Ladysmith

It was such an honour to participate in the International Conference on Addressing Technology-Facilitated Violence Against Women last week. Thanks so much to UN Women and specifically the Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality for the invitation and for convening so many rich panels and discussions! 🤓👩🏻💻 Drawing upon a piece of work I co-authoured for UN Women on the state of data collection efforts around TFVAW, I reflected on the range of approaches that are being taken by different stakeholders to generate evidence, and the persistent methodological, ethical, and sociopolitical challenges associated with these efforts. Two big opportunities I flagged for research and advocacy efforts moving forward: 1. Invest in qualitative research approaches: digital (or virtual) ethnographies are uniquely fit-for-purpose for identifying and making sense of how gender-related violence unfolds through digital and technological means and spaces (💫and for identifying entry points for positive change💫). 2. Engage organizations led by YOUNG PEOPLE, not least young feminist organizations, as well as those engaging young men. Young people do *so much* of their engagement and organizing online-- for better and for worse, this is the reality. Conceptualizing of technology and digital tools as "all bad" or "negative" from a gender equality and gender justice perspective is unhelpful. It is essential to not only invite young feminist and other youth organizations to spaces where discussions of methods, approaches, definitions, priorities, etc are being mapped out-- they must be given scope to *influence* research and advocacy agendas. I wish I could have been there in Seoul for the event -- alas, I had to rely on technology! 🫣 #TFVAW #VAWG #GBV #feministresearch #cybersecurity #onlineviolence #techanddigitization #ICT4D

📣💫 Ladysmith Opportunity Alert!💫📣 We are looking for passionate and skilled national researchers in #Vietnam #Philippines #Indonesia #Cambodia who have worked extensively at the intersection of gender and #socialprotection. As associate consultants, you will engage in fascinating work for a specific research engagement for approximately 3 months (part-time) with the potential for future consultancy work with Ladysmith! ✨✨✨ As an important member of a dynamic research team, you will play a crucial role in conducting a desk review on gender and social protection, collecting and analyzing key informant interviews, and contributing to a report that drives gender-responsive social protection in East Asia and the Pacific region. The successful candidates will join a broader team widely recognized for having made important contributions to how our field understands gender data and the role of qualitative research in feminist policy-making and advocacy. 🤓💡 🎯Preferred skills and Experience🎯 ☑️Researching gender and social protection. ☑️Qualitative research experience in Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, or Cambodia. ☑️Be fluent in local languages and reside in the country ☑️Conducting rapid desk reviews. ☑️Undertaking key informant interviews with policymakers, women’s organizations, and international organizations. ☑️Thematic analysis (interpretative analysis is an asset). ☑️Strong report-writing skills. ☑️Reliable, able to meet deadlines, team player, proactive. 📝How to apply📝 Interested candidates should include ➡️"National Researcher – Gender and Social Protection at Ladysmith" ⬅️ in the subject line and indicate the country case study you are applying for (#Vietnam, #Philippines, #Indonesia, or #Cambodia), and submit the following documents to [email protected]: ✅A detailed CV ✅A sample of previous research work (e.g., a report, publication, or thesis). ✅Contact information for two professional references 💫Deadline to apply: July 21, 2024 💫 ✔️Interviews: July 22-26, 2024 ✔️Expected Start date: August 1, 2024 ***Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted*** ***Only applications received via the [email protected] will be accepted*** 🙌We appreciate your time and effort in submitting your application.🙌 #feministjobs #opportunityalert #genderdata #feministresearch #genderanddevelopment #genderandsocialprotection

SECOND UPDATE (July 15, 2024): **We once again want to thank everyone who showed interest in this role and sent their CVs. We received over **400** applications and will be reaching out to shortlisted candidates this week. We want to acknowledge the thoughtful emails and Cover Letters that accompanied so many of your applications, and wish we had the capacity to circle back with each and every one of you individually. 💫 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE: **Thank you for all of the incredible interest and outreach!!** 💫🤓 This opportunity is closed as of July 3, 2024. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are currently reviewing CVs and are *no longer accepting new applicants for this position*. 📣💫 Ladysmith IS HIRING! 💫📣 🌟Junior Researcher - Gender, Technology & Digitization👩🏻💻👩🏾🔬📱💡🚀 🌟 We're looking for an early career Junior Researcher to contribute to a growing slate of research and advising projects under our Gender, Technology & Digitization portfolio, which is led by Lucia Fernanda Mesa Velez and Lorena Fuentes, Ph.D. This position will involve conducting original research; supporting the development of reports and publications that explore how gender shapes technological advancements, digital platforms, and tech-related policies; and supporting with mentoring and advising around gender equality and social inclusion for client partners and grantees working on research and innovation in Artificial Intelligence and beyond. The successful candidate will join a broader team that is widely recognized for having made important contributions to how our field understands gender data and the role of qualitative research in feminist policy making and advocacy. 🤓💡 If you wish to apply for this position, please *email your CV* to [email protected] and include "Junior Researcher - Gender, Technology & Digitization portfolio at Ladysmith" in the subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview 💫 #feministjobs #hiring #genderdata #feministresearch #genderanddevelopment #sustainabledevelopment #genderandtechnology #womenintech #feministtechnology #feministAI

📢 June 19 is the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Despite ongoing efforts, sexual violence in war and conflict continues, most often affecting women and girls. 💔🙏 Today, we remember the victims of those horrific #WarCrimes and stand with the survivors 🌍 Through our new Women Peace and Security Portfolio – Ladysmith researchers are actively working on ending #GBV in conflict. Below, we highlight some examples of their work: ➡️Dr Julia Zulver (Ladysmith’s #WomenPeaceSecurity Portfolio Lead), writes about women’s mobilization for #GenderJustice in high-risk settings, including in contexts of violent conflict. Her prize-winning book “High-Risk Feminism in Colombia: Women's Mobilization in Violent Contexts” is available in English 👉 bit.ly/36wtfGz and Spanish 👉 bit.ly/3BGTNlQ. ➡️Dr Kiran Stallone, a #WomenPeaceSecurity researcher at Ladysmith, wrote about Colombian women survivors of #sexualviolence in conflict. Her study shows how victim-survivors may strategically submit to rape as an act of self-protection, and how this, in turn, has complicated their recognition and access to rights post-conflict. Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gBUn5dnj #InternationalDayfortheEliminationofSexualViolenceinConflict #EndSexualViolence #EndConflictRelatedSexualViolence #EndRapeInConflict #StopSexualViolence #InternationalDayToEndSexualViolenceInConflict #HumanRights #PeaceAndSecurity #WarCrimes #JusticeForSurvivors

📢 June 19 is the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Despite ongoing efforts, sexual violence in war and conflict continues, most often affecting women and girls. 💔🙏 Today, we remember the victims of those horrific #WarCrimes and stand with the survivors 🌍 Through our new Women Peace and Security Portfolio – Ladysmith researchers are actively working on ending #GBV in conflict. Below, we highlight some examples of their work: ➡️Dr Julia Zulver (Ladysmith’s #WomenPeaceSecurity Portfolio Lead), writes about women’s mobilization for #GenderJustice in high-risk settings, including in contexts of violent conflict. Her prize-winning book “High-Risk Feminism in Colombia: Women's Mobilization in Violent Contexts” is available in English 👉 bit.ly/36wtfGz and Spanish 👉 bit.ly/3BGTNlQ. ➡️Dr Kiran Stallone, a #WomenPeaceSecurity researcher at Ladysmith, wrote about Colombian women survivors of #sexualviolence in conflict. Her study shows how victim-survivors may strategically submit to rape as an act of self-protection, and how this, in turn, has complicated their recognition and access to rights post-conflict. Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gBUn5dnj #InternationalDayfortheEliminationofSexualViolenceinConflict #EndSexualViolence #EndConflictRelatedSexualViolence #EndRapeInConflict #StopSexualViolence #InternationalDayToEndSexualViolenceInConflict #HumanRights #PeaceAndSecurity #WarCrimes #JusticeForSurvivors

I really enjoyed this piece💡 While it centers on RCTs, it also invites a broader reflection on what counts as "good" or "real" evidence (and who decides?) I used to ask my international development students at UCLA: who benefits from pretending that research, data, and knowledge production are not deeply political (and contested) acts? Reading it also conjured memories about conversations Tara Cookson and I had in the early days of Ladysmith. One conversation I remember in particular was about how we might strategically deploy the language of "data" to frame a feminist research endeavour that was primarily qualitative in nature. WE of course knew that methodologies out of this tradition can generate rich understandings of inequalities and also help chart paths forward! BUT, we also understood how data hierarchies shape certain conditions of possibility in international development (and beyond!)-- including whether a social problem gains widespread visibility and traction, and thus whether resources are mobilized and policies crafted in response. We'll get into this more in our book, 📕Datafying Development: the promises and pitfalls of the gender data revolution📕; but in the meantime, here's a throwback to some of our early reflections on the subject https://lnkd.in/gHSrY5WG #RCTs #randomizedcontroltrials #methods #evidencebasedpolicymaking #genderequality #genderjustice https://lnkd.in/gQcpE4VX

🎉 Happy Feminist Friday! Coming to you this week all the way from Kyrgyzstan, where our researchers Maria Klara Kuss and Lily Breimann teamed up with UNICEF to shine a spotlight on the often invisible care burden carried by women striving to vaccinate their children 🏥 UNICEF Kyrgyzstan organized a workshop bringing together Ministry officials, partners, healthcare workers, feminist researchers, and activists. 🌍 We learned more about global initiatives tackling gender inequalities in child immunization; 💡Insights from a novel study on the challenges mothers face when vaccinating their children were shared; and 💬 We facilitated a lively discussion on better supporting women, engaging men and community leaders. Check out the video reel for more highlights! 🎥 And an enormous thank you to Sheeba Harma, Alinane Kamlongera, Zhypargul Turmamatova, the Zerkalo team, Elnura Kazakbaeva, and the incredible UNICEF Kyrgyzstan team for making this such a fabulous event! 🤓🤩🎉 #FeministFriday #FeministResearch #GenderData #SupportWomen #EngageMen #UNICEF #VaccinateChildren 🌍💕

🎉 Happy Feminist Friday! Coming to you this week all the way from Kyrgyzstan, where our researchers Maria Klara Kuss and Lily Breimann teamed up with UNICEF to shine a spotlight on the often invisible care burden carried by women striving to vaccinate their children 🏥 UNICEF Kyrgyzstan organized a workshop bringing together Ministry officials, partners, healthcare workers, feminist researchers, and activists. 🌍 We learned more about global initiatives tackling gender inequalities in child immunization; 💡Insights from a novel study on the challenges mothers face when vaccinating their children were shared; and 💬 We facilitated a lively discussion on better supporting women, engaging men and community leaders. Check out the video reel for more highlights! 🎥 And an enormous thank you to Sheeba Harma, Alinane Kamlongera, Zhypargul Turmamatova, the Zerkalo team, Elnura Kazakbaeva, and the incredible UNICEF Kyrgyzstan team for making this such a fabulous event! 🤓🤩🎉 #FeministFriday #FeministResearch #GenderData #SupportWomen #EngageMen #UNICEF #VaccinateChildren 🌍💕

Massive congratulations to the inimitable Catherine D'Ignazio for Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action 🤓 I'm really looking forward to digging into this work and bringing its insights to bear on my and Tara Cookson's forthcoming book on the datafication of gender & development! 📕 #feminicide #femicide #feminicidio #femicidio #genderdata #dataactivism #GBV #VAW #feministresearch

"Adjusting how as funders we use measurement is key to shifting the unequal power structures on which philanthropy has traditionally been built. At Co-Impact – a global philanthropic collaborative – a foundational principle of our work is understanding that our program partners are best placed to design strategies that will be effective in addressing persistent problems. They are rooted in the context, have decades of experience, understand the political economy, and have deep relationships with key actors who can help drive change. It clearly follows then that if these organizations design and own strategies, they also need to define and own ways to assess impact." - loved this thought piece from the brilliant Varja Lipovsek 💫