GRÓ GEST Final Seminar 2024
The 2024 GRÓ GEST cohort will present their final assignments in a full day seminar on 16 May. The seminar will take place at the University of Iceland, in room HT-101 in Háskólatorg / University Center, and will also be streamed.
NEW: Due to an unforeseen internet connection problem, it is not possible to livestream any sessions in the seminar after 1:30 pm UTC, i.e. sessions 5 and 6 and part of session 4.
Click here for the Morning Sessions webcast
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8:55-9:00
Welcoming remarks: Margrét Ann Thors, Final Assignment Coordinator and Instructor, GRÓ GEST
9:00-09:45 • SESSION 1
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Period Poverty
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Benjamin Wilson Blay |
Period Poverty and its Effects on the Education of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Ghana |
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Mihitha Basnayake |
Towards Zero Period Poverty: Establishing a Sustainable Sanitary Napkin Production Facility in Sri Lanka |
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Radhika Modi |
Queering the Margins of Menstruation in India: Making Trans and Non-binary Menstruators Matter |
COFFEE BREAK: 10 minutes
9:55-10:55 • SESSION 2
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Gender, Sexuality and Pleasure
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Enas Dajani |
Pleasure Under Siege: The Effects of Colonialism, Religion, and Culture on Sexual Self-pleasure in Palestine |
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Dina AlMughrabi |
Raising Community Awareness and Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Palestine |
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Sarmad Muhammad Soomar |
Law versus Reality’: A Critical Analysis of Healthcare Provisions in Transgender Persons Act, Pakistan |
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Linus Odhiambo Ouma |
Building Sustainable Access to Contraceptives and HIV: Interventions for AGYW Homabay County, Kenya |
COFFEE BREAK: 10 minutes
11:05-12:05 • SESSION 3
Education
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Varney Teddy Wilson |
Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights in Schools in Grand Cape Mount County, Republic of Liberia |
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Tawonga Kwangu Msowoya |
What the Master’s Tools Cannot Do: Exploring a Decolonial Feminist Pedagogy of Women’s History Education in Malawi |
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Dorcus Asiimwe |
Capacity Development Project on Gender Equality |
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Rajina Shrestha |
Women's Self-Led Groups as Key to Furthering Gender Equality in STEM |
LUNCH BREAK: 35 minutes
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12:40-13:40 • SESSION 4
Environment and Agriculture
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Mialy |
Pathway to Equality: Empowering Women in Rural Madagascar. A Toolkit for an Inclusive Territorial Planning Scheme |
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David Melubo Kisotu |
Gender Inclusion and Conservation of Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya |
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Rukaya Issah |
Successes and Failures of Gender Mainstreaming in the Fisheries Sector in Ghana |
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Innocent Uladi |
PAMODZI CHITSOGOLO: “Together For a Future” |
COFFEE BREAK: 10 minutes
13:50-14:50 • SESSION 5
Communications and Storytelling
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Hameeda Syed |
Gender Justice through Ethical Algorithms: An AI-driven digital support system for tackling online misogyny in India |
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Baleseng Faith Maeneche |
Two, Easy to Conquer: Questioning the Binaries of Sex, Gender and Sexuality Identities in S-African Online Advertising |
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Ibrahim Kadara |
Storytelling as a Tool to Address Gender Issues in the Islamic Community of Yumbe District, Uganda |
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Anastase NDAGIJIMANA |
Masculinity and Gender-Based Violence in Rwanda: Reshaping Norms and Beliefs through Storytelling and Dialogue |
COFFEE BREAK: 10 minutes
15:00-16:00 • SESSION 6
Culture, Mental Health, and Disability
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Aklam Amanya |
Bending them young; interrogating critical male involvement strategy for Gender Equality in Uganda |
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Ramatu Issah |
Intersecting Forces: Religion, Culture, and Gender Dynamics in Child Marriage Amongst the Fulanis in Juapong, Ghana |
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Nina Gagić |
We are where we are: How rigid gender norms in Bosnia and Herzegovina affect the mental health of individuals |
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Elizabeth Mang'eni |
“SAWAZISHA”: Breaking Barriers for Women with Disabilities in Kenya |
16:00-16:05
CLOSING REMARKS: Prof. Irma Erlingsdóttir, Director GRÓ GEST