Queering International Development Addressing heteronormativity in Development Policy and Practice

Name: Queering International Development
Start: Thursday 24 February 2022
End: Thursday 24 February 2022

This event has now finished.

Date and time: Thursday 24 February 2022, 12.30pm to 2pm
Location: Online only
Admission: Free admission, booking required

Event details

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How to queer International Development? What are queer critiques of developments?

In this roundtable event, scholars and development practitioners will present their work in relation to LGBTQI inclusion in International Development and discuss the challenges in addressing heteronormativity in development policy, practice and research in different regions of the world. The virtual roundtable also offers space for questions and discussions with members of the audience. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Speakers:

Dr Matthew Waites, University of Glasgow
Tessa Lewin, Research Fellow at Institute for Development Studies
Rajesh Umadevi Srinivas, Executive Director, Sangama
Joel Mordi, LGBT+ activist and organiser of the first Nigerian Pride

Chair:

Dr Saba Joshi, Lecturer in Gender and Development, Department of Politics, University of York

Venue details

Wheelchair accessible
No hearing loop

Contact

@York_IGDC

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Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre

igdc@york.ac.uk
01904 323716
Department of Politics and International Relations, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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