CENTRE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S STUDIES

UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY, IRELAND

1988

Management and equipment. Structure

  • Centre Director‌‌
  • Centre Staff
  • Administrator
  • Affiliated Staff
  • Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers

Objectives

  • Undertaking theoretical and empirical research, individually and jointly, culminating in books, peer-reviewed articles and reports.
  • Editing thematic editions of relevant academic journals.
  • Participating in externally funded, policy-oriented research projects involving members of the group, others at NUIG with complementary interests, and/or external research partners.
  • Coordinating and supporting doctoral and postdoctoral research relevant to the cluster’s thematic interests.
  • Convening regular seminars and events to foster discussion and dissemination of research.

Research and results

  • Women’s asset ownership in rural Ireland (Aine Macken Walsh, 2008-2012).
  • Negotiating Non-Heterosexual Identity in Galway City, (Vesna Malesevic, 2009).
  • Gender Equality and Economic Growth (Nata Duvvury, 2009).
  • Gender, Religion and the Politics of the Veil: An Irish Case Study, (Stacey Scriver Furlong, 2009-2010).
  • Older Women and Pensions Inequalities, (Nata Duvvury, Aine Ni Leime and Aoife Callan, 2011-2012).
  • Reducing Women’s Vulnerability to HIV in Malawi: An evaluation of interventions (Nata Duvvury, 2011-2016).
  • Women’s participation in implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, (Niamh Reilly, Mayesha Alam and Roslyn Warren, 2014).
  • Gender Based Violence in Viet Nam, (Nata Duvvury, 2014).
  • Ireland and the Beijing Platform for Action: A Review of Developments in Institutional Mechanisms for Gender Equality (Niamh Reilly, 2014).
  • Estimating the Resource Requirements for a Multi-Sectoral Minimum Package of Essential Services to Address Violence against Women and Girls in South East Asia, (Nata Duvvury, 2014-2015).
  • What Works to Prevent Violence: economic and social costs of violence against women and girls, (Nata Duvvury, 2014-2017).
  • Methods and methodologies in researching the sex trade, (Eilis Ward, 2015-2016).
  • Guidelines to Estimate the Economic Cost of Domestic Violence in the Arab region, in collaboration with UN ESCWA and UNFPA, (Nata Duvvury and Caroline Forde, 2017-2018).
  • Guidance on Estimating Resource Requirements for the UN Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence, in collaboration with UNFPA, UN Women, UNODC and UNDP, (Nata Duvvury and Caroline Forde, 2019-2020).
  • Economic Costs of Intimate Partner Violence in Mongolia, in collaboration with UNFPA Mongolia, (Nata Duvvury, Mrinal Chadha and Caroline Forde, 2019-2020).

Ongoing projects

Research Themes: Gender equality, economy and empowerment; Gender, violence, health and sexuality; Religion, gender, human rights and the public sphere; Women, peace and security.

Projects by Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers:

  • Gender equality in higher education: University of Galway transformational efforts (Lennita Oliveira Ruggi, 2018-present).
  • The Portrayal of Gender Stereotypes and its Impact on the Career and Social Life of Professional Female Artistes in Nigeria (Oluwatumininu Adebayo, 2019-present).
  • Working Women, Health and Development: A Gendered Health-Framework for Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka (Kowsalya Duraisamy, 2021-present).