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

Pérez Rodríguez, A. M. (2024). A plea for rage and joy: Colombian feminist protests and their power for making utopia. Feminist Review, 137(1), 76-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/01417789241257261

“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