Ann Louise Deslandes

Ann Deslandes is a freelance journalist, writer and researcher based in Mexico City. She covers politics and culture in Mexico for international English-language media. Ann also writes, reports and consults on human rights (especially regarding gender and sexuality), social movements, and community development.

Previously, Ann worked as a casual academic at universities in Sydney and Canberra where she taught sociology, gender studies, and global politics; she also worked in frontline services for women and children escaping family violence in Sydney, and in research and policy on women's safety in NSW and Australia. She has a PhD in Gender & Cultural Studies from the University of Sydney through which she conducted research on transnational activist alliances which included field work on social movements and community organising in Brazil, Bolivia and Mexico. Ann's academic research and writing has appeared in the Journal of Sociology, Australian Feminist Studies, and Cultural Studies Review.