Gender Issues are relevant to all of society, and all areas of academia.  The University of Malta recognised this in the setting up of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing (July 2012), clearly indicating that a Department of Gender Studies would form part of this Faculty. The Department was eventually established by Council in November 2013.

The Department is therefore relatively still quite new compared to many other University Departments, but still has many dreams and schemes… Its current academic staff, Dr Marceline Naudi (Head), Prof Brenda Murphy and Prof JosAnn Cutajar as well as the Administrator 1, Ms Marica Galea are working very hard to try to ensure that as many of these as possible come true.

Our Department is built on three pillars, embracing Teaching, Research and Activism. We are an ‘active’ and relevant department working closely with stakeholders in the community, including Malta, Europe and beyond, and to forge real cooperation and collaboration both within the University, across Faculties, Departments, Institutes and Centres, as well as outside, with Public Entities and Civil Society. 

The Department of Gender Studies through its academic staff is constantly involved in European projects and agencies such as EU COST projects, as well as the European Institute on Gender Equality (EIGE) and the European Observatory on Femicide.  Locally we are involved in various Domestic Violence Shelters, migrants and refugee work, gay rights and work on Social Justice generally. 

This website will guide you through an overview of the dreams and schemes, the teaching, research work and activism of the Department of Gender Studies within the University of Malta. You can find profiles of the Faculty academic staff, as well as information on the programmes.