BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190926T1810Z-1569521446.1304-EO-31596-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240329T001212Z CREATED:20190925T233103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T223912Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191015T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191015T134500 SUMMARY: ‘Riding on the Waves of Progressive Political Environment’: the co mplex world of Gender\, LGBT movement and development in Bangladesh DESCRIPTION: Dr. Shuchi Karim's talk will aim to make a historical account and analysis of gender\, sexuality and rights issues in connection with LGB T movement and development field in Bangladesh between 2006 to 2016\, and w ill try to understand the politics\, progress and pitfalls of the process. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Sexuality in general\, and LGBT in particular are risky terms in the context of Bangladesh\, a country that struggles to find its balance be tween tradition-modernisation-and increasing influence of religion on every level of citizens´ lives. The dominant discourse on sexuality and rights s tays within the boundaries of reproductive health\, marriage normativity an d heteronormativity – and this is also applicable to development sector\, w hich\, made attempts to bring rights as a framework within this discourse a round a decade ago by including LGBT issues\, communities and activism in i ts agenda. The sexual politics of Bangladesh has experienced violent backla sh in the recent years resulting is almost stalling of LGBT activism\, visi bility and incorporation in various development programs. This point of tim e\, one must look back and analyse the complex world of gender and sexualit y politics\, especially in its connections and contexualisation within deve lopment – and how various elements and actors contributed to the almost col lapse of a rights movement at a particular point in the country´s history. This talk will aim to make a historical account and analysis of gender\, se xuality and rights issues in connection with LGBT movement and development field in Bangladesh between 2006 to 2016\, and will try to understand the p olitics\, progress and pitfalls of the process.
Bio: Dr. Shuchi Karim is a feminist academic and researcher from Bangladesh. Sh e completed her PhD at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS)\, The Hague\, The Netherlands in 2012\, specializing in Women\, Gender and Development wi th focus on sexualities. Karim had her first MA degree in English Language and Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University\, India\; and her second MA from University of Warwick\, UK\, in Gender and International Development. Shuchi Karim’s career is a combination of development work\, academia and activism. In recent years she worked at multiple academic and development i nstitutions in the area of gender and sexual and reproductive health and ri ghts\, including the Institute of Educational Development of BRAC Universit y (Bangladesh)\, the ISS\, and Radboud University\, Nijmegen\, Netherlands. She is currently working at Western University (Women's Studies and Femini st Research Department) as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Karim's research are as include women's rights\, Sexuality\, education and transnational feminis m.
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