Amanda Gilbertson

A Majoritarian View of ‘Gender Justice’ in Contemporary India: Examining Media Coverage of ‘Triple Talaq’ and ‘Love Jihad’

A Piedalue, A Gilbertson, M Raturi

Journal article  |  2021  |  South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

This paper explores media coverage of instant ‘triple talaq’—a form of divorce practised by some Indian Muslims—and ‘love jihad’—a..

The changed and the unchanged: Peer learning for gender and development in Delhi

Amanda Gilbertson

Journal article  |  2021  |  Gender, Place and Culture: a journal of feminist geography

Peer education has become a popular strategy for promoting gender equality in recent years in response to calls for more participa..

Decolonising the Study Tour: An Ethnography of a Student Internship with a New Delhi NGO

A Gilbertson, N Parris-Piper, N Robertson

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Intercultural Studies

Although intended to improve students’ intercultural competence and global-mindedness, study tours can reinforce assumptions and a..

Is gender-based violence a social norm? Rethinking power in a popular development intervention

Amy Piedalue, Amanda Gilbertson, Kalissa Alexeyeff, Elise Klein

Journal article  |  2020  |  Feminist Review

Changing social norms has become the preferred approach in global efforts to prevent gender-based violence (GBV). In this article,..

Revisiting the epistemic terrains of gender, sex, and empowerment through four sites of engagement in India: Introducing a conversation

Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Richa Nagar, Amanda Gilbertson, Ahonaa Roy, Annie McCarthy

Journal article  |  2020  |  Gender, Place and Culture: a journal of feminist geography

Knowledges that claim to end oppression and marginalization frequently end up feeding the same hierarchies that produce those oppr..

Of Mindsets and Men: Tackling Masculinity, Patriarchy, and Privilege in Delhi

Amanda Gilbertson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Men and Masculinities

As efforts to engage men and boys in gender justice work have proliferated across the globe, so too has evidence of the potential ..

Outsourcing Patriarchy To and Within India: Intersectional and Decolonial Gender Politics Across Scales

A Gilbertson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Antipode

Young caste-class privileged gender justice workers in Delhi navigate several relations of power—with Euro-American feminisms, and..

Reporting of Violence against Women in Indian Newspapers

Amanda Gilbertson, Niharika Pandit

Journal article  |  2019  |  Economic and Political Weekly

The media shapes public understanding of violence against women and girls, but until now there has been no systematic review of re..

Within the Limits Moral Boundaries of Class and Gender in Urban India

Amanda Gilbertson

Book  |  2018

Set against the backdrop of the south Indian city of Hyderabad, this work highlights the importance of moralized language of respe..

Between inclusivity and feminist purism: Young gender justice workers in post-Nirbhaya Delhi

Amanda Gilbertson

Journal article  |  2018  |  WOMENS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM

Gender justice is experiencing a moment of heightened visibility in India in the wake of the anti-rape protests of 2012/13. This p..