Dr. Portia Loeto is a Gender Studies Lecturer, Consultant, and Researcher in the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Botswana. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Gender and Cultural Studies from the University of Sydney and a MEd in Gender Studies from the University of Botswana. Her professional and research experiences encompass the broad interdisciplinary areas of gender studies, cultural studies, and teacher education studies, including Botswana’s legal and police systems and the loopholes that fail victims of gender-based violence.
During her post-doctoral fellowship at MSU, Loeto will be working with GenCen Co-Director of Global Research Dr. Soma Chaudhuri as well as Dr. Godisang Mookodi on a large-scale project that studies the issue of femicide in Botswana in the context of interventions and legal challenges. In addition, she will give public lectures and collaborate with interdisciplinary scholars across campus on topics of mutual interest like rape, femicide, race, and colorism in Botswana.
