Gendering International Relations (GIRWG)

We are researchers, teachers and activists concerned with questions of gender in the political and the international. We look beyond the assumptions and confines of traditional IR, so we often engage with a variety of other disciplines such as Sociology, Politics, Gender Studies, Queer Theory, Cultural Studies and Development Studies. However, our work is unified by a desire to remain grounded in IR and global politics. While theoretically rigorous and innovative, our members’ work is often motivated by a feminist concern for the individuals and communities we research with, meaning much of it feeds back into those communities, or is policy oriented.

Image: Georgia O'Keeffe's Lake George Reflection. Public domain, courtesy of Christie's.