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NEWS
Dear Gender Institute Friends and Colleagues,
This will be our last newsletter of 2019 and we will be closing our office from Friday 13th Dec until the start of next year. The newsletter will take a well-earned rest and resume in February 2020. I would like to thank Mitiana Arbon for his sterling work in putting the weekly news together and keeping us informed about everything gender related at ANU, in Canberra and beyond!
We have plenty of events in store for 2020 and I expect it to be another exciting year for the Gender Institute. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so richly to our vibrant program in 2019. It’s been a great pleasure working with you all!
I wish you a safe and peaceful time with family and friends over the festive season and into the summer holidays.
Warm regards,
Fiona Jenkins
APPLICATIONS FOR 2019 PRIZES NOW OPEN
Applications for the 2019 Gender Institute student prizes for undergraduate and graduate work completed in 2019 are open.
Prizes will be awarded to ANU students under the following categories:
- Undergraduate Honours Thesis $500
- Masters Essay/Thesis $500
- PhD Thesis $1000
- Journal article published in 2018 by an ANU graduate student $500
Please see the website for criteria and to apply. Please send any enquiries about eligibility to the Gender Institute administrator by email.
Applications close Monday 13 January 2020.
Roundtable with Leigh Goodmark: Decriminalising Domestic Violence - A Balanced Policy Approach to Intimate Partner Violence
ROUNDTABLE 
Event date: 3.00-4.30pm, 12 December 2019
Event Venue: Level 3 Meeting room, Coombs Extension (Building 8), Fellows Road, ANU
Drawing on our International Restorative Community Network, RegNet is delighted to be able to host Leigh Goodmark for an intimate Roundtable.
Please register for this event via this link.
Leigh Goodmark is a Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Frances King Carey School of Law. She co-directs the Clinical Law Program and directs the Gender Violence Clinic, a clinic providing direct representation in matters involving intimate partner abuse, sexual assault, trafficking, and other cases involving gender violence. Leigh's scholarship focuses on intimate partner violence. She is the author of Decriminalising Domestic Violence: A balanced policy approach to intimate partner violence (University of California Press, 2018).
This event is hosted by RegNet, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
FILM & PANEL
Event date: 5.30-7.00pm, 12 December 2019
Event Venue: Cultural Centre Kambri (ANU Building 153), University Avenue, ANU
Welcome from Pedro Zwahlen, Ambassador of Switzerland to Australia. And Samantha Klintworth, National Director of Amnesty International Australia.
On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the Embassy of Switzerland and Amnesty International are hosting the screening of the Swiss movie Mario by Marcel Gisler (German with English subtitles), a tale of love, anxiety, sexuality, sacrifice and self-discovery in the world of sport.
The screening will be followed at 8 pm by a panel discussion featuring the former Socceroo and human rights advocate Craig Foster and eminent experts discussing the current state of Human Rights in the realm of sports.
Panel: Craig Foster, Former International Footballer, Broadcaster, Human Rights Advocate; Catherine Ordway, Assistant Professor (Sports Management) at the University of Canberra, former athlete and legal representative to several national Olympic committees; Eric Sidoti, Former director of AI and Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow and Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University; Alexandra Engel-Mallon (moderator), Social Change Maker, Author and Advocacy Expert.
Please register for the event via this link
This film and panel discussion is hosted by the Embassy of Switzerland, Canberra and Amnesty International
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 also a Visiting Professor at the MIT Center for Civic Media, and an Honorary Professor at the University of New South Wales.
Please register for this event via this link.
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.
APPLICATIONS OPEN
Applications open: 26 November 2019 – 19 January 2020
In 2020, the National Security College at the Australian National University will offer the scholarship, The Office of National Intelligence and National Security College Scholarship for Women.
The objectives of the Scholarship are to foster the talent of Australian women interested in national security and pursuing a career in the national intelligence community, to showcase the College's programs for high achievers, and to provide an opportunity to a standout woman who may otherwise be unable to undertake a Master of National Security Policy degree due to financial constraints.
Funding for this award has been provided by the Office of National Intelligence.
Please send your application to Crawford.degrees@anu.edu.au with the subject title 'Application for the ONI-NSC Scholarship for Women' before the closing date.
For more information on Scholarship criteria and to apply please visit the website here.
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.
NOMINATIONS
Did you know that for over thirty years, men have dominated the Order of Australia with 70% of the awards? Change is coming with more women being honoured each year, but it will not be sustained without structural reform. Honour a Woman, a movement co-founded by Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young, Carol Kiernan and Ruth McGowan OAM, is lobbying to ensure that gender balance is achieved and sustainable within the awards process. They are calling on the Governor General to set minimum gender targets (40:40:20) for all award levels.
What can you do?
First, make sure than nominations of women are on the go and submitted thick and fast. Nominations can be made online and there is no deadline.
Second, encourage your State or Territory government to follow Victoria’s lead, where an Awards Officer in the Premier’s Department assists people to nominate women and raise awareness in the community. You can also encourage governments to nominate outstanding candidates from other awards, such as the NSW Local Women of the Year, the local Australian of the Year and Women’s Honour Rolls.
Third, follow Honour a Woman on Facebook, Twitter @honourawoman, and visit the website www.honourawoman.com
ENGAGEMENT SESSION 
Event date: 12.00-1.30pm, 25 February 2020
Event Venue: Crawford School of Public Policy, 132 Lennox Crossing, ANU
ANU is committed to creating an ANU that is inclusive, open, respectful, and free from violence.
All members of the ANU Community are invited to attend an engagement session to share your views on the actions and initiatives in the Rolling Action Plan to ensure we as a community achieve against the ANU Sexual Violence Prevention Strategy.
Please register for the event via this link.
This event is run by the ANU Respectful Relationship Unit
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.
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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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.
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 13 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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Reports | News | Articles
Combatting gender-based violence at ANU
You may have seen that ANU has been providing lots of information and advice via social media over the past 12 days around combatting gender-based violence against women and girls. The University's commitment to participating in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence - including providing guidance for the ANU Community around who to turn to and seek support from - follows the release of the ANU Sexual Violence Prevention Strategy last month. (Source: ANU Reporter)
ABS said census questions on gender and sexual orientation risked public backlash
The Australian Bureau of Statistics recommended the government not put a new question on sexual orientation into the 2021 census, despite acknowledging that two federal departments need the data to deliver services and it would have “strong value across all levels of government”. (Source: The Guardian)
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Job Opportunities | Scholarships
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.
'Pacific Women' Panel of Gender Advisers
The Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) Support Unit, is recruiting gender equality and social inclusion advisers to join its Panel of Gender Advisers. Panel members provide high-quality technical gender equality and social inclusion advice on program activities and plans at the regional or country level, with DFAT staff, partner governments and Pacific Women implementing partners. Deadline for applications 12 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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