BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/women-of-the-world- unite-the-un-decade-for-women-and-transnational-feminisms-1975-to-now/cale nder.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19d02109-726a-4ca4-8982-22669f23a8c5 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261022T105131 DTSTART:20261026T183000 DTEND:20261026T200000 SUMMARY:Women of the world unite: the UN Decade for Women and transnationa l feminisms 1975 to now LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Sh eikh Zayed Theatre\, Cheng Kin Ku Building) DESCRIPTION:Monday 26 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersProfessor Sumi Madh okProfessor Durba MitraDr Imaobong UmorenChairDr SM RodríguezIn 2025\, th e Women’s Library at LSE organised an exhibition Women of the World Unit e: The UN Decade for Women and Transnational Feminisms 1975 to Now to mark the fifty years since the United Nations declared 1975 the International Women’s Year and held the first in a series of conferences to mark the U N Decade for Women.This cross-disciplinary LSE roundtable discussion and c onversation between three world-leading scholars of transnational feminism reflects on the vibrancy\, diversity and contestations of transnational f eminisms across time and place and on the legacies of the UN Decade for Wo men and broader movements of transnational feminism historically and in ou r contemporary moment.The UN Decade for Women 1975 was a seminal moment in advancing and galvanising transnational feminist struggles. The LSE exhib ition highlighted the multifaceted plural nature of feminist struggles aro und the world\, which called for equality alongside struggles against slav ery\, suffrage\, imperialism. colonialism\, fascism\, capitalism\, and mil itarism.Meet our speakers and chairSumi Madhok is Professor of Political T heory and Gender Studies at the Department of Gender Studies. Her scholars hip goes beyond producing critiques of Eurocentrism and develops new conce pts\, theoretical frameworks and methodologies\, which contribute to setti ng a new direction for the social sciences focused on epistemic interventi ons from most of the world.Durba Mitra is the Stanley Kelley Jr.\,Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University. Mitra’s s cholarship brings together feminist political thought\, sexuality studies\ , and global intellectual history.Imaobong Umoren is Associate Professor o f International History in the Department of International History at LSE. Her research interests\, publications\, and teaching focus on histories o f women\, racism\, activism and political thought in the Caribbean\, Brita in and the US focusing on the modern and contemporary period.SM Rodriguez is Associate Professor of Gender\, Rights and Human Rights. Their research investigates the globalisation of abolitionist feminist practice and adva nces conversation on racialisation\, criminalisation\, ableism\, and the i mposition of gendered and sexual control on people of African descent.More about this eventJoin us on campus or register to watch the event online a t LSE Live. LSE Live is the home for our live streams\, allowing you to tu ne in and join the global debate at LSE\, wherever you are in the world. 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