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Abinaya Gnanasekar

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Abinaya graduated with a BA Honors in Anthropology from the University of Western Ontario and is currently enrolled in the Master of Arts in Development Studies with a diploma in Asian Studies at York University. During her undergraduate degree, she had the opportunity to participate in a semester abroad program at the Birla Institute of Technology in Goa, India. Abinaya also participated in an SSHRC-funded research project in Madagascar that observed the effects of development initiatives on communities, focused on conservation and sustainability. Her passion for travel, social justice as well as the experiences over the four years of undergrad have contributed to her research interests. As a first year graduate student, Abinaya’s research will focus on gender in agriculture and the impacts of development initiatives, polices and approaches in addressing the “invisible farmers” in Southeast Asia, namely, Indonesia. Her research aims to look at whether current policies have taken a gendered approach, what policies are working and what are not, and whether the female farmers are able to participate in their own development.

Keywords: Gender; agriculture; development; Indonesia

Upcoming Events

Feb
20
Wed
10:00 am Do Markets Matter in the War Aga... @ Room S123, Schulich School of Business
Do Markets Matter in the War Aga... @ Room S123, Schulich School of Business
Feb 20 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
In this paper, we theorize about the role of markets in the war on terror. We contend that as markets straddle the state and society, [...]
Feb
27
Wed
12:30 pm Law, Labour, Race & Migration @ Room 1003, Ignat Kaneff Building, Osgoode Hall Law School
Law, Labour, Race & Migration @ Room 1003, Ignat Kaneff Building, Osgoode Hall Law School
Feb 27 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Law, Labour, Race & Migration @ Room 1003, Ignat Kaneff Building, Osgoode Hall Law School
Legal History Panel Discussion Speakers: Renisa Mawani (University of British Columbia) Radhika Mongia (York University) Moderator: Philip Girard (Osgoode Hall Law School) Light lunch will [...]
3:00 pm Being a Scholar-Practitioner of ... @ Room 626, Sixth Floor, Kaneff Tower
Being a Scholar-Practitioner of ... @ Room 626, Sixth Floor, Kaneff Tower
Feb 27 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Being a Scholar-Practitioner of South Asian Meditation Traditions @ Room 626, Sixth Floor, Kaneff Tower
  In this talk, three Scholar-Practitioners of Indic traditions of meditation will talk about their meditation practice as a simultaneous object of research, followed by [...]
Mar
1
Fri
2:00 pm KORE Event | Korean-Canadian Stu... @ Room 2101, Second Floor, Vari Hall
KORE Event | Korean-Canadian Stu... @ Room 2101, Second Floor, Vari Hall
Mar 1 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
KORE Event | Korean-Canadian Studies in a Comparative Context: Local and Global Connections @ Room 2101, Second Floor, Vari Hall
Work on the Korean diaspora and migration in Canada goes back roughly 30 years and recent scholarship on Korean migrants in Canada signals the emergence [...]
Mar
5
Tue
11:30 am Reflections on the Contemporary ... @ Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes
Reflections on the Contemporary ... @ Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes
Mar 5 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
This symposium aims to critically explore the contemporary political situation in India, in terms of political, economic and social rights of the citizens. The Global [...]
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