Institute for Gender and Development Studies


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Research Assistant & Editorial Assistant CRGS

BSc (UWI)

"In a world where information holds power, we serve ourselves and our communities best when we become the producers and uploaders of our own knowledge."

Biography

Saajid Hosein is an MPhil Student at the IGDS and currently works there as a Research Assistant and Editorial Assistant for CRGS. 

 

Teaching

  • Worked as a tutor for undergraduate students

 

 

Research

Thesis
  • Currently working on an MPhil Thesis which explores Indo-Trinidadian Muslim Masculinity. It traces the history of the Indo-Muslim community in Trinidad, looking at the relevant social changes and transformations that impact gender relations.
Graduate Research Seminars
  • November 2020 – Muslim Men versus Muslim Masculinity: Interrogating Ideals of Muslim Masculinity Among Indo-Trinidadian Muslim men
 

Media

Saajid Hosein, MPhil Candidate in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, shares how gender studies offers critical thinking and strong interdisciplinary research training.

Outreach 

Panel Discussion
  • December 2020 – Moderator
    Generation Equality and GBV: Youth Perspectives
    16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
    with Kelsie Joseph - Cat Calls of UWI on Street Harassment; 
    Mia Nixon – Pride UWI & IGDS Ignite on LGBT Perspectives;
    Samantha Samlall – Student Psychology Assoc & IGDS Ignite on Psychological Impact of Covid-19; and
    Taribo Branche – UWI Afrikaan Society on Building GBV In: UWI African Society, a Best Practice

 

 

 

 

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