Date: Friday, August 7

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Session 031: Gender and Violence: International Perspectives
Room: Plymouth

Sponsors: Crime and Justice
Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
Law and Society

Organizer: Lloyd Klein, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

Presider &

Discussant: hara bastas, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

Description: 

This session examines the intersections of gender and violence across global contexts. Papers explore gender-based violence, gendered patterns in criminal behavior, and anti-violence movements, with attention to legal systems and broader institutional dynamics.

Papers:

“Everyday Violence and Structural Inequality: Caste and Gender Oppression of Dalit Women in Punjab,” Ritu Singh, University of Delhi and Ravinder Goyat, Independent Researcher

“Feminist Knowledge as Praxis: Resisting Femicide in Türkiye,” Fatime Güneş, Anadolu University

“Gender Norms and Violence: Attitudes toward Rape and Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria,” Patricia Mmeri Ebubechukwu, Illinois State University

“Gendered Exploitation and Reproductive Injustice: Mapping Baby-Factory Networks in South-East Nigeria,” Ijeoma Mercy Ogba-Amaugo, Abia State University

“Strategizing Gender: Experiences of Transmasculine Folk with Police and Security Forces in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires,” Francis J. Fabre, The University of Chicago, Winner of the Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division’s Student Paper Competition

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