March 28, 2007
“Gender Quotas, the Politics of Presence, and the Feminist Project: What does the Indian Experience Tell Us?”
Neema Kudva, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University<
November 27, 2006
“Sexual Violence During War”
Elisabeth Wood, Professor of Political Science, Yale University
November 1, 2006
“Reconciling Paid and Unpaid Work: North-South Differences”
Lourdes Beneria, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
October 19, 2006
“10 Years After Welfare Reform: How are Single Mothers Faring?”
Rebecca Blank, Dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy,
Alice Hansen Cook Distinguished Lecture
October 11, 2006
“Gender and Biodiversity in Vicos, Peru”
Billie Jean Isbell, Emeritus/Graduate Professor of Anthropology, Cornell University
September 27, 2006
“The Gender Asset Gap: What Do We Know and Why Does It Matter?”
Carmen Diana Deere, Director, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
September 13 , 2006
"Gender, Nationalism, and War on the Movie Screen"
Matt Evangelista, Professor of Government, Cornell University
April 12, 2006
“Gender Equity and Post Conflict Resolution: Comparing
Afghanistan, Rwanda and Sierra Leone,”
Judy A. Benjamin, Director for African Projects, Center for Gender Equity at The Academy for Educational Development(AED)in Washington, D.C.
March 29, 2006
“Emerging Women Leaders Around the Globe: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia; Michele Bachelet, Chile; Angela Merkel, Germany; Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh.”
The distinguished panelists included:
Professor N’Dri Assie-Lumumba,Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell
Professor Ken Roberts, Government Department, Cornell
Professor Shelley Feldman, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell
Professor Ursula Holtgrewe, Sociology, U. Duisberg, Germany
February 1, 2006
“Challenging Definitions of Home and Security: the Gender Relations of Militarized Long-Term Refugee Camps,”
Wenona Giles, Anthropologist, editor of Sites of Violence: Gender and Conflict Zones, UC Berkeley Press, 2004, and Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, York University, Toronto.
March 31, 2005
"Gender, Violence, and Poverty in Haiti"
Carline Desire, Executive Director, Association of Haitian Women (Asosiyasyon Fanm Ayisyen nan Boston (AFAB) Boston, Massachusetts)
Presentation on violence against women in Haiti and organizing efforts to overcome domestic violence.
November 16, 2004
“African Women’s Voices: Effects of War on Sudanese Women”
Dr. Julia Duany, Research Associate, Indiana University
Presentation on women’s peace-building initiatives in Sudan based on Dr. Duany’s book Making Peace and Nurturing Life: Memoir of an African Woman about a Journey of Struggle and Hope (2003).
September 30, 2004
“What a Feminist Curiosity reveals about a Wartime Prison Scandal: Where are the Women and the Men in Abu Ghraib?”
Cynthia Enloe, Research Professor, International Development and Woman’s Studies, Clark University
Presentation on a feminist analysis of the Abu Ghraib scandal and the role of women in the military.
November 4, 2004
“Towards a Gendered Labor History: Possibilities and Problems”
Dr. Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History, Columbia University
Alice Kessler-Harris asks in her lecture, “What is the future of Labor History in light of the rapid globalization of the world of work? How can historians continue to talk about class in a world where conflicts over family life, environmental issues, and the power of transnational corporations govern who works where and how?”
Sponsored by the ILR School, co-sponsored by GGC and FGSS.
April 27, 2004
“Sharia Law and Women: The Case of Amina Lawal”
Hauwa Ibrahim, lead counsel for Amina Lawal, Nigerian woman sentenced to death for adultery.
Event sponsored by the Institute for African Development and the Berger International Legal Studies Program, co-sponsored by Program on Gender and Global Change, Comparative Muslim Societies Program, and Tompkins County Human Rights Commission.
April 7, 2004
"Women and War: Constructing Alternatives to Violence in Colombia"
Marylen Serna Salinas, Cajibio Campesino Movement, Cauca, Colombia
Event sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program, co-sponsored by Program on Gender and Global Change & CUSLAR
March 29, 2004
“Stories from the Front Lines: Working to stem HIV/AIDS and promote sexual health in Namibia”
Namibia Planned Parenthood Delegation
Cornell Cosponsors: Institute for African Development, HIV Education Project, Assets Coming Together for Youth Upstate Center of Excellence, Gender and Global Change Program, Students Acting for Gender Equity (SAGE), and Sexuality Awareness for Everyone (SAFE), Global Partners in Local Communities: Planned Parenthood of the Southern Fingerlakes, Namibia Planned Parenthood Association
March 3, 2004
“A Panel on Women and Development in Africa”: Original Research by GGC grant recipients
- "Women's Access to Legal Resources & Human Rights Protection"
Mande Limbu, PhD Program, Cornell Law School - "Capacity Building of Women-Owned Micro-Enterprises"
Marieme Lo, PhD Program, Department of Education, Cornell - "Women's Health & Nutrition in Postpartum Seclusion"
Lucy Thairu, PhD Program, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell
Sponsored by the Program on Gender and Global Change, co-sponsored by Institute for African Development.
March 1, 2004
"Ringing up the Changes: Gender in Southern African Politics"
Colleen Lowe-Morna, Executive Director of Gender Links and Editor, Ringing up the Changes
Sponsored by Cornell Department of Government, cosponsored by Program on Gender and Global Change.
February-March Film Series, 2004
Traffic, Migration, (Dis)placement: A Global Overview
A series of feature and documentary films that depict particular situations faced by a wide variety of displaced persons. The series explored the plight of migrants, exiles, and refugees from all over the world.
Co-sponsors: Polson Institute for Global Development's Research Working Group on Displacement with additional co-sponsorship support from the Pentangle Film Program; the Latin American Studies Program & CUSLAR; the Dept. of Near Eastern Studies; the Africana Studies and Research Center; the Institute for European Studies; the Polson Institute for Global Development's Film, New Media and Development Research Working Group; the Program on Gender and Global Change; and the Einaudi Center for International Studies.
February 11, 2004
“Women and the Labor Market in Eastern Europe”
Elena Borislavova Poptodorova, Bulgarian Ambassador to the US visit to the Cornell campus
November 21, 2003
“Women & Unions, The Most Difficult Revolution”
Alice Hanson Cook: 100th Birthday Celebration
Sponsored by the ILR School, co-sponsored by Program on Gender and Global Change.
November 13, 2003
“Gender Inequality, Cooperation, and Environmental Sustainability”
Bina Agarwal of the Institute of Economic Growth at Delhi University
Sponsored by the South Asia Program, cosponsored by Program on Gender and Global Change.
October 21, 2003
“Women Speaking Out”
Wendy Santizo, Guatemalan youth activist, Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala
Sponsored by CUSLAR, co-sponsored by Program on Gender and Global Change.
