Kaye Quek

Dr Kaye Quek is a Senior Lecturer in Global Studies in RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, and Program Manager of the Bachelor of International Studies.

Kaye has been a lecturer at RMIT since 2016.

She has a PhD in political science and BA (Hons) from the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Melbourne. Her research examines gendered abuses of human rights, particularly in the context of harmful marriage practices, domestic violence, and human trafficking.

In 2018, she published her monograph 'Marriage Trafficking' with Routledge as part of its Gender and Global Politics series.

Her work has appeared in journals such as Women's Studies International Forum, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and in public forums including The Conversation (Australia), ABC News, and the LSE British Politics and Policy Blog.

Kaye has more than ten years of experience teaching at a tertiary level. In this time, she has taught across a number of subject areas and disciplines, including gender studies, political science and theory, sociology, international relations, development, health and human diversity, and media, at several institutions.

Outside the university, she has provided expert advice to industry and government bodies such as the Family Section of the (former) Department of Immigration and Citizenship, and the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. She has also been consulted by news programs including ABC’s Four Corners and SBS’ Insight, and has given interviews to ABC News Radio’s Drive and Triple J’s Hack. In 2020, she co-hosted an episode of ABC Radio National's 'The Minefield' (with Dr Meagan Tyler, RMIT) on the topic of International Women's Day.

Industry Experience
Kaye is an executive member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA), the Australian branch of CATW International which is a non-government organisation with Category II consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

She has consulted with organisations including Project Respect, SisterWorks, UN Women, and The Salvation Army.

Her industry experience also includes providing expert advice to government bodies and media engagement in the form of radio interviews, advice to producers of television news programs, and published opinion pieces.

Recent articles-
-7 April 2020: ‘When staying home isn’t safe: COVID-19, pornography and the pandemic of violence against women’, ABC Religion and Ethics, co-authored with Dr Meagan Tyler (RMIT)
(https://www.abc.net.au/religion/coronavirus-pornography-and-the-pandemic-of-violence-against-wo/12131020?fbclid=IwAR1lxApiLjRxO1aftKfLE_VI-qcAf77iD9Mwy6ZGXCbHXesdplzXxrZS2jw.Interview)
-3 March 2020: ‘Should we stop celebrating International Women’s Day’, ABC Religion and Ethics, co-authored with Dr Meagan Tyler (RMIT)
(https://www.abc.net.au/religion/should-we-stop-celebrating-iwd/12021834)
-15 December 2015: ''Toy wars' a year on: we’re finally recognising the role of culture and attitudes in domestic violence', The Conversation (Aus)
(https://theconversation.com/toy-wars-a-year-on-were-finally-recognising-the-role-of-culture-and-attitudes-in-domestic-violence-51382)
-25 August 2015: ‘Gender-based violence prevention in the classroom is just a start’, The Conversation (Aus)
(https://theconversation.com/gender-based-violence-prevention-in-the-classroom-is-just-a-start-46515)
-5 December 2014, ''Toy war' debates misunderstand the causes of domestic violence', The Conversation (Aus)
(https://theconversation.com/toy-war-debates-misunderstand-the-causes-of-domestic-violence-34963)