About this Event
Conference on Gender and International Affairs 2025
Welcome to the Conference on Gender and International Affairs 2025! Join us at The Fletcher School at Tufts University for a day filled with insightful discussions, engaging panels, and networking opportunities. This event aims to explore the intersection of gender and global issues, featuring renowned speakers and experts in the field. Don't miss this chance to be part of important conversations and connect with like-minded individuals. Mark your calendars and secure your spot today!
Day 1
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Registration
Info: Location: Hall of Flags
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Opening Remarks by CGIA Co-Chairs Emily Ruhm and Maeve Murphy
Host: Maeve Murphy
Info: Location: Cabot 702
🕑: 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Keynote Speakers
Host: Katherine Young
Info: Location: Cabot 702
🕑: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Day 1 Reception
Info: Location: Hall of Flags
Day 2
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Registration
Info: Location: Hall of Flags
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Breakfast
Info: Location: 7th Floor
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Opening Remarks Presented by Co-Chairs Emily Ruhm and Maeve Murphy
Host: Maeve Murphy
Info: Location: Cabot 702
🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Silencing of Academics: Gender, Identity, and Voice under Authoritarianism
Info: Location: Cabot 702| This panel examines how growing authoritarianism shapes academic freedom—especially around gender and identity—through the lens of scholars, researchers, and activists.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tech, Power, and Gender: Navigating Control and Resistance Online
Info: Location: Cabot 702| This panel will critically examine how digital technologies—especially AI and social media—intersect with rising authoritarianism, gender-based oppression, and structural inequality.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch Break and Masculinity Workshop
Info: Location: Cabot 703| An interactive workshop inviting participants—especially men—to reflect on masculinity, its impact on power and care, and to co-create more equitable expressions of gender. Lunch will be provided.
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Security for Whom? Feminist Perspectives on Militarism and Peace
Info: Location: Cabot 702| A panel of experts in feminist foreign policy, military strategy, and activism exploring how militarization and authoritarianism intersect with gender, peace, and security—and how intersectional approaches can reimagine inclusive, rights-based alternatives.
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
The Politics of Care: Challenging Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Authoritarianism
Info: Location: Cabot 702| This panel examines how the global care economy—shaped by capitalism and patriarchy—reinforces inequality, and explores ways to revalue care as essential public infrastructure for gender justice.
🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Our Power, Our Protest: A New Chapter in Gendered Resistance
Info: Location: Cabot 702| This panel explores global resistance to authoritarianism through a gender lens, highlighting how feminist and gender justice movements challenge oppression and drive reform.
🕑: 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Closing Remarks
Info: Location: Cabot 702
🕑: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Day 2 Reception
Info: Location: 7th Floor
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Fletcher School at Tufts University, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford, United States
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