GEST Final Seminar 2023
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GRÓ GEST FINAL SEMINAR 19 MAY 2023
IN ROOM HT-101 IN UNIVERSITY CENTER - HÁSKÓLATORG, UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND
PROGRAMME:
8:55-9:00 • Welcoming remarks: Margrét Ann Thors, Final Assignment Coordinator and Instructor, GRÓ GEST
9:00-9:45 • SESSION 1
Empowerment, Disability, and Gender
Acom Peace Gloria |
Access and Effective Use of Media by Women with Disabilities |
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Bijal Lal |
Sexual Autonomy Matters: Marginalization of Central Experiences for Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Tanzania |
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Priskila Arulpragasam |
Disability, Menstrual Health and Gender: Menstrual Health and Women with Visual Impairment from Higher Educational Institutions in Colombo |
COFFEE BREAK: 10 minutes
9:55-10:55 • SESSION 2
Justice, Peace, and Public Health
Orlando Javon Pearce |
The Impact of Culture (Music and Legacy Legislation) on the Access to Public Healthcare Services for the LGBTQIA+ Community in Jamaica: Research Proposal |
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Sana Salim Lokhandwala |
Period Fellowship: Towards Menstrual Justice in Pakistan |
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Wevyn Helen Awiti Muganda |
Pride (Or Not) in Peace Processes: Queer Youth Marginalisation, Resistance and Participation in Peacebuilding in Kenya |
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Feven Aberham Hailu |
Responding to Gender-Based Violence Victim Women and Girls: Quest for One Stop Service Center in Hawassa, Ethiopia |
COFFEE BREAK: 10 minutes
11:05-12:05 • SESSION 3
Activism, Politics, and Movements
Akhil Neelam |
Political Parties and Women's Representation in India and Iceland: A Comparative Study |
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Bleona Kurteshi |
Public Representation of Wartime Sexual Violence in Kosova: “Memoriali Heroinat” (The Heroines Memorial) as a Case Study |
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Nirmala Maharjan |
Women in Nepal: The Gender Landscape and its Evolution—2006-2016 |
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Yeimama Kallon |
Women in Political Participation: The Case of Sierra Leone |
LUNCH BREAK: 35 minutes
12:40-13:40 • SESSION 4
Unlearning, Masculinities, and Violence
Saahithiyanan Ganeshanathan |
Breaking the Cycle: Unlearning Toxic Masculinity to End Gender-Based Violence |
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Winifred Ikilai |
“Your ego is choking me, your actions are bruising me. Listen!”: Promoting Positive Masculinities among Boys and Men in Kitgum, Kumi, and Kampala Districts, Uganda |
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Etumboh Nguh Cyril |
Working with Men and Boys to Strengthen Violence Against Women Prevention and Response in Cameroon |
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Edgar Manuel Bernardo |
Engagement of Military and Humanitarian Actors in the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence against IDPs in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique |
COFFEE BREAK: 10 minutes
13:50-14:50 • SESSION 5
Adaptation, Sex, and Sustenance
Marleen Atieno Onyango |
Economic Empowerment for Women in Mfangano Island, Kenya: Towards Addressing the “Sex for Fish” Phenomenon |
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Madalitso Juwayeyi |
HIV Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Scaling up HIV Prevention in "Sugar Daddy or Blesser" Transactional Sex Relationships Among University Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Blantyre City |
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Lirani Hannah Kaluwa Katutu |
Adaptive Capacity: A Dream for the Female-Headed Household in Mulanje District, Malawi |
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Nana Kwasi Barning Ackah |
Gender and Climate Change: Perceptions and Adaptation Practices of Smallholder Farmers in Ghana: A Case Study in Shai Osudoku District |
COFFEE BREAK: 10 minutes
15:00-16:00 • SESSION 6
Transformation, Education, and Policies
Nomore Junior Mutsengi |
Building Safe Communities for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Zimbabwe: A School-Centered Gender Norms Transformative Approach |
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Suju Poon |
Leading (In)visible Spaces: Strengthening the Leadership Skills of Young Women in Rural Communities of Nepal |
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Swechhya Rajbhandary |
Nepali Campus (In)Action Against Sexual Harassment: Developing Policies and Mechanisms to Prevent Sexual Harassment in Nepali Higher Education Institutes |
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Aditi Rindani |
Claiming Sonic Space through a Podcast on Gender: Genderly Speaking |
16:00-16:05 • Closing remarks: Prof. Irma Erlingsdóttir, Director GRÓ GEST