- Image
On October 21, 2025 the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity and the Interdisciplinary Health Science Institute co-hosted a panel on "Community Engaged Research in Action: Insights for Graduate Students". Co-sponsors included the Humanities Research Institute and the Graduate College Career Development Office. - Image
On October 8, 2025 the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity and the Center for African Studies brought Dr. Erik McDuffie, Professor, African American Studies/History and Director, Center for African Studies to talk about his recent book. This talk was also part of the Series on Gendered Displacement and Erasure. The talk took place on October 8, 2025 in room 306 Coble Hall and... - Image
On October 8, 2025 the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity in collaboration with the Center for Advanced Study MillerComm Series hosted Dr. Lisa Reyes Mason (University of Denver) for talk, "Climate Change and the Urgency of Hope, Action, and Joy". - Image
On April 3, 2025, CSGGE (Formerly known as WGGP) hosted a Panel on "Gender and the Economy: Environment, Work, and Care" moderated by Min Zhan, the Director of the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity (CSGGE).Speakers: "Government Policies and Their Impacts on Women's Empowerment". Mary Arends-Kuenning, Professor of the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and... - Image
On March 5, 2025, The Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity (CSGGE) and the Humanities Research Institute (HRI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign co-hosted our eighth annual event, “11 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories” bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia.The event featured 11... - Image
On October 11, 2024, WGGP hosted an Affiliate Lecture by Dr. Eunmi Mun on "Egalitarian Workplaces: Organizational Pattern of Gender Wage Inequality in High Income Countries". Scholars of gender wage inequality have long shown that workplaces play a significant role in shaping the gender gap, but we know little about what kind of workplaces treat women and men equally and how many workplaces are... - Image
On October 2, 2024, WGGP hosted an Alumni Lecture by Annie Contractor on "Community Engagement, Rural Edition: Navigating Local Power and Conquering the Fear Factor". The lecture explores the unique challenges and opportunities faced by rural communities in fostering effective community engagement. The discussion dissects the dynamics of entrenched local power structures, the role of trust in... - Image
On April 5, 2024, WGGP and GWS hosted a Film Screening of “Period. End of Sentence” with Director Rayka Zehtabchi as part of the Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s) Conference on April 4-5th, 2024. Reyka Zehtabchi is an Iranian-American director and producer working in both documentary and fiction. Reyka’s Oscar-winning Netflix short documentary “Period. End... - Image
On April 5, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a reflection panel “Common Differences 1983-2024: Further Weaving of a Transnational Feminist Agenda in the Face of New and Enduring Challenges” as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s). The conference was... - Image
On April 5, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a panel “Memory & Reparations” as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s). The conference was organized by graduate students from WGGP and GWS: Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez (Sociology), Nehal Elmeligy (...