Dr. des. Yamila Sofia Pita

• Dr. rer. soc., University of Bern, 2026
• M.A. in Political Science, University of Bern, 2024
• Diploma in Gender and Feminist Movements, University of Buenos Aires, 2020
• B.A. in Political Science, University of Buenos Aires, 2019
• at the IZFG from 2021 to 2026

Thematic priorities

• Health inequities
• Disability and gender
• Gender-based violence
• Care work and care policies

Methodological priorities

• Qualitative research
• Feminist and decolonial approaches
• Participatory methods (e.g. photo-elicitation)

• FS26: Seminar "Epistemic Injustice and Disability". Institute of Philosophy; Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (ICFG), University of Bern
• HS23: Proseminar "Gender and Disability". ICFG, University of Bern
• FS23: Proseminar "Ökonomisierung der Care-Arbeit". ICFG, University of Bern
• FS22: Praxis-seminar "Gender Perspectives on Paid and Unpaid Work in the Global South and Global North". ICFG, University of Bern

• Pita, Y. & K.C., S. (Forthcoming). ‘No one talks about this with us’: Sexual and reproductive health experiences of women with disabilities in Nepal.
• Pita, Y. (Forthcoming). Unpacking care in social policy: A feminist analysis of Argentina’s Universal Child Allowance.
• Bigler, C.; Ballesteros Diaz, J. D.; Salzmann, E.; Pita, Y. & Amacker, M. (Forthcoming). The Cost of Coal: How Patriarchy, Pollution, and Gender-Based Violence Undermine Sustainability in Boyacá’s Mining Communities.
• Bigler, C.; Pita, Y. & K.C., S. (2025). Are we leaving women with disabilities in the Global South behind? How the reinforcement of different forms of violence leads to unsustainable development. Women’s Studies International Forum, 109, 103051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103051
• Pita, Y., Bigler, C., K.C., S., & Amacker, M. (2023). The right to health: An examination of health care access for women with disability in Nepal. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, 4, 100315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100315