During the winter term of 2015/16 our project coordinator and member of the sub-project Autonomy Laila Abu-Er-Rub tought a seminar at Heidelberg University’s “Cluster of Excellence – Asia and Europe in a Global Context” titled Single in the City: Gender, Media and Urban Space.

The students had to write (visual) essays on self-chosen topics related to the class. Some agreed to have their essays published on our website. Here they are:

Amy Clare – Changing Chinese Masculinities – The Modern Businessman and Businesswoman

Rebecca Fowler – A Feminist Approach to Social Egg Freezing on a Global and National Level

Friederike Heyne and Louise Hoffmann – The Framing of Single African Women in the Web Series “An African City”

Milena Koch – Hijras in public spaces in urban India: Social roles, public appearance and gender-based discrimination.

Daniela Verztman Bagdadi – Politics, Women’s Rights and the Evangelical Parliamentary Front in Brazil

Jun Wu – Mass Media, New Beauty Ideal and Cosmetic Surgery in South Korea

Leila Borhani Haghighi – Savushun: Women under Patriarchy Dominance