SWGI offered small grants for student-led research projects and senior projects that focused on or used gender and sexuality as a major analytical tool in their work. Undergraduate students from all departments/schools at LUMS were welcomed to apply. As part of this grant, students presented their scholarly work to the LUMS community and published their work in the centre’s Gender Bi-Annual. This semester, we funded seven research projects.

• Syed Ehtesham & Hassan Mirza – Khawaja Sira Spirituality and the Future
• Hubba Shahzad & Hira Nadeem – From Baag-e-Husn to Gandi Gulley: The Evolution of Lahore’s Sex Work Bazaar
• Owais Sabri – Evaluating the Role of Reserved Seats in Presenting Gender-Based Legislation
• Aiza Nadeem – Exploring Desire in Older Women
• Aamna Amir, Ayla Zeeshan, Khadija Noor, Sara Arif & Rida Khalid – Closing the Gap: Our Insights on Negotiating Toward Gender Wage Equality
• Areej Akhter – For the Love of Ethnography and Women’s Digests
• Sana Murtaza & Zainab Ashraf – The Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) and Working Women’s Mobility