Gender
The Rise of Anti-Care
Some post-U.S. election advice: keep the faith and fight the backlash.
Feminist Abortion Accompaniment: An Emerging Model of Care in the U.S.
The Latin American model of feminist abortion accompaniment has emerged in the U.S. as a grassroots response to restrictive abortion laws and barriers to access. Networks such as Mexico’s Las Libres provide free abortion pills and virtual support powered by transnational, intergenerational feminist solidarity
Mexico’s “Women’s Moment”: What we can learn from Mexican feminisms about women in power and feminist practices of care
As US voters consider whether to follow Mexico’s lead in electing its first female president, a reminder that real change needs to happen in the streets.
Time Poverty and Climate Shocks: How Married Women Bear the Brunt
As climate events like floods, droughts, and heatwaves intensify, their effects ripple beyond economic poverty and damage to physical assets. Emerging research sheds light on how these environmental crises impact women’s well-being. A crucial yet overlooked aspect is women’s time use, which often reflects social norms. My research dives into this vital area and reveals how climate shocks are driving married women deeper into time poverty in India.
Why Valuing Care Work is Essential for a Fairer Economy
Unpaid care work is the hidden backbone of every economy. It sustains families, facilitates paid employment, and enhances human well-being, yet remains largely unrecognized in official economic statistics. In Sri Lanka, this work is gaining attention, championed by the new Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, who emphasized its importance in her inaugural parliamentary address.
Women’s Time Use between Paid and Unpaid Work in India
Women carry out a large share of the total unpaid work which leaves them very less time to engage in paid employment in India. This work tries to understand if there is a reduction in unpaid work when women engage in paid employment.
Migrant Men in Care: Navigating Masculinity and Global Inequities
The participation of migrant men in care work challenges traditional gender norms, prompting a redefinition of masculinity as they balance both physical and emotional caregiving. This shift calls for a more inclusive understanding of care, while acknowledging the structural inequalities that continue to shape the global care economy.
Reproductive and Environmental Justice across the US-Mexico Border
A seminar on abortion and health across borders. Register for the seminar on Friday, November 1, 12-2pm ET.
Durba Mitra: Seminar & Talk
Feminist historian Durba Mitra will give a talk on “Protest as Care” and present during a seminar her manuscript in progress “The Future That Was: Feminist Thought in Decolonizing World”
Men, Masculinities, and Care
This seminar, organized by Riikka Prattes, focuses on the relationship between masculinities and care. Register for September 10 from 9 to 11 a.m. ET
The body-territory as politics of care. Exploring connections between popular struggles and diverse ontologies
This blog post aims to explore the connections between the reproductive commons and the processes of popular struggle that women, defending bodies and territories, undertake as practices, formulas and strategies for the care of life, based on relational ontologies.
Community care practices in a women’s collective in Mexico City during the pandemic
Understanding the ways in which care is practiced in cities like Mexico City, where social, economic, and gender inequalities are deeply intertwined, is one of my research interests. With these concerns in mind, I approached the study of urban community care.