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'In just eight years the Institute has promoted the efforts of women in science, overseen research on ANU inspiring women, conducted a major Australian Research Council-funded study of gendered excellence in the social sciences and showcased the work of women researchers especially in fields where they are still poorly represented. The Institute has helped women researchers by supporting them through grants, assisted in the discussion among staff and students of campus-wide issues around sexual assault and harassment and has worked to develop international partnerships such as those through the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU).' (Source: ANU Reporter)
NEWS
Dear Gender Institute Friends and Colleagues,
Margaret Jolly, Kim Rubenstein and I were delighted to be recognised last week with the Clare Burton award for the work we have done as convenors of the Gender Institute. We thank the ANU for the support it has given and all our wonderful members who make up the rich program we have been running since 2011.
Warm regards,
Fiona
SEMINAR 
Event date: 12.30-4.00pmpm, 4 December 2019
Event Venue: McDonald Room, Menzies Library, 2 McDonald Place, ANU
Indonesia has recorded a worsening HIV epidemic among key populations (those most at risk of being affected by the virus), in particular among young men who have sex with men (MSM) in large metropolitan centers for migration and employment (Jakarta and Bali). Despite increased access to HIV testing and medication through local clinics, a recent Lancet study suggests that approximately 24 per cent of people who test positive do not continue on to a consistent treatment regime. Given that HIV is a virus that requires ongoing medication and (in some cases) complex medical care, this represents a major cause for concern.
Based on an ANU Indonesia Project grant (2018), this research investigated young men’s access to HIV care in Jakarta. It found that recent legal regulations and political rhetoric related to gender and sexual norms are major barriers to addressing Indonesia’s HIV epidemic. Despite this, a strong commitment from a skilled cohort of medical professionals at the local level, combined with investment in the healthcare system (especially through Universal Health Care system, BPJS), has provided the infrastructure for a comprehensive and inclusive response.
Dr Benjamin Hegarty is a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Melbourne. His expertise combines ethnographic and historical methods with critical theory to investigate how gender and sexuality are implicated in transnational processes. His collaborative research efforts with Indonesian critical public health scholars and physicians in the area of HIV/AIDS have been funded by a number of competitive grants.
This event is hosted by the ANU Indonesia Project
LAUNCH
Event date: 2.00-4.00pm, 5 December 2019
Event Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Hedley Bull Building (Building 130), Australian National University Canberra
The ANU has many researchers who approach the history of violence and its legacies. From the ‘big bang’ and the formation of the universe to the collapse of ecosystems, to neural imaging of trans-generational trauma, to requiems and elegies, to restorative justice initiatives, to battlefield tourism and re-enactment, to truth commissions and testimony, to reparations this topic can be interpreted from many angles.
Although ANU has the range of disciplines to explore violence, its history and legacies, expansively, it does not yet have a way to connect researchers and to explore the prospect of collaborative research.
With funding from the Research School of Social Scienes Strategic Initiative Grant, Professor Carolyn Strange is seeking affiliates to join a cross-campus network, which will feature an annual ‘research roadshow’.
Academics and HDR students working in these fields from any disciplinary perspective are encouraged to attend this network launch.
If you cannot attend but wish to become an affiliate, please contact Bianca Vecchio (bianca.vecchio@anu.edu.au). If you plan to attend the launch (which will include a welcome tea) please indicate your intention for catering purposes.
For further information, contact Carolyn Strange (carolyn.strange@anu.edu.au).
LECTURE 
Event date: 5.30pm, 5 December 2019
Event Venue: Lecture Theatre, Australian Centre on China in the World, Building 188, Fellows Lane, ANU
This lecture draws on interviews conducted with staff and students who have made complaints within universities that relate to unfair, unjust or unequal working conditions and to abuses of power such as bullying and harassment. Making a complaint requires becoming an institutional mechanic: you have to work out how to get a complaint through the system. It is because of the difficulty of getting through that complaints often end up being about the system. The lecture considers how complaints are often 'managed' by institutions in order to limit damage or to avoid a crisis. These institutional tactics for managing complaints can be understood as forms of bullying and harassment. The lecture explores the significance of how complaints happen behind closed doors and shows how doors are often closed even when they appear to be opened.
Sara Ahmed is an independent feminist scholar and writer. Her new book What's the Use? On the Uses of Use is forthcoming with Duke University Press in 2019. Her recent publications include Living a Feminist Life (2017), Willful Subjects (2014), On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life (2012) and The Promise of Happiness (2010). She also blogs at www.feministkilljoys.com.
This talk is a keynote lecture as part of the HRC's Annual Conference, 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Crisis: Social, Environmental, Institutional', being held at the ANU 5-6 December. This lecture is free and open to the public.
LECTURE 
Event date: 5.30-7.00pm, 17 December 2019
Event Venue: Manning Clark Hall, Cultural Centre Kambri, University Avenue, ANU
Machine learning systems now play a much bigger role in many of our social institutions, from education to healthcare to criminal justice. But many scholars have shown the way these systems are built on data that result in the reproduction of structural bias and discrimination. In this talk, Professor Crawford opens the substrates of training data to uncover the historical origins, labor practices, infrastructures, and epistemological assumptions that go into the production of artificial intelligence. Rather than a focus on technically correcting biases, she argues for a recentering of justice and the enforcement of limits on centralized power.
Kate Crawford, Co-Founder of the AI Now Institute, is a Distinguished Research Professor at NYU and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, and she is a leading scholar of the social implications of data systems, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. She is widely published in academic journals such as Nature, New Media & Society, and Information, Communication & Society, and she has written for The New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. She is also a Visiting Professor at the MIT Center for Civic Media, and an Honorary Professor at the University of New South Wales.
The AI Now Institute at New York University is an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to understanding the social implications of artificial intelligence. Their work focuses on four core domains: Rights & Liberties; Labour & Automation; Bias & Inclusion; and Safety & Critical Infrastructure.
This event is a joint production of the Humanising Machine Intelligence Grand Challenge, the 3A Institute, and the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, all at the Australian National University.
CONFERENCE
Event date: 6-8 April 2020
Event Venue: Crawford School of Public Policy, 132 Lennox Crossing, ANU
World leaders in poverty, gender equality and development policy will gather in Canberra in April to discuss the relationship between multi-dimensional poverty and individual characteristics such as gender, disability and age.
The Individual Deprivation Measure (IDM) ‘Measure What Matters’ Global Conference will showcase our ground-breaking Australian-led initiative which is transforming the way in which poverty is measured. To effectively address global poverty, policy and programming must be directed by robust, individual, multidimensional and gender-sensitive data. The IDM ‘Measure What Matters’ Global Conference will present the conceptual foundations and methodological approach of the IDM, and showcase the research findings of IDM studies and their value in guiding policy response.
The conference will run from 6 - 8 April 2020 at The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, and explore the IDM’s contribution to meaningful progress on poverty reduction.
Please register for the conference via this link.
The IDM is a new, gender-sensitive measure of multidimensional poverty, developed to assess deprivation at the individual level in order to overcome limitations of household-level poverty measurement approaches. The current IDM Program is a partnership between The Australian National University, International Women’s Development Agency and the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Applications are now open for the ANU 2020 LGBTIQ+ Network Committee!
We are looking for new volunteer committee members to join our fantastic team. The purpose of the steering committee is to offer consultation, governance and strategy, so as to create a stronger and more inclusive environment.
Your role as a committee member may vary across program support, event planning, social media/marketing and other tasks. The term length will be 1.5 years, from January 2020 to June 2021.
If you are interested in joining our volunteer committee, please complete this online application form no later than Friday 13 December 2019.
Stay connected with the Network and keep informed about its plans and activities by joining the Facebook Group or emailing alumni@anu.edu.au and asking to be added to the email list.
The Gender Institute acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as First Australians and traditional custodians of the lands upon which we live, meet and work. We pay our respect to their elders past and present as well as emerging leaders and celebrate their expansive and ongoing contributions to the ANU and the Institute. We thank them for their continued hospitality on country.
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Reports | News | Articles
Report: ANU Sexual Violence Prevention Strategy 2019-2026
The Sexual Violence Prevention Strategy is part of the University's long-term, evidence-based and strategic approach to effectively prevent and respond to sexual violence across the University. It was developed over a two-year period in consultation with key advisory bodies and with the valuable contribution of many ANU students, staff, community members and victim-survivors. (Source: Respectful Relationships Unit)'
Gender health gap: Australian medical research ignoring drugs’ side effects in women
'Failing to account for the different effects a drug may have on men and women compromises quality of care for women, according to the report published in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday. “Historically and consistently across a broad range of health domains, data have been collected from men and generalised to women...” (Source: The Guardian)
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Calls for Papers & Submissions | Prizes | Nominations | Support
Donations for 'BRAZEN HUSSIES' Documentary
Donations are sought by Documentary Australia for the production BRAZEN HUSSIES, celebrating the bold women who ignited a feminist revolution in Australia. Interweaving freshly uncovered archival footage, personal photographs, memorabilia and lively personal accounts from activists across Australia, this documentary highlights the daring and diverse group of women who joined forces to defy the status quo, demand equality and create profound social change.
Women with Disabilities ACT (WWDACT)- Annual Meeting & Nominations for Board Members
The WWDACT Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 29 November 2019, 6.30-7.00pm on level 4 of the Marie Reay Teaching Building, ANU. The business of this meeting is to recap the year and elect the WWDACT board for next year including treasurer and two general board director roles are up for election. You must be a full member of WWDACT to nominate.
Australian Lesbian & Gay Archives (ALGA) Honours Thesis Prize
For many years now the ALGA has offered a prize for the best fourth-year thesis submitted at Australian University in the field of LGBTIQ studies. The thesis may be in any discipline and must have as its major concern some aspect of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and/or queer experience, contemporary or historical, in Australia. Work submitted at an overseas university that meets this criterion will be accepted for consideration. Deadline 30 November 2019.
The 2020 Dan David Prize
The Dan David Prize is an international initiative, endowed by the Dan David Foundation offering three prizes annually of US$1,000,000 awarded annually in selected fields. One prize in 2020 will be awarded to an outstanding individual or organization whose achievements are making a significant impact in the ongoing complex, multifaceted struggle for gender equality. Deadline 30 November 2019.
2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender Studies and the Status of Women
The aim of this conference is to create an international forum for debate and exchange on the main challenges facing women in today’s society and to reflect on the ways in which we can, individually and collectively, propose solutions to these problems. Women Being builds upon this momentum by providing a ‘loudspeaker’ for academics, civil servants, researchers, social activists, and journalists to make their voices heard on the main challenges that women are currently facing. Deadline 30 November.
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Nominations for ACT Women’s Awards
Each year, the ACT Women's Awards to celebrate the women amongst us who improve the status and lives of women and girls in the ACT. Nominations are now being called for the 2020 ACT Women's Awards. To nominate an exceptional woman in the ACT community, you can do so here. Deadline 5 December.
Feedback on proposals to increase the participation of women in ARC-funded research
The ARC is seeking feedback on proposals to increase the participation of women in ARC-funded research. More information on the proposals can be accessed here and. The associated survey can be found here. Some colleges are compiling responses and you should contact your local research office if you wish to contribute by this means. Or you may submit your survey response direct to the ARC at PolicyandStrategy@arc.gov.au by COB 12 December 2019.
Womandla! Feminism and Social Movements in the Global South
Building on current historiographical trends towards transnational histories of women, gender, and feminist activism, this conference seeks to bring together historians and feminist scholars concerned with feminism and social movements in the Global South, but particularly across sub-Saharan Africa. This conference will be held from 7-8 July 2020, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Papers based upon historical and interdisciplinary scholarship about feminism, women and social movements – from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century are welcome. Proposals due 15 December.
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Job Opportunities | Scholarships
Humanitarian Program Specialist
Edge Effect is seeking another person to join the team to ensure that the rights, needs and strengths of people with diverse SOGIESC* (aka LGBTIQ+) people are addressed in international humanitarian aid. Preference is Melbourne based with travel to the Pacific and Asia.
Assistant Director, The ACT Office for LGBTIQ+ Affairs
The Office for LGBTIQ+ Affairs exists to make Canberra the most LGBTIQ+ welcoming and inclusive city in Australia and is looking for a passionate Assitant Director who will contribute energy, enthusiasm, adaptability and lots of good ideas in a team environment. Deadline 29 November.
PhD Scholarships on Women in Pacific Archeology
‘Pacific Matildas: finding the women in the history of Pacific archaeology’ is a new ARC-funded research project that will start in 2020 at the University of Western Australia under the lead of Emilie Dotte-Sarout. This project is advertising two PhD projects and potential master/honours research topics to participate in this project, with financial support available, including scholarship (on academic merit), conference attendance and carer support when needed.
Lecturer in Modern Gender History since 1750, University of Edinburgh
The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is seeking to appoint a specialist working on any aspect of modern gender history (post-1750). Any regional specialisation would be welcomed, with the exclusion of the British Isles. Deadline 11 December 2019.
Assistant or Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies, Mississippi University of Women
Mississippi University for Women invites applications for a tenure-track position in English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, depending on current rank and experience, beginning mid-August 2020. The successful candidate will demonstrate the qualifications and enthusiasm to teach a broad range of literature, writing, and women’s and gender studies courses in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy with majors in English, Spanish, and Women’s Studies, and minors in Philosophy and Religious Studies. We are an interdisciplinary faculty, and we seek a colleague to help us expand and diversify our programs and course offerings.
PhD Studentship for Gender and Histories of Arctic Field Science 1900-1950
Applications are invited for an AHRC CDA doctoral studentship offered by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership. This project provides the opportunity to explore the histories of a range of women in the twentieth-century Arctic, including female scientists, travellers and collectors and their encounters with indigenous people. The student will also be encouraged to develop a comparative focus to include other key actors involved in gendering the Arctic field sciences. Deadline 7 January 2020.
PhD Studentships in Gender and Otherness in the Humanities, Open University
Applicants are invited to propose a research project which relates to any area of gender and/or otherness in the humanities, but preference will be given to those working on topics that can be supervised by a team from The Open University Research Centre for Gender and Otherness in the Humanities. Deadline 8 January 2020.
Assistant Professor of Gender, Women's and Sexuality (GWS) Studies, Appalachian State University
The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester for the GWS program, maintain an active research profile, and serve the GWS program, IDS department, college, and/or university. We have a particular interest in developing a Transgender Studies component of our LGBT Studies coursework and minor, should the successful candidate have strengths and interests in that area.
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