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The GRITalks is a regular virtual session highlighting stories and initiatives of various GAD advocates and women leaders around the globe. It aims to promote collaboration on gender related activities through exchange of information and sharing of different initiatives and programs.

Participatory video and young women's leadership. This paper considers the implications of incorporating participatory video in International Relations (IR) research. Drawing on existing aesthetic and visual IR research, I critically re铿俥ct on a case study incorporating participatory video in research investigating young women’s leadership in Asia and the Paci铿乧. Through participatory video, young women redressed their common invisibility and challenged portrayals situating them as unable to lead and make decisions. In this way, participatory video disrupted and unsettled power relations often resulting in young people’s marginalisation from policymaking. Given its ability to make space for productive re铿俥ctions on, and challenges to, existing power dynamics amongst and between researchers, research participants, and the state, participatory video can productively push the boundaries of IR research. Limitations and challenges of using participatory video are also evident and require re铿俥ction. Overall, I suggest that participatory video can generate new critiques and knowledge to productively shape current and future IR research, including through o铿�ering unique insights that could be missed by other methods in IR, including other 铿乴mmaking approaches.

About the Speaker:
Dr Lesley Pruitt is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social & Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Lesley’s research focuses on recognising and enhancing young people’s participation in peacebuilding and advancing gender equity in efforts aimed at pursuing peace and security. In particular, she has long been interested in the ways young people participate in politics, peacebuilding, leadership, and development, including work with creative programs using activities such as music, dance, theatre, and filmmaking to bring young people together in advocating for social change. She has worked on related projects with a number of community- based organisations and NGOs, such as the World YWCA, PLAN International, and International Women’s Development Agency.

Organizers: Gender and Development Resource Center and Department of Extension

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