec la COVID-19 sous la lanterne de l’intersectionnalité
Hélène Diéne partage son expérience de la pandémie, où elle travaillait dans une clinique COVID-19 comme assistante de recherche et tombe elle-même malade par la suite. Elle évoque ses craintes et ses incertitudes et explique comment ces expériences l’ont amenée à comprendre l’importance du genre et de l’intersectionnalité pour l’utiliser dans sa recherche doctorale sur les impacts désagrégés du COVID-19 afin d’être plus pertinente au regard du contexte.
A Biostatistician’s Personal Journey through Gender Bias
Sylvia Kiwuwa Muyingo reflects on her early fieldwork collecting health information from HIV-affected communities in Uganda and how this experience motivates her focus on vulnerable communities and appreciation of women’s unpaid caregiving roles.
Why are you talking to a blank screen?
Mahlet Hailemariam shares her experiences of juggling online work, challenged by unreliable internet connection and power blackouts while caring for her mother.
Cook, Clean, Plan: A case for more gender-responsive policymaking
Michelle Mbuthia, Communications Officer at the African Population and Health Research Center discusses her personal experience of gender inequality and unfair distribution of domestic labor during the Christmas season in Kenya, and the need for candid discussions and collective efforts to challenge and change traditional gender norms and create a more equal society.
Are women programmed to think less and do more?
Meghan Malaatjie, a Masters in Science, Epidemiology, Candidate, Faculty of Health Science, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa reflects on the gender norms she learned in childhood, her personal experiences with these norms, and the impact on her career, and aspirations to address gender inequalities as a public health professional.
Can AI Have Its Cake and Eat It? Reducing Bias in AI Models May Not Always Be Desirable
What are the ethical dilemmas of trying to create unbiased and representative algorithms of women and men impacted by epidemics as a data scientist? Learn what Amelia Taylor has to say about it.
AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion
The AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series goes deep into this question through stories of experiences of, and efforts to tackle, gender inequality and exclusions.