This panel of experts from India and Scotland, UK discussed the challenges and dilemmas of teaching about, raising awareness of, and strategizing to tackle gender based violence. It explored the links between feminists in the Academy and anti-violence women’s movements South and North, as well as reflecting on institutional developments in the Higher Education sector to tackle violence against women on campus.

This panel was organised by Prof Fiona Mackay (University of Edinburgh, UK). It was part of a series of events during the second workshop (19th to 23rd February 2018) of a collaborative project between University of Edinburgh and Ambekar University Delhi entitled 'Teaching Feminisms, Transforming Lives' led by Dr Radhika Govinda (University of Edinburgh) and Prof Krishna Menon (Ambedkar University Delhi). This project was funded by a UGC-UKIERI grant. 

Chair: Fiona Mackay, University of Edinburgh

Speakers: 

Dr Anni Donaldson, University of Strathclyde, UK

Prof Rachana Johri, Ambedkar University Delhi, India

Dr Anuj Kapilashrami, University of Edinburgh, UK

Dr Bindu KC,  Ambedkar University Delhi, India