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SUMMARY:CGHR Salon: Duterte’s War on Drugs (Last CGHR Salon of Easter Te
 rm!) - Sharmila Parmanand\, PhD Candidate\, University of Cambridge Centre
  for Gender Studies
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CONTACT:Nikta Daijavad
DESCRIPTION:A year since Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte launched a v
 iolent war on drugs that has claimed over 7000 lives\, his approval rating
 s remain high. Duterte’s drug war has been defined by broader police pow
 ers and a general hostility to criticism from opposition leaders\, the med
 ia\, and local and international institutions. Sharmila’s talk will prov
 ide partial explanations for the popularity of the drug war and examine it
 s implications on human rights\, political discourse\, and the accountabil
 ity of political institutions in the Philippines.\n\nSharmila Parmanand is
  a PhD candidate in Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies student at the Unive
 rsity of Cambridge and a Gates Scholar. Her research investigates anti-sex
  trafficking discourses and interventions in the Philippines and their eff
 ects on vulnerable populations. She has a master’s degree in gender and 
 development at the University of Melbourne on an Australian Leadership Awa
 rd scholarship and an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Atene
 o de Manila University. She was a lecturer at the University of Vermont an
 d Ateneo de Manila.\n\nSuggested reading: ‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like
  Animals’\, Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaig
 n in the Philippines\, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims 
 over 35 days. Available form: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/
 07/world/asia/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-drugs-killings.html?_r=1.
LOCATION: Room S2\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB
 3 9DT
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