Rajashree Ghosh
Areas of Expertise
Gender; International Development; Global and Regional Contexts
Email: ghoshr@brandeis.edu
Current Project
Delhi, India provides the cultural and historical context of my project and the gender inequities that plague the urban landscape, increasing opportunities for international partnerships and strategizing policy changes. A more driven multicultural perspective will underscore my work which includes interactions with women in vulnerable urban communities and grass roots organizations focusing on inclusive urban habitat.
Biography
For the Women’s Studies Program, Boston University, Rajashree guided the interface between partners at three Indian Universities and with local entities. This initiative endorsed by UNESCO (Paris), aims at exchange of ideas on gender across cultural boundaries. At the WSRC, her in-depth knowledge of India provides contextual understanding of women and their participation in development. The specific aim is to explore Delhi, the capital of India as a cultural space. It will seek approaches that raise and articulate spatiality and urbanity in the construction of gender identities. Ground level initiatives that work for women’s “spaces” will be sought out as they engage women as agents of change in urban renewal.
The WSRC project is only an extension of her interest in gender issues in specific cultural contexts. She continues to maintain strong ties with her community and plans on a sustained global discourse on gender.
Education
M.Phil., Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University
M.A., Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University
B.A., Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University
Representative Publications
Ghosh, Rajashree. “Women bear the brunt of economic downturn,” India New England, March 2009.
Ghosh, Rajashree. Review of Displaced by Development: Confronting Marginalisation and Gender Justice, by Mehta Lyla (ed.). Gender and Development. Oxfam, UK, July 2009.
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