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Gender and Women's Studies

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Overview of our Research

The Discipline of Gender and Women’s Studies  provides a distinctive theoretical framework, a diversity of research methods and a substantive focus driven by feminist theory, analyses and practice.

Grounded in a 30-year history of feminist academia and activism at University of Galway, Gender and Women’s Studies is committed to cross-disciplinary teaching and research that engages with current and historical inequalities and exclusions from a critical, reflexive ethos and intersectional perspective. Members of the Discipline bring expertise from across the fields of sociology, politics, economics, women’s history, international development, human rights, legal studies and the humanities more broadly. Working through collaborative practices, Gender and Women’s Studies is dedicated to understanding how the allocation of gender at birth based on sex, and the consequent hierarchical sex-gendered lives and experiences of people, creates and maintains inequalities, exclusions and oppressions throughout the world. Our core work contributes to a more equitable future through dedicated feminist scholarship, public engagement and activism.  

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  3. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  4. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  5. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  6. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  7. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  8. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  9. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  10. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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