On October 18th, 2019 the Collective hosted an intimate learning session with Dr. Tara Cookson and Dr. Lorena Fuentes from the Ladysmith Collective around integrating gender-based analysis across disciplines employing a practitioner-based approach. This event was open only to researchers in our Collective.
About the Ladysmith Collective
Dr. Tara Patricia Cookson and Dr. Lorena Fuentes are co-founders of Ladysmith, a feminist research consultancy that helps international organizations collect, analyze and take action on gender data. Founded in 2016 to bring women’s voices and analyses to the forefront of evidence generation, Ladysmith’s research team has worked across the UN Sustainable Development Goals, partnering with organizations including UNICEF, UN Women, the OECD-DAC, and Days for Girls. Their publications on gender data have been featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Devex, and the Toronto Star.
Dr. Tara Cookson
Tara is a specialist in social protection and care in development and humanitarian contexts. Her award-winning book, Unjust Conditions: Women’s Work and the Hidden Cost of Cash Transfer Programs, draws on women’s experiences in the world’s biggest anti-poverty programs to make a counter-argument to mainstream data-driven development. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Gates Scholar, and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC.
Dr. Lorena Fuentes
Lorena is a specialist in gender-based violence and institutional levers for structural change in Global South and Global North contexts. She has used her extensive experience in frontline advocacy with victims and survivors, and grassroots work with women’s rights movements, to inform her research and policy recommendations. She holds a PhD from the University of London, where she was the Chair of the Gender and Social Policy Working Group, and is currently a Lecturer in International Development Studies at UCLA.
