DATE: Thursday, May 26th

TIME: 17:30 pm – 19:30 pm

LOCATION: St. Paul’s university, Guigues Hall, 223 Main street, Amphitheatre

    Sexual and Gender Based Violence Prevention and Treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: How Canada should contribute to Post-conflict recovery and ending cycles of sexual violence and abuse

Wartime rape has received a great deal of international attention over the past few decades, placing the impact of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in conflict and post-conflict countries on the international agenda as not simply an inevitable by-product of war, but a central issue in conflict around the world. This presentation covers a brief background of SGBV in conflict and post-conflict countries in sub-Saharan Africa, explores responses and lessons learned and then provides recommendations for what the Canadian government should do through international programming, projects and support to help end SGBV. 

Biography

Gwen Temmel recently finished her M.A. in International Affairs and African Studies while working in Mozambique at the High Commission of Canada in Maputo. While completing an analysis of the burden of health in Mozambique for the health team at the High Commission, Gwen also conducted research as a collaboration between Carleton University and the Africa Study Group (ASG) on the ongoing issues of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) which is the topic of this presentation. While in Ottawa, Gwen worked with the RCMP in International Operations and Policing Development. Gwen has studied, worked and lived in 5 countries within the Americas, Europe and Africa, and continues to work and conduct research in the international sphere.

Come hear about what’s going on in Kasese & help us launch our Crowdfunding Campaign.

When? May 15, 11am-1pm.

Where: Canal Ritz-375 Queen Elizabeth Drive, Ottawa

RSVP by May 8:Ann Flynn at annflynn@rogers.com or Margaret Bott at 613-820-9595.

Individual bills will be issued. Free parking in the lot across the street on Fifth Avenue.

More info on CanUgan: www.canugan.org

Event @ Carleton: Resource Politics and Advocacy Struggles in Zimbabwe

We invite applications for one 4-year PhD position. The PhD pursues an independent research project embedded in a broader research programme developed by IRIO’s Rosalind Franklin Fellow. The candidate should have a background in International Relations, Global Studies, Political Geography, Area Studies or related fields and be familiar with interdisciplinary research. Proposals are encouraged that:

* investigate emerging political geographies around infrastructure
* take sites in Africa as starting point in which actors from Brazil or Latin America more broadly, the Gulf Monarchies, or China are engaged
* are informed by international political sociology/practice approaches, political geography, critical security studies, science and technology studies, and/or postcolonial thought (innovative combinations encouraged)
i* nvolve multi-sited field research.

The PhD student should be highly self-motivated, but will be supervised by, and collaborate with, more senior scholars. Applications will be judged on the individual research qualities of the candidate, the originality of the research proposal, quality of the proposed conceptualisation and methodology including sources, and prospects of completion within four years.

More information here.

The High Commission of Canada in South Africa is accepting proposals from local NGOs and other grassroots organizations for its Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), with an aim to strengthen Canada’s relationships with civil society and local communities and to build networks of contacts in countries around the world.

Focus Areas

• Championing inclusive and accountable governance, peaceful pluralism and respect for diversity, and human rights
• Promoting gender equality and empowerment of women and girls
• Addressing climate change and enhancing environmental sustainability
• Stimulating sustainable and green economic growth
• Promoting stability and security

Funding Information

• The average contribution is Canadian $20,000-$30,000.
• All projects must be completed between the date of signature of the Contribution Agreement and 28 February 2017.

Eligibility Criteria

• Local non-governmental, community and not-for-profit organizations
• Local academic institutions working on local projects
• International, intergovernmental, multilateral and regional institutions, organizations and agencies working on local development activities
• Municipal, regional or national government institutions or agencies of the recipient country working on local projects
• Canadian non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations that are working on local development activities

How to Apply

• Proposals should be submitted electronically through the given website.
• Proposals must be completed in English or French.

Eligible Countries

South Africa, Madagascar, Lesotho, Namibia and Mauritius.

For more information, please visit Canada Fund for Local Initiatives.

ASAI Conference Ebullient Africa: Conflict, Modernity, Religion.
Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania, 22-24 September 2016.

THE CALL FOR PAPERS IS OPEN!
Click here for the paper format.

Paper proposals must be sent by e-mail to catania2016@asaiafrica.org by 22 May 2016, following this format and indicating the panel selected.
Proposals must be accompanied by a title, an abstract of max 350 words, and a profile of the panellist which should not exceed 300 characters (excl. spaces).

More information here.

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The Institute of African Studies is pleased to announce that Dr. Aisha Fofana Ibrahim is a Visiting Scholar until the end of June 2016.  She is here as part of the Canada-Africa Research Exchange Grant (CAREG), “Women and Post-Conflict State-Building in Sierra Leone and Kenya: Researching Economies of Gendered Insecurity,”  administered by Universities Canada and supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Aisha Fofana Ibrahim is a feminist scholar and activist and one of Sierra Leone’s foremost scholars and practitioners in Gender and Development. She is the immediate past Director for the Institute for Gender Research and Documentation (INGRADOC) at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone and also president of the 50/50 group of Sierra Leone, a prominent civil society organization in Sierra Leone that focuses on ensuring women’s equal political representation, and promoting gender equality in Sierra Leone. As an academic and practitioner, Dr. Fofana Ibrahim straddles the divide between policy and practice, both teaching about gender to graduate students as well as promoting women’s empowerment in practice. As a gender activist, her current advocacy work is on ensuring that the new revised constitution does not continue to marginalize women and that it meets the gendered needs of all citizens. Her current academic research focus is on gender and artisanal mining and the impact of Ebola on women and girls but has also worked on women’s political participation, women in war and peacebuilding.

Dr. Fofana Ibrahim may be reached via email, mamaisha@gmail.com .

Out of Africa: Tackling the Impact of Climate Change

Africa is responsible for less than three per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet it is the continent most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, according to the United Nations.

Our warming world and unpredictable weather patterns result in hardships for Africans ranging from drought and desertification to flooding and the spread of waterborne diseases, which put pressure on natural resources and increase human migration. This, in turn, threatens food security, health, biodiversity and geopolitical security.

Understanding the scale and regional nuances of these pressing problems was the focus of From Climate Change to Environmental Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa and Canada, a conference hosted by Carleton’s Institute for African Studies in the River Building on May 4.

Complete story here.