Valentine Moghadam (Persian: والنتین مقدم; born 1952) is a feminist scholar, sociologist, activist, and author whose work focuses on women in development, globalization, feminist networks, and female employment in the Middle East.[1]
She has taught and performed research at various institutions of higher education, most recently as professor of sociology and director of international affairs at Northeastern University.[2] Previously she held the position of director of the Women's Studies Program at Purdue University, where she was also a professor of sociology. Prior to that appointment, Moghadam worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as the chief of gender equality and development.[3]
Her publication Globalizing Women: Transnational Feminist Networks examines globalization as a gendered process and looks closely at Transnational Feminist Networks (TFNs).[4] In her preface, Moghadam writes, "'globalization-from-above' has engendered 'globalization-from-below,' producing a dynamic and transnational women's movement that has been confronting neoliberal capitalism and patriarchal fundamentalism".[4]