Danielle Coenga-Oliveira
Danielle Coenga-Oliveira is a Ph.D student in political science and feminist studies at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). She holds a Master's degree in International Studies (Université de Montréal) and a Master's degree in Social Psychology (University of Brasilia). Her master's work focused respectively on homophobia in Brazil and on the integration of sexual orientation and gender identity in international cooperation programmes. Her doctoral thesis, as a Joseph-Armand Bombardier SSHRC fellow, will examine anti-gender discourses within the Brazilian state and, specifically, the impact of these discourses on women's full citizenship.
Since 2008, she has been working as a consultant on research, gender equality and LGBTQI+ issues from a feminist perspective for international organizations, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and non-governmental organizations in Brazil and Canada.
Fields of interest
Human Rights, Democracy and Citizenship
Gender and International Development
Afro-Brazilian and Latin American Feminisms and Decolonial Theories
Discourse Analysis
Brazil
Publications
Coenga-Oliveira, D. (Forthcoming). "Reconnaissance des droits des femmes et LGBTQ+ comme droits humains: une critique des catégories universelles". In M. Sondarjee; D. Caouette (Org.). Genres et Relations Internationales. Montréal : PUM.
Coenga-Oliveira, D. (2019). "Challenges announced to gender equality in current Brazil: a “Democratic State” as a danger to women’s rights". In D. Andrade; Sapucaia, M. (Org.). International Studies on Gender Roles and its influence on contemporary democracy. Erechim: Deviant. p. 11–44.
Coenga-Oliveira, D. (2019). "Les e?piste?mologies du Sud". Revue Possibles, 43 (2), p. 61-73.
Coenga-Oliveira, D. et Anctil, P. A. (2019). "La corpo-politique : les apports des fe?ministes de?coloniales latino-ame?ricaines". Fe?minE?tudes, 22, p. 104-115.
Coenga-Oliveira, D. (2017). "Judith Butler : l’instrumentalisation du discours religieux et la violence d’une société? conservatrice". Revu Descontamina, 4 (2), p. 12-15.
Coenga-Oliveira, D. et Anctil Avoine, P. (2017). "« Conformez-vous ! » : Les résistances et contestations à la marchandisation du savoir dans l’université néolibérale". Revista Temas, 3 (11), 13-27.