Women's Worlds 2014 has come to an end. The last two days being dedicated to exploring the wonders of Hyderabad, the only city in India to be named after a woman. The highlight of the conference for me has been meeting wonderful women from all over the globe, and some new friends from home too. It was surprising to many of us that the conference was not more feminist research focused and that the politics of the university system and government were such big influences on the structure and content of the event. For example, the opening address was given by an Indian woman scientist who designs missiles, and not one of the many activists in the country who are standing up for women's human rights. However, some of the panel presentations and other keynote addresses were more challenging to the oppressive forces in the world. Our presentation was well attended and very well received by participants. In it we tried not only to speak to our experience and research about women's empowerment in the Canadian context of Indigenous-Settler relations, but to model with our lives the relationships of mutual recognition we spoke about.
Meeting a participant from Kolkata.
Luckily, we did not meet any of these campus residents!
Part of the natural beauty on the campus of the University of Hyderabad.
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