To strengthen knowledge, evidence-based application and leadership in the Global South on the forced displacement issue, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Gender and Development Studies (GDS) program at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand have teamed up to launch a new Research Chair and Center on Gender and Forced Displacement (CGFD).
Professor Paula Banerjee, a renowned scholar on gender, migration, and forced displacement, will lead the center as its director and IDRC-funded Research Chair Professor at AIT. She aims to generate locally-led, context-informed, multi-disciplinary and gender responsive knowledge on forced displacement in South and Southeast Asia, to inform policies at national, regional, and global levels.