Kalia Hoechstetter

Masters Candidate
Political Science
McGill University

Kalia is a first-year master’s student in the Department of Political Science at McGill University with a concentration in international relations. Her research centers on the intersection of international law, language, and gender as they relate to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). Specifically, Kalia is interested in how conceptualizations of masculinity and femininity influence the construction of victimhood in international legal tribunals, with a specific focus on male survivors.

Previously, Kalia worked at the United Nations Office on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Post-Conflict Research Center based in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and at MADRE, an international women’s rights organization. Kalia is a graduate of the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she earned bachelor’s degrees in political science and Spanish. She also holds a certificate in international relations with a specialisation in data analytics.