Student
organizations
Elevate,
South
Asian
Awareness
Network
and
Paani
jointly
hosted
a
collaborative workshop to
discuss feminism through a
South-Asian lens on Tuesday
night.
The event was part of a
four-part series exploring
global
perspectives
on
feminism. About 50 people
engaged in the discussion
and Q&A led by Debotri Dhar,
women’s studies lecturer, and
Zunaira Jilani, a Wayne State
health and social psychology
Ph.D. student. The speakers
addressed the importance of
intersectional feminism in
the South-Asian community
both in the region itself and
in the U.S.
Engineering junior Kyra
Kothawala
attended
the
event in hopes of exploring
more
about
other
social
justice issues outside the U.S.
“I recently went to an
event from SARS (Students
Against
Rape
Society),
and I thought it was really
empowering, and I am kind
of
interested
in
learning
more about feminism around
the world,” Kothawala said.
Dhar began the discussion
by addressing the difficulty
of explaining South Asian
feminism in a limited time
period, given the diversity
of the countries and the non-
linear nature of feminist
movements in the region.
She went on to comment on
the impact of colonialism
on grassroots-level feminist
movements in south-Asian
countries
which
were
not only focused on local
challenges but set in the
context of a larger, global
framing.
“It’s
like
teaching
a
full semester course in 15
minutes. Sometimes, these
movements are similar to
what we see in the West but
sometimes break away in
order to articulate local
needs,” Dhar said.
Stressing
the
importance
of
understanding
how
culture
is
not
static,
Dhar
rejected
the
idea
of
cultural
universalism
when
drawing
comparisons
about feminism between
Western
countries
and
other
regions.
After
talking
about
specific
movements
in
fields
such as literature, film
and policymaking, Dhar
talked about how male
allies are doing incredible
work
across
different
avenues in the region.
LSA senior Taha Bashir
also attended the event
and was interested in
learning what he can do
as an ally to support the
women from the South
Asian community.
“As a guy, I would love
the opinion of someone
who is a woman and to
understand the daily life
and the daily struggles of
someone from the South
Asian
culture,
and
so
I
can know what to do in
solidarity,” Bashir said.
Zunaira Jilani’s focus was
on South Asian culture in
the U.S. and sexual violence.
She talked about her early
experiences
discussing
this topic with her mom
while watching “Law and
Order” and realizing the
taboo behind discussing sex
in the community. When
asked about fueling cultural
change,
Zunaira
Jilani
emphasized talking about the
issue in specific community
groups
and
eliminating
girl-on-girl hate as possible
solutions.
“Embracing your strong
cultural
identity
and
channeling it to form strong
alliances is very important,”
Zunaira Jilani said.
Sumrah
Jilani,
event
organizer from SAAN and
LSA senior, talked about
some takeaways from the
event.
“I learned that there are
a lot of different cultural
norms that differ in South-
Asian culture compared to a
Eurocentric perspective, and
I think the speakers did a
good job of highlighting that
it’s okay to be different from
the norm,” Jilani said.
Moving
forward,
Dhar
emphasized the importance
of
understanding
the
complicated
nature
of
feminism in south Asia.
“Feminism in south Asia
is not a linear narrative. It’s
messier as it is anywhere
around the world, but I’d like
to believe that it is a forward
movement,
despite
the
complications,” Dhar said.
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After
four
rounds
of
contract
negotiations,
members of the Graduate
Employees
Organization
say
University
administrators
are
not
giving them the respect
they deserve.
Mike
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of
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bargaining
team, said that although
GEO is presenting issues
related to the educational
and
economic
issue
of
the
University,
“the
administration
seems
to
feel
these
are
just
complaints.”
Dan
Gamble,
the
administration’s
chief
negotiator, disputed GEO’s
claims yesterday.
“I think both teams are
working very hard to reach
tentative agreements,” he
said. “I’m not sure where
they’re coming from.”
Issues on the bargaining
table
include
wage
and
workload changes, hiring
policies, changing the title
of teaching assistant, and
ensuring proper benefits
and employee recognition
for interns.
In a statement issued late
last week, GEO officials
said Gamble “made clear
that
the
administration
bargaining
team
has
little interest in working
with the Union to resolve
problems that affect not
only
Graduate
Student
Instructors,
but
the
University as a whole.”
Gamble said he never
made such comments.
Sell, a Rackham fellow
and student and English
TA, said the union has no
sense that its issues are
being taken seriously.
During
negotiations
last Wednesday, the issue
of
recognizing
clinical
psychology
interns
as
employees
came
up
for
discussion.
After GEO presented its
views in what he called a
logical process, Sell said
Gamble listened and said
no, without explanation.
Gamble said he thought
he
had
explained
his
position adequately. “It is
a unit determination made
by the Michigan Employee
Relations Commission,” he
said. “I’m sorry if I didn’t
make it clear.”
Sell said GEO is “less
than optimistic that these
issues
can
be
resolved
at the table, unless the
administration is willing to
change its tune...and step
off their high horse.”
Sell added that GEO would
be willing to compromise if
the administration shows a
willingness to do the same.
In the meantime, Sell
said, “GEO will negotiation
to the best of (its) abilities.”
“GEO has 38 proposals,
so we have a ways to go,”
Gamble said.
Negotiations for the 10th
GEO contract began Oct. 31,
with the current contract
set to expire Feb. 1.
The
fifth
bargaining
session is scheduled for
today at 5 p.m. on the
second floor of the LSA
building.
“Many students of color
face tremendous financial
burdens,
the
cultural
climate, and I do think
there needs to be more
support of our academic
support services,” Monts
said. “We must increase our
efforts to infuse diversity
and multiculturalism into
our teaching and learning
programs.
As
society
changes
the
University
must
change
to
reflect
society.”
Overall,
enrollment
dropped 290 students from
36,758 in 1993 to 36,468 in
1994.
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“Embracing your
strong cultural
identity and
channeling it
to form strong
alliances is very
important.”