• Encourage the study of the geographical implications of gender differentiation in society and geographical research from a feminist perspective
• Encourage and facilitate the exchange of information and ideas with reference to research and teaching in these areas
• Disseminate information through its publications

The activities of the Group include a series of meetings throughout the year, two newsletters, reading days, postgraduate research student days etc.

The Group published Feminist Geographies in 1997 and, in 2004, published a publication reflecting on the development of feminist geography in the 20 years since the publication of the WGSG's first publication Gender and Geography. The WGSG maintain an e-mail discussion list which can be subscribed to.

  Read about the Committee

  Visit the WGSG website

2010 WGSG dissertation prize winners

First Prize: (£60 + £30 Pearson Education books)

Anna Corby (Durham University), ‘Identity/Body/Emotion: playing gender on the rugby pitch’

Second Prize: (£30 + £30 Pearson Education books)

Sarah Baggs (University of Cambridge), ‘Headship: a game of one half’

Third Prize: (£20 + £30 Pearson Education books)

Stacey Smith (University of Bristol), ‘A corporeal geography of eating disorders: identities, practices, affects’