AUKA-PACS Talks / WISE 2023/2024 / Lecture and Workshop on the Intersections of Gender and Violence in Kygyzstan
Lecture and Workshop on the Intersections of Gender and Violence in Kygyzstan
The lecture provides an overview on the current state of gender
inequality in Kyrgyzstan. The workshop aims to facilitate a more
in-depth conversation about potential strategies for addressing and
preventing gender-based violence in the area, as well as providing an
opportunity to discuss other questions which arise from the lecture.
TRIGGER WARNING: Both lecture and workshop will discuss sentitive topics such as gender-based and sexual violence, including shorter video sequences (five minutes in the lecture) that are potentially triggering for some individuals.
Wednesday, 13.12.2023, 15-17:00, Room: G40B-326
Guest Lecture "Current Status of Gender Inequality in Kyrgyzstan",
Galina Gorborukova, American University of Central Asia (AUCA), Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan
Thursday, 14.12.2023, 15-17:00, Room: tba.
Workshop "Understanding gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan: finding
solutions and prevention", Makhinur Mamatova, American University of
Central Asia (AUCA), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
The events are open to everyone and do not need pre-registration.
You can prepare both events based on Elena Kim (2020) Re-feminizing the
post-soviet women: identity, politics and virginity ceremonies in
contemporary Kyrgyzstan, Journal of Gender Studies, 29:6, 706-716
(attached). To link to this article:
https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2020.1758043