Author: Vanessa Farr

Vanessa Farr is an independent consultant specializing in gender, peace and security, particularly in the Islamic world. She holds a PhD from the School of Women’s Studies at York University, Toronto. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa.

Vanessa Farr

Vanessa Farr is an independent consultant specializing in gender, peace and security, particularly in the Islamic world. She holds a PhD from the School of Women’s Studies at York University, Toronto. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa.

Neither Markets Nor Militaries: On the critical importance of restoring the commons

June, 2020 / By Pierre Du Plessis, Vanessa Farr and Lesley Green

In Southern Africa – where South Africa and Botswana account for two of the most economically unequal countries in the […]

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Kabul Carnival. Gender Politics in Postwar Afghanistan

October, 2015 / By Vanessa Farr

I recently had the challenging pleasure of reading Julie Billaud’s Kabul Carnival on my first visit to Afghanistan. As a