by Layire Diop, PhD Candidate, Media Studies, School of Journalism and Communication

The figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO) are staggering. Even though fistula was eliminated in developed countries a century ago, it still affects two million women around the world (WHO, 2018). 

by Elinam Amevor, PhD Student, School of Journalism and Communication

The nineteenth century colonial legacy of the British in the Gold Coast—now Ghana—which ensured that men produce cash crops for export to keep the engines of the Industrial Revolution running, while women engage in food-crop production to feed the home, continues to determine the gendered nature of Ghana’s agricultural sector in the twenty-first century. 

by Celeste Reeb, Doctoral Candidate, Department of English

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by Daizi Hazarika, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology

by Jane Nam, PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy

by Carmel Ohman, PhD Candidate, Department of English

by Amna Javed, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics 

Every year, approximately 5,000 women are murdered globally in the name of honor. These crimes, labeled as “honor” killings, are meant to punish transgressing individuals who are believed to have brought shame to their families by overstepping social boundaries regarding acceptable sexual freedoms. In Pakistan’s context, where the “purity” of a woman is crucial to ensuring a successful arranged marriage, dishonor might result from, among other reasons, coming home late, having an alleged affair, or eloping. 

by Marc J. Carpenter, Doctoral Candidate, Department of History

by Emily Masucci, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology

By Katherine M. Huber , PhD Candidate, Department of English