We would like to invite you on the 11th May 2021 10:00 am-12:30 pm (BST) to the virtual launch of our new interactive online platform Gender Focus.
About this event
Gender Focus is dedicated to forging new and extending existing networks between academics and practitioners committed to ending gender inequalities through evidence based solutions.
Gender Focus is designed and intended to be a globally inclusive platform containing up-to-date information from applied research to support effective practice on the ground.
The website genderfocus.org showcases the work of a number of projects from across the Global South.
Thematic areas
• WASH and Wellbeing in Ethiopia
• Women, Violence and Displacement in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal
• Women, Work and Violence in Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Zambia
• Art Heritage Resilience and Humanitarianism in South Sudan
• Youth Voices and Violence against Young People in South Sudan
• Mental wellbeing and Climate Change in Ethiopia, Myanmar and Nepal
• Modern Slavery in Bangladesh and India
Tuesday 11 May, 2021 programme
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome to Gender Focus
10:15 – 10:45
Virtual Tour of the site
10:45 – 11:30
Presentations of some of the research projects
• Art, Gender and Resilience in South Sudan
• WASH and Wellbeing in Ethiopia
• The displacement narrator approach to data collection
11:30 – 12:10
Hearing from the next generation of Gender Focus researchers
A group of PhD students will give summaries of their research followed by a discussion on how to build a network between them.
12:10 – 12:30
Gender Focus moving forward
We invite all participants to discuss how they feel they might use the platform and what else they would like to see on it. How can we ensure it is dynamic and interactive? How can we ensure it will function to promote the work of the next generation of academics and practitioners committed to ending gender inequalities in the Global South?
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