Understanding Gender as a System Part 1

About this episode

The episode explores the foundations of understanding gender as a social system and its implications across various contexts.

In this first instalment of our two-part finale on gender justice, we explore the foundations needed to understand gender as a social system, one that shapes power, roles, resources and everyday experiences across different contexts. Together with our guests, we look at how gender is embedded within social, economic and institutional structures. The episode examines what gets lost when gender is treated as a separate category, and why complexity, context and lived experience matter for anyone working across health, development or rights. This conversation lays the groundwork for Part 2, where we look at how these insights translate into practice In this episode: Ishrat Jahan - Research Fellow at the Centre for Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health at BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ishrat’s research focuses on the intersection of gender, health, and environmental issues. She is involved in national and international projects exploring the impact of climate change on women’s health, adaptive practices in marginalised communities, and Global South-led curricula in higher education. Dr Rosemary Morgan - Associate Professor, Department of…

People in this episode

Guests: Ishrat Jahan, Dr Rosemary Morgan

Topics covered

• gender justice
• social systems
• health
• development
• rights
• gender analysis

Keywords

• gender
• social system
• power
• roles
• resources
• health
• development
• rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health at BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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