International Institute of Social Studies
International Institute of Social Studies

Feminist knowledge in action

Our digest commemorating gender equity
Group of smiling women ISS students outside the building

Celebrating feminist approaches in development

On 8 March, International Women's Day is celebrated worldwide, along with a month-long celebration of women's history and contributions.

The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), a graduate school of policy-oriented critical social sciences, follows a long tradition of analysing gender inequalities and transformative politics. We uplift feminist knowledges and their epistemologial, ontological and methodological impact within international development.

Join us in our commemoration by checking out our digest below, which presents diverse content engaging with gender equity. 

Gabriela Anderson
Gabriela Anderson
Gabriela Anderson

Selections from the Bliss blog

Congolese women and girls gather water outside of campus
Prospectives around the world

The consequences of the USAID freeze for women and girls

Read this selected blog
WEGO, Well-being, Ecology, Gender, and cOmmunity.
Prospectives around the world

The urgent challenges facing Gender Studies and how scholars are creating digital spaces of support

Read this selected blog
Manequins wrapped in plastic with 'Your body belongs to you' written on them
Bodies designed for profit

Body politics, state control, colonial legacies and capitalism

Reat this post on body politics
Nepali bride in red and gold sari
Beyond victimhood: The untold realities of Nepali brides in South Korea

Challenging the dominant monolithic narrative of Nepali-bride victimhood

Read this post on Nepali brides in South Korea

Dive into these stories

Bilge Sahin stands for a portrait image.

Forgotten crises of war

Dr Bilge Sahin and Innocent Mazombo (Rescue for Vulnerable Persons) unpack the complexities of justice, resilience and the lived realities of women and girls in the DRC

Read Dr Sahin's interview
Woman cleaning the windows

Labour migration series

Part 1: Navigating the Netherlands as a migrant domestic worker

In this piece, Dr Karin Astrid Siegmann and colleague Joy extrapolate the lived experiences and struggles of undocumented migrant domestic workers.

Joy's story - a migrant domestic worker
Decriminalize sex work - poster
Image Credit: Matt Zulak on Flickr. The image has been cropped.

Labour migration series

Part 2: Protecting the rights of sex workers

Dr Karin Astrid Siegmann and advocate Wendy van der Jagt explore sex work through a labour rights lens, challenging stigma and advocating for

Read this story about migrant sex workers

Alumni in the spotlight

In this photo Duong Kim Anh poses with smile seated at her work desk
Vietnam Women's Academy

Interview with Dr Duong Kim Anh
Class of 2006

In this interview with Tin Nhanh Vietnam, Dr Duong Kim Anh shared the importance role of gender equality in education and the qualities required for a female leader in a higher education institution. 

Read this story (in Vietnamese)

Selected reading

Add these open access books to your reading list

Feminist scholar-activists explore conversations within the evolving field of Feminist Political Ecology (FPE) in Contours of Feminist Political Ecology (Palgrave MacMillan). The book is open-access, meaning it is free for download.

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