Symposium: (5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025))

RC32 Women, Gender and Society

Program Coordinators: Solange SIMOES (Eastern Michigan University, USA) and Marlise MATOS ALMEIDA (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Monday, 7 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Gender and Hyper-Medicalization of Bodies and Sexualities
Session Organizer: Ece ESMER
Chair: Dilek CINDOGLU

LGBTQ+ Intimate and Families Relationships
Session Organizer: Gayle KAUFMAN

Sociology of Resistance: Palestinian Society As a Case Study
Session Organizer: Dalal BAJES
Chair: Dalal BAJES

11:00-12:45

Bodies, (trans) Genders and Violences
Session Organizer: Dulce Maria FILGUEIRA DE ALMEIDA
Chair: Dulce Maria FILGUEIRA DE ALMEIDA

Epistemic Injustice/Injusticias Epistémicas
Session Organizers: Maria Teresa MARTIN PALOMO and Andrea SOUTO GARCIA
Chair: Maria Teresa MARTIN PALOMO

Gender and Homelessness: Hidden and Emerging Dynamics
Session Organizer: Juliet WATSON
Chair: Barbara BARBOSA NEVES

13:00-14:45

Embodied Global Politics
Session Organizers: Noelle BRIGDEN, Malasree Neepa ACHARYA and Cordelia RIZZO REYES
Chair: Malasree Neepa ACHARYA

Feminist Pedagogies As Catalysts for Inclusive Urban Imaginaries
Session Organizers: Caroline NEWTON and Irene LUQUE MARTIN

[Un]Gendering Environmental Sociology: Bringing Power Back into the Discussion
Session Organizers: Angeline LETOURNEAU and Rezvaneh ERFANI

15:00-16:45

Feminist Imaginaries of Social Justice Otherwise
Session Organizer: Manisha DESAI

LGBTQ+ Work Lives
Session Organizer: Gayle KAUFMAN

Narrations of Gendered (In-)Justice in Migration Processes
Session Organizers: Ursula APITZSCH and Minna-Kristiina RUOKONEN-ENGLER
Chairs: Ursula APITZSCH and Minna-Kristiina RUOKONEN-ENGLER

19:00-20:30

RC32 Business Meeting

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

In the Era of “Paradoxes”: Gendered-Based Violence, Mobilization, and Resistance in the Age of Rising Authoritarianism
Session Organizer: Shweta Majumdar MAJUMDAR ADUR
Chair: Gabriela FRIED AMILIVIA

Research, Practice and Policy: UN Women and the ISA
Session Organizers: Rosemary BARBERET and Tina UYS
Chair: Rosemary BARBERET

Women As Agents of Change: Their Transformative Role in Peace and Conflict Resolution
Session Organizer: Arvinder A. ANSARI
Chair: Tatjana TAKSEVA

11:00-12:45

Feminist, Decolonial and Digital Approaches to Radical Love: Changing the World from within / Enfoques Feministas, Decoloniales y Digitales De Un Amor Revolucionario: Cambiando El Mundo Desde Adentro
Session Organizers: William CALVO-QUIROS, Mr. Sérgio BARBOSA, MA and Ferlanda LUNA

RC32 Presidential Session - Women, War and Security: MENA and Global Perspectives
Session Organizers: Solange SIMOES and Marlise MATOS ALMEIDA

Transforming Collective Action: From Digital Activism to Datafied Movements (Part I)
Session Organizers: Anabel QUAN-HAASE and Jared WRIGHT
Chair: Jared WRIGHT

13:00-14:45

Consequences of Gender Violence: Victimization of Women, Teenagers and Children
Session Organizers: Melissa DE MATTOS PIMENTA and Rochele FACHINETTO

Decolonial Feminist Challenges to an Unruly World: Canadian Contributions
Session Organizers: Jane KU and Tania DAS GUPTA
Chair: Zoe NEWMAN

Transforming Collective Action: From Digital Activism to Datafied Movements (Part II)
Session Organizers: Anabel QUAN-HAASE and Jared WRIGHT
Chair: Anabel QUAN-HAASE

15:00-16:45

Comparative and Historical Sociology of Women’s Careers: In the Midst of Great Changes
Session Organizer: Fumiya ONAKA

The Advances of the Extreme Right on Democracy: Why Are Gender Setbacks and Attacks on Feminism so Central?
Session Organizer: Marlise MATOS ALMEIDA

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Gender, Feminism and Publishing Today
Session Organizers: Izabela KORBIEL, Caroline NEWTON and Rahat SHAH

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Authoritarian Politics, Feminist Struggles and Democratic Futures in the MENA Region
Session Organizer: Ozlem ALTIOK

Décolonisation Des Savoirs Et Justice Épistémique Dans l’Enseignement Supérieur : Croisement d’Expériences Dans Le Sud Global
Session Organizers: Mina KLEICHE DRAY, Ana Tereza REIS DA SILVA and Gere AUGUSTO

The Politics of Masculinities in Neoliberal South Korea
Session Organizer: Seungsook MOON

11:00-12:45

Kinship Reimagined, Justice and Transformative Futures (Part I)
Session Organizer: Rukmini SEN

Feminist Mentoring for Teacher-Scholar-Advocates
Session Organizer: Ozlem ALTIOK

Is It Possible to Talk about a Global Anti-Feminist Agenda? Case Studies from Different Countries

13:00-14:45

Living with and Resisting the Gendered Consequences of Authoritarianism in Mainland China and Hong Kong
Session Organizers: Stevi JACKSON and Kailing XIE

Pathways to Women's Political Representation
Session Organizer: Daniel AMOAH
Chair: Daniel AMOAH

RC32 Roundtable Session I

15:00-16:45

Building Feminist and Intersectional Scholarship in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons from the Social Sciences
Session Organizers: Dr. Manuela MENDOZA HORVITZ, PhD in Sociology of Education and Talia ESNARD

Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women in Rural Areas: Part II
Session Organizer: Nicolas FAYSSE
Chair: Nicolas FAYSSE

Teaching, Researching and Exchanging: Universities and Social Movements in Action Together
Session Organizers: Aline YURI HASEGAWA, Gabriela VILLEN and Leda GITAHY

Thursday, 10 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Kinship Reimagined, Justice and Transformative Futures (Part II)
Session Organizer: Rukmini SEN

Transnational "Solidarity" in the Age of Anthropocene - Reflections from the Global South
Session Organizers: Shweta Majumdar MAJUMDAR ADUR and Amrita PANDE

11:00-12:45

Complexities of Capitalist Accumulation at the Socio-Spatial Level from Global South: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity Perspectives.
Session Organizers: Denisse SEPULVEDA and Patricia RETAMAL GARRIDO

Feminisms and Gender Equality in the MENA Region
Session Organizer: Solange SIMOES

13:00-14:45

Between Piety and Protests: The Impacts of Religions and Fundamentalism and Attacks on Gender - Part I
Session Organizer: Dr. Rianka ROY
Chair: Rituparna PATGIRI

Constructing LGBTQ+ Identities
Session Organizer: Gayle KAUFMAN
Chair: Gayle KAUFMAN

RC32 Roundtable Session II
Session Organizer: Manisha DESAI

15:00-16:45

30 Years of the Beijing UN Women's Conference and the Platform for Action: Achievements, Challenges and Setbacks?
Session Organizer: Solange SIMOES

Indigenous Methodologies and Feminisms
Session Organizer: Carmela ROYBAL

Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women in Rural Areas: Part I
Session Organizer: Zhour BOUZIDI
Chair: Zhour BOUZIDI

Friday, 11 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Gender (in)Equality in Political Representation
Session Organizer: Daniel AMOAH
Chair: Daniel AMOAH

Naming the Human and Social Justice through Decolonizing Feminisms.
Session Organizers: Jane KU and Amina JAMAL
Chair: Eve HAQUE

11:00-12:45

Between Piety and Protests: The Impacts of Religions and Fundamentalism and Attacks on Gender - Part II
Session Organizer: Anjana NARAYAN
Chair: Deepali DUNGDUNG

Gender and Development Futures: Intersectional Agenda to Achieve 2030 SDG
Session Organizers: Rukmini SEN and Arvinder A. ANSARI
Chair: Arvinder A. ANSARI

What Can We Learn from Latin American Feminist Movements?
Session Organizer: Esther HERNANDEZ MEDINA

13:00-14:45

(Un)Heard Voices: Children’s Perspectives on Sexuality
Session Organizer: Zenaida ANDREICA GHEORGHE
Chair: Bruna ALVAREZ MORA

Global Maternal Health Institute: Policy, Research, Action
Session Organizer: Carmela ROYBAL

Global Sexual Diversity Politics and the Crisis of Democracy
Session Organizer: Melanie HEATH
Chair: Dr. Rianka ROY

15:00-16:45

Feminist Pedagogies: Shared Journeys of Educators & Students in Public Higher Education
Session Organizer: Hara BASTAS

Locating Motherhood As a Right or Responsibility in Globalized World
Session Organizers: Bhup SINGH and DrBinoyjyoti DAS
Chair: Lindsay SMITH