Reading: Underhill-Sem, Yvonne (2005) ‘Bodies in Places, Places in Bodies’ in Harcourt, Wendy and Escobar, Arturo Women and the Politics of Place

• “Some argue that feminism has drawn attention drawn attention to the body as a site of political contestation.”

• “The impetus to ensure gender equality at the global level is still pressing, especially given the craziness of the twenty-first century”