The 3rd Annual Saida Waheed Gender Studies Colloquium was held at LUMS on April 20-21, 2018. The colloquium was organised to encourage student research in the areas of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies—consisted of papers written by students from all over Pakistan. Participants included students currently enrolled at the University of Central Punjab, Habib University, IBA, University of the Punjab, UMT, Quaid-i-Azam University, Kinnaird College, Government College University, FC College, and LUMS, with backgrounds in social science, economics, development, policy, and management.
The panels, moderated by the faculty at LUMS, focused on diverse themes ranging from the representation of women in film/fiction to the conceptualisation and crisis of masculinity(-ies) in Pakistan; and the notion of ‘women empowerment’ within the development sector to the precarious position of women and gender non-conforming individuals in public spaces.The panelists engaged in constructive conversations around the structure and, answered questions from the audience, and discussed the future of their research with their respective moderators. The following papers were given a small cash prize and a ‘Best Paper Award’ by the SWGI to acknowledge their excellent work:
-The Masculinities of Shi’ite Men in Karachi, by Sana Gondal (Habib University)
-Lady Health Workers, by Maryam Mansoor and Nawal Zehra
-The State and the Subaltern: Bureaucratic Violence Against Women in Partition Cinema, by Ilsa Razzaq (IBA)
