Gender 305 Gender and International Human Rights

Sep 11 2024 23 mins

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Gender 305 Human Rights Conversation is a podcast by the University of Victoria Gender 305 students of 2022 and 2023. Topics span Abortion Rights, LGBTQ2S+ rights, gender-based discrimination, and gender-based violence through the lens of human rights. Thank you to Tamara Gonsalves and all the students of Gender 305, who have spent much time and effort to educate and bring these critical topics to the community. Tune in weekly for more conversations on human rights and international human rights developments. Music used in the introduction and outro is the track Wonder by respectful child recorded during CFUV's 2017 Basement Closet Session. https://cfuv.bandcamp.com/track/wonderSession

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Gender Issues in Human Rights: Gender-based Violence and Feminicie in Canada

Sep 11 2024 24 mins

We have chosen the topic of gender violence as a human rights issue because it is widespread and global. We are interested in discussing gender violence from a theoretical feminist lens to capture the complexity and intersectionality involved in gender violence as a human rights issue in a way that other theoretical perspectives cannot. As MacKinnon states, “what happens to women

Writing Wrongs: Exploring Human Rights and Genocide in Canada

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Gender-Variance in Human Rights

Aug 21 2024 29 mins

This episode explores how language and inclusion of LGBTQ+ terminology in human rights, and women’s rights can be expanded. The students focus on trans and gender-variant people’s rights who have been left primarily out of UN human rights discussions. There are multiple ways this topic is relevant, from student’s personal experiences and beliefs, through relevance to th

The Canadian Context: Abortion Rights

Aug 14 2024 28 mins

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Abortion Rights and the Overturn of Roe vs. Wade

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Jul 24 2024 19 mins

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Introducing Gender 305 Gender and International Human Rights

Jul 10 2024 6 mins

In this episode series, Tamara Gonsalves provides insight into student podcasts regarding gender and international human rights.In 2022 and 2023, students were asked to create podcasts for the University of Victoria course Gender 305 regarding gender roles in human rights. Throughout this season, prior students of Gender 305 do a deep dive on topics such as gender-based discriminat