Calendar of WSIS Gender Caucus Events

Roundtable 1: Focus on Academic Research and North-South Collaboration

When: Thursday 11 December, 1600-1800

Where: Conference Room 7, Hall 4, Palexpo, Geneva

This roundtable will aim to identify strategies for fostering North-South collaboration among academics and scholars working on gender equality and ICT4D issues. The purpose is to facilitate discussion on identifying research questions, selecting priorities for research, designing mechanisms for follow-up and exchange of research results. The discussion may also include brief presentations of research results of studies involving collaborative methodologies, if these are available.

Speakers

Prof. Lena Trojer (Nordic Gender Research Reference Group), Dr Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo (Head, Department of Gender Studies, Makerere University), Alison Gillwald (LINK Centre, South Africa), Dr Kyo Chung Kim (Director, Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Centre), Florence Etta (WSIS Gender Caucus), Dr Eva Rathgeber (Joint Chair in Women's Studies, University of Ottawa & University of Carleton/WSIS Gender Caucus)