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Centre for Gender Studies

Ms Eleanor Tiplady Higgs

Overview

Eleanor Tiplady Higgs
Name:
Ms Eleanor Tiplady Higgs
Thesis title:
Christianity and transnational feminism in the Kenyan women's movement (working title)
Internal Supervisors

PhD Research

In my thesis I will explore the extent to which Christian women's organisations in Kenya are influenced by the work of African women theologians. I am also investigating the relationship that Christian women's organisations in Kenya have to transnational feminism, both in terms of discourse, and the activities and goals of these groups. I am also interested in the interaction between African women's theologies and transnational feminist theory at the academic/theoretical level.

Research

Feminism and feminist theory; Transnational feminism; Global women’s movement; Kenya; African feminism; Moral cosmopolitanism; Gendered nature of globalisation; International development and women; Christianity; Liberation theologies; Race and feminism.