Gwendolyn Beetham

Gwendolyn Beetham has worked as a researcher on gender issues for the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, at the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations at UN Headquarters, and at the National Council for Research on Women in New York City. She has spoken and written on feminist issues both nationally and internationally, most recently in an article on feminist research methodologies for the journal Gender & Development (forthcoming, July 2007). She is also a contributing author to The Women’s Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third Wave Feminism and periodically writes on international issues for feministing.com. She is a co-founder of the REAL hot 100, a project that aims to change the perception of young women in the media. Gwendolyn holds a Masters degree in Gender from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College.