Global Perspectives on Reproductive Justice
This Hamilton Lugar School panel series aims to bring together scholars and experts to discuss, debate, and disseminate cutting-edge research and policy perspectives on global reproductive justice topics.
Fall 2022 Events
Reproductive Rights Globally and Locally: What Do I Need to Know and What Can I Do?
Speakers in this panel will explore reproductive justice as a global movement, focusing on the current state of reproductive rights worldwide and the impact of US foreign policy abroad. Panelists will also examine the local landscape of reproductive healthcare care and rights across the state of Indiana and at Indiana University.
September 7, 2022 at 7pm
Hamilton Lugar School GA 1118 and Zoom
Speakers include:
- Ann Norris, Senior Adjunct Fellow, Women and Foreign Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations
- Dr. Tracey Wilkinson, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at IU
- Dr. Heather Eastman-Mueller, Faculty Member, School of Public Health, Assistant Director Outreach and Education, IU Student Health Center
Reproductive Rights and Democracy: Global Lessons and Implications of Abortion Bans
Reproductive rights and democratic values are inextricably linked, and threats to one reinforce threats to the other. In this panel, speakers will discuss how the post-Roe landscape illuminates multiple crises of liberal democracy—electoral, judicial, and cultural—in the US and the Western hemisphere more broadly.
Wednesday, October 12 at 6pm
Hamilton Lugar School Shreve auditorium or online
Speakers include:
- Dr. Hussein Banai, Associate Professor of Global and International Studies at IU
- Dr. Judy Failer, Associate Professor of Political Science at IU
- Dr. Maria Bucur, John V Hill Chair Professor of History and Gender Studies at IU
Spring 2023 Events
Gender Equality, Human Rights, and Reproductive Justice
The idea that human rights must include reproductive justice has been a controversial one historically, and many facets of reproductive justice have often been neglected in international and regional human rights documents. What are the connections between reproductive justice goals and broader human rights goals? How are reproductive justice and gender equality incorporated into political, social, and policy-oriented projects, where are the gaps, and what can be done in the future? Drawing on research and practical experience from Kenya, Poland, Turkey and the United States, this panel will explore these and other questions.
March 8, 2023 at 12pm
Online
Speakers include:
- Jody Madeira, Professor of Law and Louis F. Neizer Faculty Fellow, Co-Director, Center for Law, Society & Culture
- Evelyne Opondo, Africa Director of the International Center for Research on Women
- Elżbieta Korolkzuc, Associate Professor of Sociology at Södertörn University, Sweden and American Studies Center at Warsaw University
- İlayda Eskitaşcioğlu, human rights lawyer and a PhD student Koç University in Turkey
On the Front Lines: Activist Movements for Reproductive Justice
Around the world, people have fought and continue to fight for reproductive rights and reproductive justice. This panel will explore what these movements look like, challenges and responses, and what helps them succeed. What motivates people to become activists for reproductive justice? How do activists use both online and in-person mobilization tools to create change at social and policy levels? In what ways do modern technologies help or challenge activists? How can you get involved? These are some of the questions that the speakers on this panel will discuss.
April 12, 2023 at 7pm
Hamilton Lugar School Shreve auditorium or online
Speakers include:
- Kate Hunt, Lecturer in International Studies at IU
- Tamara Kay, Professor of Global Affairs and Sociology, Notre Dame
- Elida Caballero Cabrera, Director of Campaigns and Advocacy Programs at the Women’s Equality Center