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Francoise Héritier - An anthropological perspective on gender issues and justice

1,490 views · Published 20 September 2013 · 58:32 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: UN University · 2013 · Education

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Professor Françoise Héritier is Honorary Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Comparative Studies in African Societies at the Collège de France. Specializing in social anthropology and African ethnology, she is also Director of the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, where she is Claude Lévi-Strauss's successor.

Prof. Héritier is a member of, and advisor to, numerous scientific councils and institutions. She has written widely on gender issues in Africa, incest, modern civil codes and violence. 

In this interview for United Nations University Conversation Series on Global Justice, Prof. Héritier offers unique anthropological perspectives on gender and justice in contemporary society.

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