Post by CEDLA (University of Amsterdam)

CEDLA new master's programme, Global Justice and Social Transformation, shifts its focus from Latin America to broader issues of social inequality and injustice across the Global South. By broadening its scope, the programme hopes to attract a larger and more diverse group of students. CEDLA director Barbara Hogenboom is enthusiastic about the new direction. What does the new Master’s programme entail? “The title is Global Justice and Social Transformation. Well, that’s quite a mouthful. In any case, we wanted a programme focused on global developments, including the Global South. As for global justice, many social debates, movements and changes, as well as issues of justice and inclusion, are relevant to this field. Take the focus on femicide, for example; we in the Global North, in Europe, have actually been relatively slow to address this. In Mexico, this was already a major issue back in the 1990s.” “Injustice – whether it concerns gender or sexuality, is economic in nature or something else – is happening in many parts of the world. And that, in turn, leads to the link with social transformation. This stems from those social issues, but it is by no means a simple, straightforward matter. It also gives rise to all sorts of counter-movements. It’s all very interesting to study. I’m enthusiastic.” READ MORE: https://lnkd.in/ey_5AyRu