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Listen to the story of alumna Naledi Kekana, who now works as a WWS Senior Programme Specialist at Women Win.
Lilja Kanerva works as Young Innovators Host at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视
In this video, Lilja shares her experiences with the Master Gender Studies and gives us a glimpse of her work as Young Innovators Host at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视.
Frankie Johnson works as Programme Development Lead for the Fatherhood Institute in the UK
"Following my History undergraduate I began working for the UK Government, but soon realised I wanted to return to university. I had always been interested in issues of social justice and understandings of gender, cultivated through reading Black feminist scholars' work and attending relevant talks and events. I took two university evening courses (one on representations of race and gender in popular culture, and the other on feminism and sexuality) before deciding to commit to an MA in gender studies. Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 appealed to me thanks to the practical nature of the course, combining an internship with theoretical studies, as well as its excellent reputation."
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"Although the NOISE summer school unfortunately took place online due to covid-19, I still thought it was a stimulating start to the course - introducing us to scholarship on borders, boundaries, and the politics of belonging by looking at the intersection of feminist cartographies, digital media, and affect theories.
The MA programme was varied, with interdisciplinarity at its core: I chose modules covering postcolonial transitions and somatechnics (how technologies of power affect subjectivity) alongside the core elements of the course, all of which prompted me to critically reassess my own positionality and initiated an ongoing journey of (un)learning. I welcomed being challenged by the readings, appreciated the thought-provoking lectures, and was grateful for the supportive space of the seminars for working through new ways of thinking.
I completed my internship at Emancipator, independently delivering a research project on outreach with fathers. This then developed into my thesis addressing the intergenerational transmission of fatherhood norms amongst Dutch fathers, a mixed-methods study. Since graduating, I've been working as Programme Development Lead for the Fatherhood Institute, a UK-based research charity and think tank promoting involved fatherhood. My work covers communications, training delivery, and operations."