Adriana M. Pérez-Rodríguez
PhD Student
Email: am.perez@mail.utoronto.ca
Areas of Interest
- Critical border studies
- NGOs and human rights
- Nation-state and governance
- Citizenship
- Transnational feminism
- Latin American Feminist movements
Biography
I am a Colombian feminist researcher. I hold a BA in Politics and International Relations from the University of Reading, England, and an MA in Gender Studies from the National University of Colombia. I co-founded and directed for two years the Observatorio de Asuntos de Género de Norte de Santander (Observatory of Gender Issues of Norte de Santander), a social organization dedicated to feminist research and knowledge production. I am also a columnist for the local newspaper La Opinión.
Program: PhD 2022
Education
2012: BA Politics & International Relations – University of Reading, England.
2017: MA Gender Studies – National University of Colombia.
Dissertation
Supervisor: Alissa Trotz and Michelle Murphy
Presentations
TEDx Talk (forthcoming) "El feminismo es como una enredadera" (Feminism Is Like a Climbing Plant).
IX Interamerican Congress Against Human Trafficking, organised by Lawyers Without Borders. Invited speaker: “Human Trafficking in the Context of Human Mobility: a Human Rights-Based Approach”. Bogotá, Colombia, 2022
Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia: an Inclusive Humanitarian Response? Organised by the Humanitarian Practice Network. Invited panelist: “Gender-Based and Feminist Approaches in the Context of Venezuelan Migration in Norte de Santander," 2022
Selected Works
“Gender-Based Violence in a Migrant Context: a Case Study of Norte de Santander” in Humanitarian Exchange Magazine (2022), issue 80.
“Reclaiming their Right to Appear: the Gender Studies Research Group, from the Free University of Colombia, as Maker of Oppositional Knowledge” in Pérez & Trujillo-Barbadillo (ed.) (2020) Queer Epistemologies in Education. Luso-Hispanic Dialogues and Shared Horizons.
Honours and Awards
Admission Award
FAS doctoral recruitment award
Connaught International Scholarship for Doctoral Students
Graduate with honours
MA Merit Scholarship