Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

As a place where research, education, and social change go hand in hand, GWSS identifies, analyzes, and challenges structural inequalities, while imagining and creating just and transformative futures for all.

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Undergraduate

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Graduate

Recent News

Afghan Women’s Rights as the Taliban’s Bargaining Tool for International Recognition

"[W]e call on the United Nations and other advocates of humanity to take action beyond mere condemnation of the Taliban’s inhumane acts and to meaningfully engage and support…

Statement of Afghan Students and Scholars Abroad Regarding the Taliban’s Banning Women from Education and Employment

We, Afghan students and scholars abroad, urge academic institutions, human rights organizations and defenders, and women’s rights advocates not to leave Afghan women alone in…

Aren Aizura’s Book Named Choice Outstanding Academic Title

A book coedited by Associate Professor Aizura was named 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association, deeming it an essential text.

GWSS Faculty, Graduate Students and Alumni to Present at NWSA Conference

GWSS Faculty and Graduate Students will be presenting at this year's NWSA Conference here in Minneapolis.

Statement in Support of the Iranian People’s Protests

We join the voices of the Iranian protesters and say unequivocally:

Jin, Jiyan, Azadi!

Zan, Zendegi, Azadi!