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Interviews, news coverage, videos, and podcasts featuring Vierelina Fernández, from her research on gender and insurgency to conversations about Latin American politics.
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Vierelina Fernández: Kobanê direnişi dünya kadın hareketlerine ilham oldu
Vierelina Fernández: Kobanê resistance changed not only women but also men
An interview for World Kobanê Day on why the women’s resistance in Kobanê inspired feminist movements around the world, especially in Latin America, and how it changed the way many men thought about women’s roles. Published by Mezopotamya News and Yeni Yaşam.
Postdoc Vierelina Fernández Delivers Research Talk on Gender and Guerrilla Movements
A Rutgers CLAS news story on her research talk about the “war as generative process” theory, comparing the political wings of the Colombian FARC and the Kurdish PKK.
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Qué PASA? Episode #2 – U.S.-Mexico Relations (Sheinbaum-Trump Administrations)
Adam Ratzlaff, Jeffery Tobin, and Vierelina Fernández discuss the complexity of the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship. Pan-American Strategic Advisors (PASA).
Watch on YouTube ↗Qué PASA? Episode #3 – The Right-Wing Ideological Shift in Latin America
Regional experts Ernesto Fiocchetto and Vierelina Fernández join Adam Ratzlaff to discuss the rightward political shift in the region and its implications. Pan-American Strategic Advisors (PASA).
Watch on YouTube ↗(CEI-TV) Feminismo Insurgente: identidad feminista las FARC colombiana y el PKK-YPG del Kurdistán
Insurgent Feminism: the feminist identity of the Colombian FARC and the Kurdish PKK-YPG
A virtual research session at the Center for Ibero-American Studies, University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, on the book project Insurgent Feminism: the feminist contributions, ideologies, and politics of women combatants of the FARC and the PKK-YPG.
Watch on YouTube ↗Zahra Institute Kurdish Studies Student: Vierelina Fernández
An alumna of the Kurdish Studies Certificate Program talks about her experience at the Zahra Institute.
Watch on YouTube ↗Short Videos
World Kobanê Day
A short video marking World Kobanê Day, the annual day of remembrance and solidarity on November 1 for the resistance in Kobanê against the Islamic State. Shared with Rutgers Kurdish Studies. This video can only be played on Instagram.
Watch on Instagram ↗Who is Colombia’s new president?
A short explainer from Pan-American Strategic Advisors (PASA) on Colombia’s new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, with PASA advisor Vierelina Fernández.
Watch on Instagram ↗¿Quién es el nuevo presidente-electo de Colombia?
Who is Colombia’s president-elect?
The Spanish-language version of the explainer from Pan-American Strategic Advisors (PASA).
Watch on Instagram ↗Podcasts
Las mujeres migrantes (Pt. 2)
Migrant women (Part 2)
Encuentro con la Migración: a conversation about the gender dimensions of human trafficking and the other vulnerabilities migrant women face.
Listen on Spotify ↗Stories from the Field: Learning Field Research
Episode 11
Advanced graduate students, including Vierelina Fernández, talk about how they first encountered and began to conduct field research in their own communities and around the world.
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