Madhuri Venkateswar
Rice University
Project
Women's Choice
Peru, Malawi, Germany, China, New Zealand
Women's choice is influenced by a variety of societal barriers. I am interested in weaving my personal experience with the narratives of a diverse array of women around the world. On the Watson I will explore how cultural and societal expectations confine women’s choices. Spanning racially-based gender violence in South America and standard concepts of beauty in Germany, to political representation of women in New Zealand, I will listen to women’s narratives describing how they’ve shaped their decisions, and catalogue how women navigate their lives within the nuanced cultural context in which they live.