African Women’s Mobilization in Times of Unrest
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Please join the Wilson Center Africa Program and the Women and Peacebuilding in Africa Consortium for a discussion on “African Women’s Mobilization in Times of Unrest” on Wednesday, June 5, from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm in the 5th Floor Conference Room. The symposium will examine the cost of women’s exclusion and the possibilities for their inclusion in peacebuilding in war-affected African countries. Based on research conducted by the Consortium, this event will seek to provide evidence, comparative theoretical insights, and policy implications on women and conflict.
The morning session will focus on Women’s Mobilization in the Current Uprisings in Sudan and Algeria and the ways in which women’s past mobilization has led to the extraordinary roles they are playing in leading the fight for democracy, inclusion, and transparency in the current Algerian and Sudanese uprisings.
The afternoon session will discuss Women Activists’ Informal Peacebuilding Strategies in conflicts in northern Nigeria and South Sudan. It will look at the costs of exclusion from formal peacebuilding processes, and explore efforts at inclusion in governance in Somalia.
Session One: Women's Mobilization and the Current Uprisings in Sudan and Algeria
Speakers
Dr. Samia El-Nagar
Independent Researcher, Sudan
Dr. Liv Tønnessen
Research Director, Chr Michelsen Institute, Norway
Dr. Aili Mari Tripp
Wangari Maathai Professor of Political Science and Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Moderator
Dr. Ayesha Imam
Independent Researcher, Senegal
Session Two: Women Activists' Informal Peacebuilding Strategies in Conflict
Speakers
Ms. Helen Kezie-Nwoha
Executive Director, Isis-Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange, Uganda
Ms. Jackline Nasiwa
Founder and National Director, Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace and Justice, South Sudan
Dr. Ladan Affi
Assistant Professor, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Moderator
Dr. Aili Mari Tripp
Wangari Maathai Professor of Political Science and Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
The Women and Peacebuilding in Africa Consortium brings together the Center for Research on Gender and Women of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (lead), the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen, Norway, and Isis-Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE), in Kampala, Uganda. Nine researchers affiliated with the project have conducted research in Algeria, northern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The participants in the project include Dr. Hauwa Biu, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria; Dr. Ayesha Imam, an independent scholar; Professor Ladan Affi from Zayed University, United Arab Emirates; Dr. Samia El Nagar, an independent researcher; Dr. Liv Tønnessen, Senior Researcher at CMI, Norway; Helen Kezie-Nwoha and Juliet Were, Isis-WICCE, Uganda and Aili Mari Tripp, Wangari Maathai Professor of Political Science and Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (Principal Investigator).