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About Us
The Women's and Gender Studies Program is an interdisciplinary forum for the study of women's past and present position in society. The concept of gender relations is considered a primary factor in our understanding of women's roles in various institutions and societies. The Program analyzes the similarities and differences among women as a result of such factors as race, class, religion, and sexuality.
An overview of our speaker series...
Anne Fausto-Sterling 
"Acquiring Gender: From Baby in the Yellow Hat to Gender Identity & Expression"
on April 7

At this lecture, Anne Fausto-Sterling shared with us various theories on the development of sexual identity as well as biology of gender.  
 
Women Take The Reel
Film festival celebrating Women's History Month
Screening of "Price of Sex" by Mimi Chakarova
on March 30
Discussant: Betty Blythe, Professor at School of Social Work, Boston College

Dr. Sonal Zaveri- International Scholar from India

Lecture: Second Chances: Empowering Children At Risk on November 17
Dr. Elora Chowdhury, Professor at UMASS Boston, March 14
Lecture: Global Perspectives on Gender Violence & Human Rights Advocacy
Shared her work on women's anti-violence organizing in Bangladesh and its impact around the world!   
During this lecture, Dr. Sonal Zaveri shared her stories about vulnerable youth especially children of sex workers, challenges that they face and interventions that are in place. 

Jean Kilbourne, an author, speaker, and filmmaker who is internationally recognized for her work on the image of women in advertising and her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising.
Lecture: The Naked Truth: Advertisings Image of Women on November 11

The Women's & Gender Studies Program would like to thank all of our supporters, minors, faculty and other staff who have made our journey joyous and memorable! We look forward to bringing more speakers in the fall of 2016. We hope you had an awesome semester and we look forward to having more students joining our Women's & Gender Studies Program! Stay tuned for more speaker events, information sessions, parties and gatherings from our awesome program for next semester! On behalf of our program, we would like to wish you an enjoyable and wonderful summer break! 
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