For the past ten years, the Conference on Gender and International Affairs have hosted panels, breakout sessions, workshops, Gender Galas and employer showcases! As each conference builds upon the last we hope to continue hosting engaging leaders in the field of gender and international affairs.
CGIA 2023: Power, Policy, Progress
Keynote: LAICIE HEELEY, FOUNDER AND EDITOR IN CHIEF, INKSTICK
Panels:
RIGHTS, RESILIENCE, RESISTANCE: LGBTQ+ ADVOCATES ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
SECURING WHAT FOR WHOM? MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT MILITARISM
EMPOWERING MENTAL HEALTH CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE GLOBAL HEALTH SPACE
BUSINESS WORKSHOP: ESTABLISHING WORK-LIFE BOUNDARIES FOR MISSION DRIVEN WORK
POWER LINES: THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ADVOCACY
COLLAGE WORKSHOP: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES TOWARDS INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIONS
FROM INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS TO ACTION: POWER DYNAMICS AND “NATURAL” DISASTERS
CLOSING PLENARY: CARMEN YULÍN CRUZ, FORMER MAYOR, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
CGIA 2022:
Keynote: Keynote Address with Rana Ayyub and Guest of Honor Snigdha Sur
Panels:
Choosing Invisibility is Your Resistance: The Fall of Roe v. Wade and Implications for Confidentiality
Existence is Your Resistance: Culture Wars on LGBTQIA+ Communities
Compassion is Your Resistance: Conversations about Race, Gender and Rebuilding with Care
Localizing Resistance: Uplifting Local Advocacy – MA Abolition Movement and Implications of Decarceration
Globalizing Resistance: Conversations about Resisting Structures within the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Workshops:
Self-Preservation Political Warfare: Workshop on Self-Care
Your Words are Your Resistance: Writing Workshop
Being a Queen is My Resistance: Lessons on Drag Mythology and Migration
Closing Plenary: Former Mayor Kim Janey
CGIA 2021:
Keynote: Jamille Bigio
Panels:
Moving from Toxic to Healthy Masculinities
Queer Perspectives in International Relations
Gender-Based Violence: Preventing, Healing, and Accessing Justice
Feminist Economies and Informal Labor Markets
Bringing Feminism into International Relations: A Road to Optimism
CGIA 2020:
Panels:
Reimagining Power and Leadership
Feminist Foreign Policy
Bodies of Resistance
The Politics of Appearance
Narrative Justice
Feminist Approaches to Economic Recovery
Reproductive Justice: International Fault Lines
The Athelete’s Body: Power, Resistance, and Control
CGIA 2019:
Keynote: Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School
Panels:
Marginalized Masculinities
International Activism: Lessons from the Field
Decoding the Patriarchy
Bodies as Battlegrounds
Women in Conflict
CGIA 2017:
Keynote: Nancy Krieger, PhD – Social Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Panels:
Queering International Affairs
Gender and Impact Investing
Gender and Nuclear Security
The Politics of Data Collection
Gender, Guns, and Gangs
CGIA 2016
Panels:
Security Decision-Making: Access and Impact
Feminist Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
Entrepreneurial Viability: The Case for Inclusive Economies
CGIA 2015
Keynote: Dr. Cynthia Enloe – Feminist Writer, Research Professor and Professor of Political Science at the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment and the Department of Political Science at Clark University
Panels:
Gendered Perspectives on Technology in Financial Inclusion
Gendered Dimensions of Migration and Displacement
Legal Frameworks for Gender and Human Rights
