ABOUT THE LECTURE
As of today intersectionality is a term used broadly in different discourses. However, there are many
misunderstandings and incongruencies surrounding it. What is intersectional discrimination? How
are discrimination, systemic inequality, oppression, and representation interconnected? And how
does it need to be considered for peacebuilding?
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ABOUT THE LECTURER**
Dr Emilia Roig is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ),
a Berlin-based organization advancing justice, equality, and a life free of systemic oppression for
all. She has taught - and teaches - graduate and post-graduate courses on Intersectionality Theory,
Postcolonial Studies, Critical Race Theory and International and European Law. She has worked
extensively on Human Rights issues at the UN in Tanzania and Uganda, at the German Agency for
International Cooperation (GIZ) in Cambodia, and at Amnesty International in Germany. She holds a
Ph.D. in Political Science, a Master of Public Policy and an MBA. She is Jury member of the German
Non-Fiction Book Prize 2020 and was also in the Jury of the 25 Women Award of Edition F in 2019.
She was appointed as external expert to the European Commission in 2019.
This lecture is part of the IPT Online Lecture Series 2020: Caring Conversations for Peace and Justice