Chair
Dr. Swarna Rajagopalan, Krea University
swarnar@gmail.com
Krea University, Politics
B402 Prince Villa
7 Rajamannar Street
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600017
India
Vice-Chair
Dr Papia Sengupta, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Centre for Political Studies
New Mehrauli Road
New Delhi 110067
India
Webinar Coordinator
Dr Yasmine El-Hasnaoui, American University Kuwait
Programme Development Lead
Ms. Diana Chacon, Chacon Consulting, Portugal
Board Members
Analia Orr, UNPSJB- CONICET- Red de Politólogas, Argentina
Allali Khadija, Hassan II University, Morocco
Kamalaxi Tadasad, Rani Channamma University, India
Background
Recognised as study group in 1988; granted research committee status in 1992; changed name from "Women and Politics in Developing Nations" to "Women and Politics in the Global South" in December 2015.
Objectives
Focus on the process of development, issues of gender-inequality, political regimes, the inter-play of micro-political processes, representation, decision making, the allocation of resources, democratisation and the removal of iniquitous relationships at all levels.
The committee has, to date, paid particular attention to the issues of women, debt and structural adjustment, women and the environment, women in the democratisation process and debt and structural adjustment: impact on women; ethnic conflict and women’s human rights. The committee is currently undertaking a special study on women’s leadership in economic institutions.
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