MOHALI: The department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mohali hosted a workshop named Critical Geography South Asia (CGSA) from June 29th- July 3rd 2019 on the theme of Feminist and Queer Urban Geographies at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER). The workshop was organised by Dr Anu Sabhlok (Associate prof, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali), Dr. Rohit Negi (associate prof, Ambedkar university Delhi ) Research scholar Ms. Preetika Sharma and Dr. Kanchan Gandhi.

The broader aim of this workshop was to address the question "what would a non-sexist city look like?" -The city that caters to the needs of transgender , women, men and all other categories who are the residents of the city.

Overall, the whole idea of the workshop was to understand that the city belongs to everyone and should not be categorised on various power structures like that of gender, class, caste.

The workshop was organised in an egalitarian manner which accommodates participation of professors, post- doctoral scholars and doctoral scholars.

The theme of this workshop arises from 1980’s article written by Dolores Hayden .

The following sessions were based on the discussion readings on notions on the public and private divide that dealt with notions like- experiences of women breast feeding in the public space.

