Since 2006: Accepted in the French national screening process as a qualified candidate for positions of Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences) in Sociology and in English Studies.

October 1999-February 2005. Gender Studies, British Studies

- Dissertation Title:  “Multiculturalisms and Women’s Rights:  Female Genital Mutilation in Great Britain,” under the supervision of Dr. Martine Spensky

- With highest honours (“very honorable mention, with the unanimous congratulations of the jury”)

- Members of the jury: Michel Wieviorka; Rada Ivekovic; Jean-Paul Révauger; Bernard Lefevre d'Hellencourt

M.A. (DEA), Paris 8 University (St Denis)

1993-1994. Gender Studies, American Studies

M.A. (Maitrise), Catholic Institute of Paris (CIP)

1992-1993. British Studies

Thesis Title: “Experiences of Racism and Sexism of Bangladeshi Women in London”

1989-1991:  General Courses of Political Sciences, Trieste University & Padova University, Italy

1987-1989:  B.A., British Studies, CIP and Paris IV (Sorbonne)

1985-1987:  Ordinary degree, British Studies, CIP and Paris IV

GENDER STUDIES SEMINARS (attended between 1993 and 2003)

- 2003 (July): “The Integration of Gender in Development, A First Approach,” Association Femmes et Développement (AFED), Paris, France

- 1998:  “Women, Science and Technology,” organized by The Argentinian Network for Gender, Science and Technology (RAGCyT) and the Interdisciplinary Institute for Gender Studies, Buenos Aires University (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

- 1995:  “Perspectives of the 4th World Conference on Women,” organized by the Coordinator of  Latin American and Caribbean NGOs, Pacífico University, Lima, Peru

- 1994:  “Gender and Public Policy,” organized by the Gender Program, Sociology Department, PUCP, Lima, Peru

- 1993-94:  “Sociology of Gender,” Nicole-Claude Mathieu, School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris, France