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Welcome to the
Women's and Gender Studies
Program
at Northern Arizona University
NAU’s Women’s and Gender Studies
program is interdisciplinary, with a particular focus on
transnational feminisms and the gendered experiences of US
ethnic and indigenous peoples. We offer a unique vantage point on those
experiences: our own glorious and embattled home on the Colorado Plateau.
Announcing the publication of Dr. Philippa Winker’s
SANCTIONS ON IRAQ
SANCTIONS ON IRAQ: FEMINIST ACTIVISM VS.PATRIARCHAL POLICY 1990-2003: A political-psychological analysis, Verlag: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/3838316541/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1260828528&sr=8-1&condition=new
From 1990 to 2003, the UN Security Council placed sanctions on the country of Iraq, which prevented its people from accessing clean water, food and medicines. According to UNICEF, sanctions resulted in the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children. Feminist-activists around the world warned and lobbied against the human disaster caused by the sanctions. Eventually, they achieved a legal consensus that such punishment should be banned. The embargo was supposed to force Saddam Hussein's surrender of an alleged weapons of mass destruction program. But in 2003, a US inspection team found that Iraq had been essentially free of such a program since 1991.This study explores the human rights of a people under a demonized leader. Theory is supported by the author's experience in initiating a delegation to protest the sanctions at the UN. Based on interviews with pro-sanctions diplomats, the author identifies a cognitive dissonance, or a set of contradictory beliefs, which hide a US/UK underlying agenda of regional control and oil. This study is useful for anyone interested in power struggles between international male elites and the emerging movement of global feminism.
Dr. Winkler is happy to send faculty and students free copies and/or chapters as an attachment.
WGS 499 ~ Women on the River
April 16-18, 2010
Are you interested in taking an adventurous journey down a beautiful, exciting river? Would you like to learn more about the land and nature in our region of Arizona and get a chance to develop friendships with other NAU students outside of the university setting? If so, join us on the Women’s and Gender Studies Program’s Salt River weekend trip. No previous experience with hiking or river rafting is necessary. See the activities page for more details.
WGS 360 ~ Transnational Feminisms
Study Abroad in Cuernavaca, Mexico
May 29 - June 19, 2010
The 3-week summer course is an exciting opportunity to meet with various women's organizations and cooperatives in Cuernavaca, Mexico. You will learn how immigration, reproductive rights, the impact of global economies on women, domestic violence, Indigenous women, and women’s health are understood and negotiated within the region. See the activities page for more details.
WGS 499 ~ Shimmering Images: Memoir Writing Workshop
June 11-13, 2010
Are you ready to experience a weekend of transformation and evolution gently guided through a process of exploring the “shimmering images” of your life to discover the “heart of your story” and how it links to others? This weekend workshop will offer you that journey. See the activities page for more details.
Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Box 5695
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Telephone: 928-523-3300 ~ fax: 928-523-5560
womens.studies@nau.edu