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Alasia Nuti (MSc in Gender (Research) and Best Overall MSc Result Prize-winner, 2011-12) writes: "I came to the GI to study for an MSc in Gender (Research) with a background in philosophy. The year at the GI was challenging but fundamental in my education and personal growth. After having graduated, I started a PhD in political theory at the University of Cambridge, which I am about to complete. I will spend the next year (2015/2016) as a Postdoctoral fellow at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and then I will start a Lectureship in Political Theory at the University of York. I cannot be more grateful to the GI and its staff for all the support they gave me. It was an amazing year in which I learnt so many things and had the opportunity to meet and discuss with students from around the world."
Caroline Paranandi (MSc Gender, 2011-12) writes: "After almost a decade working as a journalist in London I took a year out to scratch an academic itch at the LSE Gender Institute. Gender was everywhere in the world, and I was curious to understand more about what it is and how it works. The subject was quite different from my undergrad degree in history and international relations from the University of St Andrews and I was constantly challenged by new ideas, concepts and ways of thinking. Since returning to journalism I have carried my LSE experience with me - to good effect, I think! Gender is increasingly discussed in mainstream media and my LSE degree has opened doors professionally and offered me a more nuanced lens through which to view the world."
Jacob Breslow (MSc Gender (Research), 2010-11) writes: "After graduating from the University of California Santa Cruz's Feminist Studies and Community Studies programs, I applied to the LSE in hopes of continuing my engagement with feminist and queer theory. The LSE drew me in after I had the opportunity to see Judith Butler speak here; I quickly became aware of the amazing minds and talent that the university, and the Gender Institute specifically, brought in and had as faculty. This MSc program challenged me in extraordinarily productive ways, connecting me to people and epistemologies that have and will proactively shape my thinking and my future career in academia. Jacob is now studying for a PhD at the Gender Institute."
Emma Spruce (MSc Gender (Research) and Best Overall MSc Result Prize-winner, 2009-10) writes: "I came to the GI having studied a BA in French and Politics. I suppose what drew me to LSE was the reputation - no matter who I talked to they had heard of the university and I felt that was especially important because Gender Studies wasn't so well known. The best thing about my year there was the people - it felt like an amazing community to be part of and the fact the students were from all over the world really enriched the academic discussions. Emma is now studying for a PhD at the Gender Institute."
Holly Rodger (MSc Gender, 2009-10) writes: "Studying MSc Gender at the LSE helped me to fill in the gaps in my knowledge that I felt had been left by my BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of York. The degree gave me the opportunity to study subjects from a wider range of disciplines than would have been possible at another institution. Both the exceptional teaching staff and the diversity of the students at the Gender Institute created a vibrant atmosphere and close sense of community on the course. My time at the Gender Institute gave me the guidance I needed to build my knowledge as well as the freedom to choose my own direction and make my own mind up."
Zoe Palmer (MSc Gender, 2006-2007) is part of the Women's Economic Participation Team in the Government Equalities Office.
Hatty Oliver (MSc Gender, 2005-2006) has begun her first year of a PhD at Goldsmiths.
Joanne Kalogeras (MSc Gender, 2004-2005) completed her PhD at the Gender Institute.
Jennifer Schulte (MSc Gender (Research), 2004-2005) is working as Protection Program Intern - Livelihoods with Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children in New York.
Liza Taylor (MSc Gender, 2004-2005) landed an internship with the UNDP Gender Unit in New York (November 2005).
Ethel Tungohan (MSc Gender, 2003-2004) on 7 September 2006 writes, 'hope you remember me - I was at the LSE from 2003-2004, studying gender. I absolutely loved my time at the department. Soon after graduating, I received a human rights fellowship to work for an NGO in India for a year, and afterwards, worked for a human rights NGO in Geneva and a women's health policy think tank in my hometown of Vancouver. Right now, I am in my first year of the Political Science PhD program at the University of Toronto'.
Jac sm Kee (MSc Gender, 2003-2004) is currently managing the Women's Rights Programme of the Association for Progressive Communications. The Programme looks at internet rights and policy in relation to women's human rights, and aims to strengthen the analysis and activism around how the internet is shaped and imagined through feminist perspectives. Part of the work includes a global campaign called ‘Take Back the Tech!’ that calls for women and girls to take control of the internet to transform power relations and end violence against women, both online and offline. The Programme also publishes an online gender and internet policy resource journal that interrogates emerging issues like access, privacy and surveillance, freedom of expression, transparency in governance and the economy from a gendered lens.
We welcome contributions and participation in both of these key initiatives. For more information: www.takebackthetech.net; www.genderit.org and www.apc.org.
We are quite flexible on the issues so far it is related to gender and internet policy and culture. But if this is too broad as you advice, we also produce thematic/focus editions, every 2nd-3rd months, so the students can either contribute to these or we can think together of particular topics which would resonate with them, for example some hot issues on our radars are currently: mapping of feminist tech efforts, new sustainable development goals, economy and tech (both its neoliberal model as well as emerging alternative economy models) or persisting gender gap in access to the internet.
from Corine Dhondee (MSc Gender, 2003-2004) on 21 June 2006 says 'just heard from Hildur, she will be doing a JPO with Unifem in Barbados, and Eirin starts in New York with the UN, Sharifah was offered a position with the UN in Malaysia, and Nanda has a lovely development job in Germany.'
Manilee Bagheritari (MSc Gender, 2003-2004) firstly worked as a research associate at the Gender Equality and Development (GED) section of UNESCO. She did the background research for several publications and the programs at GED; currently she is working on Culture and HIV/ AIDS programme on/projects dealing with research and training. Here is a co-authored article "Cultures, Conventions, and the Human Rights of Women" published on UNESCO.org about a complex relation between cultural rights and women's.
Krittika Ghosh (MSc Gender, 2003-2004) is currently working as a Community Education and Outreach Coordinator for CONNECT, an organisation working on the prevention of gender based violence and family violence in New York. She is the coordinator for Queens and a lot of work is providing technical assistance to community based organisations to do work around domestic violence, particularly to immigrant communities and communities of colour. (November 2005)
Tracey Jensen (MSc Gender, 2003-2004) is at the Open University, in a PhD with Ros Gill.
Jitiya Purksametanan (MSc Gender, 2002-2003) is now a civil servant, working for the Office of Women's Affairs and Family Relations in the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security in Thailand.
Jane Collier (MSc Gender, 2002-2003) is working at the British Dental Association, addressing policies on equality and representation.
Cecilia Roccato (MSc Gender, 2002-2003) writes in March 2006, 'Right after leaving LSE I started an internship with the World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nation organization working in emergency situation, based in Rome, Italy. I worked in the WFP Gender Unit, mainly looking for background material for a policy paper on food-assisted training programmes. I knew about the internship thanks to an email you forwarded to us from a former LSE Gender student. After the internship they asked me to stay on and work in a big institutional baseline survey on the implementation of WFP's Gender Policy. For almost 2 years I worked on this project, designing the survey material
(questionnaires, training material etc.), training focal points on the survey implementation all around the world, providing support from headquarters and traveling to a number of countries to help them writing reports on the findings of the survey. The work was very interesting and challenging, and I wanted to move further and go to the field. So I applied for a fellowship sponsored by the Italian government and then since January I am in Quito, Ecuador, still working with WFP. I am mainly responsible of an alphabetization project carried out by local government and supported by WFP through food rations given to women to ensure their participation. I am also giving training on Gender and Food Security and Gender and HIV/AIDS. I would love to get in touch with people from my course!! My private email is:ceciroccato@hotmail.com'
Gwen Beetham (MSc Gender, 2002-2003) is a program associate at the National Council for Research on Women in New York City. She does research and coordinating work for a lot of the programs at NCRW; currently researching for several of their main projects: women leaders in higher education and diversity; economic security of women; government information on/programs dealing with women that have gone missing (in the last couple of years). Here is a recently published article on salon.com about a report she's been working on regarding the deletion and distortion of information about women from US government websites and publications (read: since the Bush administration!). Gwen has now joined our PhD programme (October 2007).
Both Carolyn Pedwell (MSc Gender, 2001-2002) and Elisabeth Kelan (MSc Gender, 2001-2002) have returned to the GI to do PhDs. Elisabeth now is Dr Kelan and is working at London Business School. Carolyn is not only Dr Pedwell but has a postdoc with Sara Ahmed at Goldsmiths (updated in 2006).
Helena Chui (MSc Gender, 2001-2002) writes (September 2005), "I'm doing PhD Developmental Psychology, University of Florida. My advisor is Dr. Manfred Diehl and I'm working on studies in older people".
Diana Anders (MSc Gender, 2000-2001) is a PhD in the dept of Rhetoric at Berkeley with Judith Butler.
Keiko Noda (MSc Gender, 2000-2001) writes in March 02,'I have got into the course I wanted at the university of Tokyo, which is the most prestigious university in Japan. My course starts in April. I will do research on lesbian history in Japan'.
Juliet Mohit-Brown (MSc Gender, 2000-2001) will at the end of November be heading back to the Bay Area and getting back involved with girls' education.
Kyra Freestar (MSc Gender, 2000-2001) is moving to Seattle in August.
Heidi Schumacher (MSc Gender, 2000-2001) is hoped that our alumni from this year will be setting up a network contact list. Should you be from this year and wish to contribute to this listserv, please contact Heidi Schumacher on Heidi_Schumacher@hotmail.com . Heidi Schumacher (1999-2001) is three years into her PhD at Minnesota.
Anna Lodge (MSc Gender, 2000-2001) is job hunting in the area of politics, political research or women's organisations in London; finally Heidi herself is moving to Minnesota to begin a PhD program in Feminist Studies. Watch this space!
Kristen Stec (MSc Gender, 2000-2001) mentioned around this time she was hopefully going to Kosovo for 3 months to work with the Kosovo Women's Initiative on income generating projects.
Attreyee Roy Chowdhury (MSc Gender, 1999-2000) writes (1 June 06) 'I worked in Singapore before taking a Master's degree in Gender Studies at the LSE. A stint as an intern at UNESCO in Paris followed and she is now the Publications In-charge at the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), French Embassy, New Delhi. The CSH is part of the network of research centres of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.'
Elisabeth Engebretsen (MSc Gender, 1999-2000) was working as an administrative officer at SOAS in the Centre for Asian & African Literatures & is now undertaking a PhD in Anthropology at LSE.
Tameeza Samji (MSc Gender, 1999-2000) writes April 06 'I am (finally) in the last year of my doctoral studies in Psychology in San Francisco. My dissertation is entitled :Bi and in Love; A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Negotiated Committed Couple Relationships of Bisexual Women . I have been awarded a space to present the initial findings of my research at the national annual conferece this summer in New Orleans (APA 2006). I expect to graduate in August of 2007. I will be spending my pre-doctoral internship year working with children and families at a County and Community Health Center north of San Francisco, and plan take an assistantship for my post doctoral work in order to build my private practice. I hope to keep integrating new ways of knowing and understanding into my scholarly and my clinical work.'
Sabine Grenz (MSc Gender, 1999-2000) was recently awarded a PhD.
Josephine Wilson (MSc Gender, 1999-2000) is studied for a PhD at the Gender Institute.
Krista Orendorff (MSc Gender, 1999-2000) writes 2.7.01: 'I am leaving for Sarajevo in a few days to work as a Junior Professional Consultant (fancy word for intern) with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). I will be working as part of The Stability Pact Gender Task Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. I will be spending a few months in Sarajevo with the possibility of moving to Croatia or Slovenia in the fall. Our strategy is to promote women's greater political participation, formulate campaigns for positive action in national electoral legislation to increase women's chances to stand for election and to be elected and strengthen national machinery for gender equality promotion through a variety of concrete programs and positive action measures.
Kathleen Fincham (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) writes: "Since graduation, I have completed my PhD (Education and International Development) at the University of Sussex and taught at IDS, SOAS, UEA and IoE (UCL). I have also been working as an Education and Development consultant with WUSC, UNICEF, UNGEI, Oxfam Novib, SOFRECO/ Save the Children and UNHCR in Canada, Ghana, Rwanda, Lebanon, oPt, Sudan and Jordan. I would love to hear what my former classmates have been up to over the years!"
Abigail Booth (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) is working for an NGO in Sweden.
Justine Sass (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) is working at the World Bank.
Dana Malhas (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) (dana_khan@unifem.org.jo) writes from Amman (8 January 2004) "I graduated from LSE in 1999 which makes me part of the 1998/1999alumni belonging to the Gender Institute. I just wanted to send some information in hope to get in touch with some of the people I graduated with and hoping to post the information on the web. I have not been in touch with any of the people I have known during my year at the GI, nor have I been back to London to visit LSE which is on my list of things-to-do, hopefully if and when I find the time to do so!
Since my graduation I have been working at the UNIFEM Arab States Regional Office in Amman which covers 17 countries in the region. I have been holding the post of National Program Officer for almost three years now and I am mainly responsible for managing the projects/programs portfolio that are being implemented in the region on economic security and rights, governance and peace building and women's human rights. It is a great opportunity, and I am enjoying working for and with a group that I belong to, a group that has much potential and passion for change...Arab women. It's only last year that I have started thinking of resuming my studies and maybe get a PhD and I am currently looking for the time to sit and think of what I want to do academically. Who knows! I might be even back at LSE and the GI...two places that are very close to my heart and always on my mind."
Miranda Levey (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) has been appointed to the post of administrative officer in LSE External Study.
Louise Nylin (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) was doing an internship at the UNDP in Copenhagen and was applying for another internship with UNIFEM in New York - she's recently been seen in Washington DC so it must have been successful!
Paula Brancker (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) is working on a project for the World Bank for the next few months, and then hopefully work with her government on a project on social policy and women's affairs.
Scott Craig (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) is working freelance (journalism mostly) and has a commission from the Electoral Reform Society to write a book about coalition governments, coming out later this year.
Kathleen Fincham (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) was working for UNICEF in Accra on a project on the girl-child. She recently visited the GI and promised to send me an update on what she is doing now.
Manuela Colombini (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) is working at the UN in Geneva. She was the Information Officer dealing with NGOs. As of December 01, she writes, 'I would like to inform you that I am still in Geneva, but that I have changed job. I now work as Technical Officer (dealing with women's issues and gender perspectives) at the Department of Reproductive Health and Research of the WHO'.
Uzma Hoque (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) began a job with Unicef Regional Headquarters in Nepal on 10 January 2000 and is really excited about it.
Roona Simpson (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) was recently awarded a doctorate at the Gender Institute (May 2005).
Yasuko Ibuka (MSc Gender, 1998-1999) is applying for an internship at UNICEF in New York.
Hamida Ali (MSc Gender, 1997-1998) is working at the Equality Policy Unit as a research officer, for Portsmouth Council.
Erika Franklin (MSc Gender, 1997-1998) writes (31/5/05) "I just wanted to let you know that I left investment banking a number of years ago, and you might want to mention on the alumni page that following my undergraduate in film, I am working back in film again and am co-editor and co-owner of London-based media company, Firecracker Media, specialising in East Asian cinema. In addition to organising film festivals and film sales, we publish a monthly online magazine supported by the UK Film Council at: www.firecracker-media.com. Do take a look - and please feel free to amend my alumni destination! (and, of course, help to publicise our magazine!) ;-)" erika@firecracker-media.com
Ximena Corzo (MSc Gender, 1997-1998) is (Feb 04) working for the European Union, Andean Programme of Human Rights and Democracy.
Liz Torpey (MSc Gender, 1997-1998) is a programme assistant at the Women's Human Rights Programme at Amnesty in New York.
Farhat Bokhari (MSc Gender, 1997-1998) recently got a permanent position as the Asia researcher at the Women's Rights Divison of Human Rights Watch in NY. She writes, "I'll be moving to NY sometime in January. At the moment I'm focused on advocacy on two reports by HRW - on violence against women in Pakistan and Thai women trafficked into debt bondage in Japan. I really had a good time at the Institute, and you all contributed to making it a great place where we got to air a lot of theoretically contentious stuff."
Soraya Hassanali (MSc Gender, 1997-1998) has completed a stint as an intern at the UN in Brussels working on trade and is at present back in Canada. Update: passed through London in October 06, saw Hazel. Now working in Canada as Senior Cabinet Advisor/Conseillère principale aux affaires du Cabinet.
Sarah Johnstone (MSc Gender, 1997-1998) is working at Womankind as a policy officer.
Kyoko Shinozaki (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) writes in May 2006 'Ever since I received an alumni newsletter, I have always been wanting to get in touch with the GI to let you know my whereabouts. After my MSc, I returned to Japan and proceeded with my Ph.D. in Gender Studies and Sociology at Ochanomizu University in Tokyo. I completed my Ph.D. in September 2000, with a dissertation "Negotiating Citizenship in Transnational Migration: The Case of Filipina and Filipino Migrant Domestic Workers in Germany". After having briefly worked as a collaborator and fundraiser at the University of Frankfurt am Main in Germany, I began to work as Assistant Professor at the Centre for Gender and Diversity, Maastricht University in 2005 (http://www.genderdiversiteit.unimaas.nl/pages/frameset-uk.htm). Last academic year, I developed, coordinated and taught a BA course, "Crucial Differences". I just finished the first year of my assignment and am preparing for the course for next year. During the past yeas, I have remained in contact with Hazel Reeves in Brighton and some others from other departments.'
Bjorg Paulsen (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) is working for the City of Oslo, mainly dealing with problems in the housing programme.
Shiori Watanabe (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) has been working for IBM in Japan for 3 years, and recently changed jobs within the company. She writes, "I would like to let you know that my assignment has been changed.which is effective from 1 Sep.I believe that I will be able to put in practice what you have taught to us at LSE in my new tasks.The job mission is quite tough and very challenging, but I am really exciting and enjoying it. We work for the tasks which to rise minorities (such as women, persons with disability and gays and lesbians) and accelerate diversity. Anyway, I just would like to say thank you to you and let you know that study at Gender Institute LSE gave me unlimited possibility and opportunity to my life. I am participating a working group of MITI and making public comments to the government. Moreover, I will be join training with ministry of transportation. Both of them are connected with accessibility and I made (and will make) comments which is based on knowledge from Geography option "women friendly cities". These knowledge is very useful and applicable in many ways."
Nell Stewart (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) is working for the Canadian Foreign Service.
Karen Throsby (MSc Gender, 1996-1997), Agota Kisimre MSc Gender, (MSc Gender, 1996-1997), Rebecca Edwards (MSc Gender, 1996-1997), and Silvia Posocco (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) are all undertaking research degrees with us, Deborah Smith (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) with Sylvia Chant in Geography. Update: Dr Karen Throsby is at present Lecturer in Sociology at LSE Sociology Department and from 2005/6 will be lecturer in sociology at Warwick. Dr Silvia Posoccois (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) at present one of our Tutorial Fellows at the GI. See year below for recent news on Laura Feeney (MSc Gender, 1996-1997)
Sonali Reddy (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) is still at the International Labour Office in Geneva. 'I am now working with their Bureau for Gender Equality, which is challenging. '
Hazel Reeves (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) is the manager of 'BRIDGE' at IDS.
Jennifer Gibbs (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) recently popped into the Institute to see Hazel (January 2001). She is now based in Abijan on the Ivory Coast with her own African Art business, Prelude SARL, and last year undertook consultancy work with the African Development Bank in Abijan advising on gender policy. It was lovely to see her, and catch up.
Shalini Grover (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) is undertaking a PhD at the Center for the Comparative Study of Culture, Development and the Environment at Sussex, focusing on intimate relations in poor communities in North India, after working as a research consultant for the UNED-UK in London, researching on gender and sustainable consumption.
Sita Aripurnami (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) [aripurnami@hotmail.com ] writes, 'I am now working as consultant for an institutions call Partnership for Governance Reform. An institutions form by the CGI countries, incl, Great Britain and all manage by the UNDP. So, now I am working on more macro policy issues, than gender issues. But, I will use gender as perspective to enrich my analysis'.
Marina Laudazi (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) is working with the UN in Geneva, in the environmental sustainability section, in the gender unit as a consultant.
Briana Barocas (MSc Gender, 1996-1997) is assistant director at the Institute of Women and Work at Cornell. She designs, plans and conducts research studies on women's employment and changing workplace issues, as well as write research papers for publication and progress reports, issuing briefs, fact sheets and other reports for dissemination to other organisation and agencies.
Vanessa Arsenault (MSc Gender, 1995-1996) is at Law School in Canada.
Laura Feeney (MSc Gender, 1995-1996) has recently returned with the family to Silver Springs, Maryland, and hopes to resume her PhD studies in the US next year.
Nazneen Damji (MSc Gender, 1994-1995) writes in June 2001: I am working with UNIFEM (UN Development Fund for Women) on their global Gender and HIV/AIDS programme. I used to be with the Economic Empowerment section, then the Asia-Pacific regional section, and am now with gender and HIV/AIDS. We are also working on the issue of gender and HIV/AIDS within the context of conflict. It is obviously a key issue area - which seems to have not been getting as much attention as one would think, given that its gender and unequal power relations that fuel the epidemic. And, so we are looking to make some linkages to researchers in this area.
Kimie Kaneko (MSc Gender, 1994-1995) is just about to begin a research project at the University of Tokyo.
Fehmin Shafi (MSc Gender, 1994-1995) (nee Farashuddin) recently emailed Hazel (September 07): I wonder if you'll still remember me. I just visited the Gender Institute homepage and realised that I last updated my profile back in 1999! So here's what I've been doing since then: After living in Melbourne for 3 years, I moved to Sydney in January 2002. My first job here was at the Community Services Commission (now part of the Office of the Ombudsman), an independent government watchdog for consumers of community services in New South Wales.
Following an 18 month break after my son Arman's birth, I joined the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales. I was involved in an evaluation of a pilot project which delivered integrated early intervention and prevention programs for mothers from selected culturally diverse communities. I have been at my current role since November 2006. The Office for Women is the key advisor to the New South Wales State Government on policies that impact directly on women. As Senior Project Officer, I manage three major leadership and mentoring programs for young women in the hospitality, public and private sectors. In addition to my work at the Office for Women, I also work as a freelance consultant for Aidcom, an independent regional and non-profit organisation based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Accredited to the United Nations, Aidcom promotes the role of the mass media in strengthening development and participatory democratic processes in developing countries.
Sue Jarman (MSc Gender, 1994-1995) qualified as a secondary school teacher and is based at Bishop Reindo School in Guildford.
Cathy Brownjohn, nee Shaw, (MSc Gender, 1993-1994) subsequently worked in international student recruitment / press and marketing at SOAS, Cordwainers College and Queen Mary U of L and most recent Communications officer for Thomas Coram research unit, Inst. Of Education. Written articles for various child and health focused journals and now freelance. Recently wrote a joint report for the World Health Organization on HIV/AIDS. Published an article in the Daily Telegraph on Mothering and Education. Married with 2 children, Oliver 2 years and Hannah 6 months.
Liz Rycott (MSc Gender, 1993-1994) is still working in horticulture. Our first ever graduate.