PhD defence by Cynthia Embido Bejeno

In her study, she found that although peasant struggles in the Philippines are in many cases led by women, women’s strategic gender interests, though equally crucial to advance land reform and achieve integrated justice, are often overshadowed by class-based concerns and not given adequate attention.

Focusing  on the provinces of Masbate and Iloilo, she critically interrogates the agrarian praxis in the country and how peasant women in two agrarian communities amplified (or silenced) not only  land redistribution, but also the recognition of their rights or gender-based issues as they led the land struggles in their communities.

The cases show peasant women’s key roles in bridging the gap in the country’s exploitative agrarian hierarchy and the silence on gender injustice.

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Doctoral Board

Chair

Professor Inge Hutter

Doctoral dissertation supervisor

Professor Irene van Staveren
Dr Rosalba Icaza Garza

Members of the Full Doctoral Committee

Professor Ruth Hall, University of the Western Cape
Dr A. Haroon Akram Lodhi, Trent University
Professor A. Geske Dijkstra, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Professor Thea Hilhorst, ISS
Professor Jun Borras, ISS