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The budget’s still-narrow gender lens: Inside Story
Fay Gale Centre member Carol Johnson, Emerita Professor of Politics at the University of Adelaide, discusses the most recent budget and its step in the right direction to acknowledging gender, however narrowly, and the need for significant shifts in Australian culture to really make a difference. Read the article here.
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Reading Feminism: May Book Club Meeting
Join us on for our May book club meeting. May's book is Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. In this work, a classic of feminist, Marxist, Black and anti-racist theory and theorising, Davis writes a history of women, race, and class in the United States. The book is a crucial example of a work that enacts what we today might call intersectional analysis to interrogate existing worlds in order produce radical new feminist / anti-racist / Marxist visions and futures. When: Wednesday, 26th of May, 5:30 pm. Where: Lower Napier, LG24 Lecture Room, Adelaide University.
Special Fay Gale Seminar: Courage to Change by Professor Alison Phipps
The Courage to Change: Ending Gender Inequality and Sexual Harassment in Australian universities. The Fay Gale Centre is excited to be hosting a special seminar by Professor Alison Phipps (The University of Sussex, UK). At this Fay Gale seminar, Professor Phipps will address the policies and practices that can enable and support structural and cultural change around issues such as gender inequity, bullying, sexual harassment and violence. This event will generate collective understanding of how change at universities can occur, providing practical steps to create a workplace in which gender equity, diversity and care can flourish. The seminar will also be accessible over Zoom. When: 6 pm, 7th of June, 2021. Where: TBA. Please RSVP for the event here.
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Critical considerations of workplace flexibility “for all” and gendered outcomes
A recent co-authored publication from FGC members and Alliance scholars on masculinities and workplace flexibility, "Critical considerations of workplace flexibility “for all” and gendered outcomes: Men being flexible about their flexibility," has been published in the the journal Gender, Work and Organisation. Link here to the paper.
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The Fay Gale Centre Lunchtime Seminar Series
Join us for the third Fay Gale Lunchtime Seminar for 2021. Dr Henrike Hoogenraad will be presenting a talk titled 'Love migration as a gendered practice: Cross-border intimacies and imaginaries of love and happiness among African-Australia couples.' When: Tuesday, 25th May, 1:00-1:45 pm. Where: Napier 210.
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Reading Feminism: Book Club Meeting
The book for April is Marge Piercy's speculative science fiction feminist work Woman on the Edge of Time. Feel free to come along (even if you have not read the book) for some great discussions and conversations. When: Wednesday 28th April, 5:30pm. Where: Lower Napier, LG24 Lecture Room, Adelaide University.
The Fay Gale Lunchtime Seminar Series
Join us for the second Fay Gale Centre Lunchtime Seminar of the year. Dr Gareth Pritchard will be presenting a discussion on Feminist Power Theory. When: Wednesday 28th April, 12:30 pm Where: Napier, LG 21.
2020s Vision - Economic Future of Women in Australia
Fay Gale member A/Prof Duygu Yengin (Director of Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, School of Economics, UoA) is part of an upcoming panel presentation presentation on the economic future of women in Australia. Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and BPW Adelaide, the panel asks these question: What are the most important issues facing women today, how are we addressing those issues and what more can be done to improve women’s economic security? When: May 20, 2021 at 6 pm Where: Allan Scott Auditorium, Hawke Building level 5, UniSA, 55 North Terrace, Adelaide.
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SA Women's & Gender Studies Annual Public Lecture 2021
Dr Juliet Watson, President of the Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association, will be giving a public lecture in July. Her research has been concentrated in the area of gender and homelessness. More information will be provided closer to the event date. Where: Napier 102 lecture theatre When: Thursday, 15 July, 5:30-8:00 pm
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Academic Women’s Forum: Promotion Event
The FGC and the Academic Women's Forum (AWF) (convened by A/Prof Jean Canil and Dr Noune Melkoumian) are holding a promotion event in April 2021 for academic women to come together and discuss the promotion process in a supportive and informal environment. Click here for more information.
