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The
International Gender and Women's Studies Consortium
WOMEN
ACROSS CULTURES
Miami,
FL – October 21, 2007 - The Women’s Studies
Center at Florida International University on October
11, 2007, signed an international consortium agreement,
Women Across Cultures, at the University of Granada,
Spain. The consortium involves six universities on five
continents. FIU Vice Provost for International Relations,
Douglas Kincaid, and Professors Aurora Morcillo (consortium
leader), Suzanna Rose, and Ana Maria Bidegain attended
the signing. A conference, Intercultural Feminism Without
Borders, was held during the same week to launch the
consortium.
The
Women Across Cultures Consortium will facilitate collaborative
international research projects on women and gender,
such as Global Women’s Health and Gender and Domestic
Violence Across Cultures. Other goals include faculty
and student exchanges and curriculum development. The
next meeting will be held in Fez, Morocco, in Fall of
2008.
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Universidad
Nacional De Colombia
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Universidad
De Granada
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University
of Western Cape |
“We
intend to learn about the many ways women in the Southern
hemisphere define feminism, self-worth, and commitment
to human rights through this international consortium.
As western feminists, we realize we have a lot to
learn from our colleagues in the Third World,”
said FIU Professor Aurora Morcillo, co-leader of the
consortium project.
“This is an exciting step towards addressing
women’s concerns on a global scale,” said
Suzanna Rose, former Director of the Women’s Studies
Center at FIU’s South Campus. “FIU faculty
and students will now have the opportunity, by working
with consortium partners, to conduct research on the
health concerns of women in South Africa, domestic
violence in Colombia, how tourism affects women’s
employment in India, and the influence of religion
on women wearing the veil in Morocco, among other
topics. Comparative research will be undertaken as
well.”
The
Consortium is made up of the following six universities
Women's Studies Programs:
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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Miami FL; representatives
Prof. Aurora Morcillo & Suzanna Rose
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UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, located in Granada, Spain;
representatives Prof. Margarita Birriel &
Lola Sanchez
- FEZ
UNIVERSITY, located in Morocco; representative
Profs. Fatima Sadiqi & Souad Sloui
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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA, located in Bogotá,
Colombia; representative Prof. Patricia Jaramillo
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UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN CAPE in Cape Town, South
Africa; representative Prof. Lindsay Clowes
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BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY, Jhansi (U. P.) India;
representative Prof. Aparna Raj
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Women
in Post-Communist Eastern Europe
Professor
Barbara Weitz leads this long-running study abroad
program that examines the role of women in the new
re-structuring of democratic society in the Czech
Republic and throughout the former Soviet bloc.
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