GLOBAL STUDIES AWARD RECIPIENTS
2024 - Nicole Eddy Wopara
Women’s economic and educational development in Africa
Nicole completed her internship with the Carter Center's Inform Women, Transform Lives program in Atlanta, Georgia. This program focuses on improving access to information for women in underserved or vulnerable communities.
The internship experience prepared her to contribute meaningfully to initiatives that promote gender equality and women's empowerment. While at The Carter Center, Nicole received the Jenny Lewis Life and Legacy Award.
2024 - Anderson Henrique Goncalves dos Santos
Community educational project for maroon children and youth
Anderson conducted fieldwork about the Quilombo communities in Bahia, Brazil. He also taught classes and organized literature and storytelling workshops for kids and teenagers.
The internship enabled him to learned about the protracted struggles of Quilombo communities to secure access to land, protect their environment, and guarantee their social reproduction. His goal is to bring attention to and improve the lives of this and other marginalized communities.
2023 - Swaroopa Lahiri
Women farmers' rights in India
This was Swaroopa's second Global Studies Award. She conducted focus groups with women farmers in Maharashtra, India, focusing on farmer suicide-affected families and women who have undergone hysterectomies to ensure that they can bear the harsh physical labor in the sugarcane fields.
Swaroopa explored how these women undertake agricultural operations while navigating restrictive socio-cultural norms, climate change effects such as erratic rainfall, and the male exit from agriculture.
The MAKAAM (Forum for Women Farmers' Rights) will incorporate her findings into their policy proposals.
2024 - Renata Albertim
Women’s rights in Mexico and Brazil
Renata conducted research in Mexico regarding the institutional and cultural challenges surrounding intimate partner violence. She interviewed psychologists, social workers, and a lawyer from an NGO addressing sexual violence
The fieldwork highlighted similarities and differences between Mexico and Brazil. The information gathered will provide rich material for her thesis, which focuses on women's rights and violence encountered in two different cultures.
2023 - Genesis Herrera
Venezuelan refugees in Brazil
Genesis conducted field research in northern Brazil in preparation for a comparative study of Brazil’s and the US response to refugees and refugees' impact on their receiving communities after resettlement.
She volunteered with Refúgio 343 on Brazil’s northern border. In that role, she worked with Venezuelan refugees who were seeking to relocate for work opportunities to other parts of Brazil.
Refúgio 343 provides courses to equip refugees with the skills needed to enter the workforce in Brazil. During her internship, she assisted in this process and saw many refugees’ lives transformed by the work of this organization.
2023 - Miguel Fuentes
Women's rights in Yucatan, Mexico
Miguel conducted research on obstetric violence, maternal death, and proposals for strategic litigation to affect policy changes related to women's rights in the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas Heights of Mexico.
Miguel collected data and conducted interviews to study maternal mortality. He then consolidated the findings into statistical analysis and graphics to influence budget and policy changes in the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas Heights of Mexico for women’s reproductive rights.