Ms. Simran Juglal
BIO
Simran Juglal (Anjari)
Simran is a researcher at the Centre for Women and Gender Studies (CWGS) at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, South Africa. Here, she works towards developing gender mainstreaming and transformation strategies in higher education institutions in South Africa, engendering and decolonizing the curricula, and organizing various book launches and roundtable events. Simran holds a master’s degree in media studies and her research areas include gender, cultural, and film studies. Her thesis, titled Colourism, the Commodification of Complexion and a Post-Colonial Analysis of Skin-Lightening Campaigns: A Case Study of the South African Indian Community, explored the colonial and Apartheid legacy of colorism and skin-lightening practices in South Africa. This dissertation included not only a media analysis of ethnic marketing techniques of skin-lightening advertising, but also involved audience studies in which she sought to identify the salient causes or perpetrators of colorist beliefs among South African Indians—a diasporic community that continues to yearn for a lighter or whiter complexion (despite the health risks). Simran also freelances as a ghostwriter, and she has written 10 plus books on history, politics, and social justice issues. She is an ardent reader and writer and hopes to pursue a PhD in the next year.
Simran is a researcher at the Centre for Women and Gender Studies (CWGS) at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, South Africa. Here, she works towards developing gender mainstreaming and transformation strategies in higher education institutions in South Africa, engendering and decolonizing the curricula, and organizing various book launches and roundtable events. Simran holds a master’s degree in media studies and her research areas include gender, cultural, and film studies. Her thesis, titled Colourism, the Commodification of Complexion and a Post-Colonial Analysis of Skin-Lightening Campaigns: A Case Study of the South African Indian Community, explored the colonial and Apartheid legacy of colorism and skin-lightening practices in South Africa. This dissertation included not only a media analysis of ethnic marketing techniques of skin-lightening advertising, but also involved audience studies in which she sought to identify the salient causes or perpetrators of colorist beliefs among South African Indians—a diasporic community that continues to yearn for a lighter or whiter complexion (despite the health risks). Simran also freelances as a ghostwriter, and she has written 10 plus books on history, politics, and social justice issues. She is an ardent reader and writer and hopes to pursue a PhD in the next year.