About Us

We are a group of five young women interested in the intersectionality of gender and education. On this blog, we will delve into issues surrounding gender equity and equality while interrogating how these issues impact the world around us. 

The Team 

Rabani designs and conducts literacy related projects for schools, communities and libraries. She is interested in curriculum development, digital literacies and non-formal education spaces. She is currently a Master’s Student in the Literacy, Culture and International Education Division at Penn GSE.

Madiha has been working in Higher Education in Karachi, Pakistan for the past three years. She is interested in curriculum development, teacher training, female education in the South Asian Region. She is currently pursuing a in International Education Development from the University of Pennsylvania.

Hülya is currently a Penn GSE Master’s Student in the International Educational Development Program. She has been involved in student-led activism and grassroots organizing in immigrant communities for over six years. She is also interested in exploring the structural barriers to accessing quality education for girls, also sexual and reproductive health education and how it can lead to a wide range of health benefits. 

Gabrielle is a recent Cornell grad, who is now at Penn GSE pursuing a Master’s in International Educational Development. Gabrielle’s work at Cornell took her all around the world through service-learning community-engagement programs, where she often taught supplemental education programs and engaged in programs specifically targeting women and girls education. As a feminist, she is always interested in interrogating issues and problems around the world through a gendered lens – especially as they relate to education and development.

 

Kasi is a graduate of Howard University currently working towards a degree in International Educational Development at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. Through her many travels and her experiences as a minority woman living in different countries, Kasi became interested in the intersections of race, gender and class and how these factors impact education.