WGS200Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Homa Hoodfar, British Passport, Cultural Hegemony
18 Nov 2016
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Homa hoodfar free: prisoner in iran was freed. The canada doesn"t have diplomatic contacts with iran therefore the process had to go through. They sent an airplane and get her out. She was imprisoned under the crime of dabbling in feminism. She was doing interviews with women in streets. After she was convicted they released her on humanitarian grounds since she had poor health. Petition and rally to free her at different levels. Women and gender studies has impacted the academy. Institute for gender and economy in business at rothman centre in st george campus , the causes and consequences of gender dynamics in economy. The picture of the elephant where people were asked to guess what each part of the body indicates of an elephant by a group of blindfolded people. The results indicate the perception of different people who are blindfolded looking at elephant make different assumptions.
