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Women's and Gender Studies Research Group

We're researching violence against women and girls, access to justice, peace-building and conflict resolution

This group comprises scholars from a range of disciplines including historical studies, social studies, international development, media and education working on women and gender issues in a wide range of historical, social and cultural contexts.

Our research topics

There are a number of areas of interest including:

  • women’s suffrage
  • biographies and life stories
  • femininities and alcohol consumption/sobriety
  • sexualities
  • women and gender in North Africa, Taiwan, India and South Sudan
  • intersections of feminism and race
  • ending violence against women and girls
  • harmful gender based cultural practices such as FGM
  • gender and the civil rights movement in the USA
  • religion and gender
  • gender and education
  • gender and sexual harassment
  • gender representations in the media

Methods

Within our research we use qualitative research methods – including documentary analysis, interviews, oral history, ethnography, participant observation – as well as quantitative research techniques, such as analysis of census data and statistics.

Funders

Our work has been funded by major funding organisations including the Heritage Lottery Fund, the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Publication highlights

  • Bradley, T. (2020) "Global Perspectives on Violence against Women and Girls", Zed Books Ltd

  • Cheng, I. (2020) "We want productive workers, not fertile women: the expediency of employing Southeast Asian caregivers in Taiwan", Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Research group leads

Lana Clara Chikhungu Portrait

Dr Lana Chikhungu

Senior Lecturer

UoA Coordinator (Area Studies)

Lana.Chikhungu@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Nian-Tzu Cockel Portrait

Dr Isabelle Cockel

Senior Lecturer

isabelle.cockel@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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PhD candidates

External associate members

Professor June Purvis

Emeritus Professor

june.purvis@port.ac.uk