Women's Studies Center (WSC) at IUG in partnership with IUG Media & Journalism Department organized the international lecture entitled" Gender and the Media ", in cooperation with the University of Graz (UniGraz) in Austria Via Skype within the framework of the APPEAR funded project titled: Strengthening Higher Education Capacities in Palestine for Gender Equality – (SHE_GE). The lecture was provided by Jennifer a. reamer – University of Graz.
This lecture was attended by Dr. Ameen Wafi , head of Media & Journalism Department, Ms. Amani Al Mqadma- project assistant manager and Ms. Reem Al Afifi - project coordinator, the WSC director, Dr. Somya Sayma in addition to academic staff members and students interested in this topic.
In her lecture, Dr. Jennifer explains about the feminist form(n)ations , and about two key terms: intersectionality and transnational feminism, the lecture presented the nature of the feminist movements in the world. More importantly, how the westerns look at women in media and How the women struggled to build their feminist identity. In addition, she talked about how to use the theories of gender to analyze women in reaching out to the world.
Throughout the meeting, there had been panel discussions on how women research for their identity through the intersectionality of religion, race, traditions, class, citizenship status, and national origin