We are #UMNproud of all of the ways in which women have positively shaped our CLA community. To celebrate, we've gathered a collection of recent stories featuring women who…
Grad student Tahmina Sobat co-authored this blog post, which urges the UN and others "to meaningfully engage and support Afghan women’s movements and resistance against the…
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…
A book coedited by Associate Professor Aizura was named 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association, deeming it an essential text.
Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a 22-year old Kurdish-Iranian woman, died in the hospital on September 16, 2022, three days after being arrested by the Iranian Guidance Patrol (also known…
Richa Nagar and Sima Shakhsari, faculty members of the University of Minnesota’s Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, said that their department had in 2021…
Gabriela Ines DeLisle Diaz developed a zine that “highlights their work and tells their story as a Dakota land recovery project from (my) perspective as a Native Pacific…
After a passionate career as a high school English teacher, Assistant Professor Kari Smalkoski came to the U of M to explore the intersections between gender, race, and youth.
The gender, women, and sexuality studies professor, who recently received a CLA Dean’s Medal, has spent her career exploring a wide range of disciplines in search of deeper…
"How we do the work: that's a big part of racial justice," says Jigna Desai, Professor of gender, women & sexuality studies and Minnesota Transform scholar. Minnesota…
