School of Women and Gender Studies

School of Women and Gender Studies

CODESRIA Annual Gender Institute Public Lecture

The Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), a continental academic platform established in 1973 is holding its Annual Gender institute at Makerere University  from 7th-9th
June 2023. The year 2023 is significant to CODESRIA because it marks its 50th Anniversary as well as over 28 years of running the Gender Institute. This presents an opportunity to take stock and reflect on the
contributions of the Gender Institute to the study of Gender in Africa as well as infuse new thinking of the Councils work into Gender. The theme of this year is, “CODESRIA’s Experience with Gender Research:
Towards a Feminist Epistemic Breakthrough”.
 
Makerere University’s School of Women and Gender Studies will be hosting this year’s CODESRIA Gender Institute. As one of the events, a Public Lecture has been organised around the theme, “Gender Research and
Teaching: CODESRIA Makerere Intersections”
 
This is to invite you to the public Lecture scheduled to take place on 7th June, 2023 at the Yusuf Lule (CTF2) Auditorium starting at 2.00pm.
 
For details, please contact the Dean, School of Women and Gender Studies, Assoc. Prof. Sarah Ssali on Email: sarah.ssali@mak.ac.ug.
 
A copy of the program are herewith attached.
Date: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 - 14:00
Event Venue: 
Yusuf Lule (CTF2) Auditorium
Contact Information: 
Assoc. Prof. Sarah Ssali | Dean, School of Women and Gender Studies | Email: sarah.ssali@mak.ac.ug

Symposium on improving evidence on women's economic empowerment and women's groups in Uganda

Aim

The purpose of this symposium is to increase awareness on the need to build evidence and a community of practice on women economic empowerment and women groups in Uganda.  The symposium is intended to popularize evidence-based research approaches that support knowledge translation for relevant policy making and best practices in the field of women’s economic empowerment.  This will be a one-day event starting at 8:30am and ending at 5:00pm.

Objectives

  1. Enhance the awareness of the importance of fostering WEE and using innovative solutions to improve the evidence base and increase information storage and uptake

 

  1. Raising awareness on building a community of practice of evidence based research on WEE and SGs

 

  1. To facilitate opportunities for networking, collaboration and exchange of ideas with government and NGO leaders and experts in evidence-based practice and education on women empowerment

 

  1. Reinforce the focus on the implementation of information exchange with policy makers to increase the efficiency of evidence-based decision making.

 

Date: 
Friday, January 13, 2023 - 08:30
Event Venue: 
Senate Conference Hall Level-4, Senate Building
Contact Information: 
School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University

Gender Seminar Series: From decolonization to critical cosmopolitanism - Feminist Border Thinking as a dialogue between central and eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa

The School of Women and Gender Studies will be hosting our last Gender Seminar this year. We are proud to host Zuzana Uhde & Isaac Kiiza Tibasiima in this important conversation.
 
Thursday 8th Dec 2022
02:00pm - 04:00pm
Venue: CHUSS Smart Room
 
Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 98656919205
Passcode: 340357
Date: 
Thursday, December 8, 2022 - 14:00
Event Venue: 
CHUSS Smart Room
Contact Information: 
Dr. Amon Ashaba Mwiine
File Attachments : 

Public PhD Defense for Ayub Mukisa

The Dean, School of Women and Gender Studies invites you to the PhD Public Defense of the following candidate:

Name of Candidate: Mukisa Ayub

Title of the Thesis: Gender and Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Small Holder Farmers in Karamoja Sub Region Uganda.

Date: 5th December 2022

Time: 10:00am.

Venue: CHUSS Smart Room.

Supervisors:   1. Assoc. Prof. Florence K. Muhanguzi
                       2. Dr. Brenda Boonabaana

Opponent: Assoc. Prof. Anthony Egeru

You are welcome.

Date: 
Monday, December 5, 2022 - 10:00
Event Venue: 
CHUSS Smart Room
Contact Information: 
Jane Anyango | Principal Communication Officer | College of Humanities & Social Social Sciences (CHUSS) | Makerere University | Twitter: MakerereCHUSS
File Attachments : 

Public PhD Defense of Helen Kezie Nwoha

The Dean, School of Women and Gender Studies cordially invites you to a Public PhD Defense of the following candidate:
 
Name of Candidate: Helen Kezie Nwoha
 
Topic: Women and Post-Conflict Health Reconstruction: The Case of Puranga Sub County, Pader District - Northern Uganda.
 
Date: July 27, 2022.
 
Time: 9:00am.
 
Venue: CHUSS Smart Room.
 
Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Sarah N. Ssali.
 
Opponent: Prof. Chris Orach Garimoi.
 
Abstract is attached
Date: 
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - 09:00
Event Venue: 
CHUSS Smart Room
Contact Information: 
Sarah N. Ssali, PhD | DEAN, School of Women and Gender Studies | Director, ARUA Centre of Excellence in Identities | Tel: +256 772663772

Invitation: PhD Public Defense for Ms. Nakalyowa Deborah on 2nd March 2022

The Dean School of Women and Gender Studies invites you to the PhD Public Defense for  the following candidate:

Name of Candidate:  Nakalyowa Deborah

Name of Thesis:  Intimate Partner Violence and Masculinities: Experiences of Buganda Male “Survivors” in Masaka District Uganda.

Supervisors:
1.Assoc. Prof. Consolata Kabonesa
2.Dr. Evelyn Lutwama-Rukundo

Opponent:   Dr. Robert Kabumbuli

Date:    Wednesday 2nd March 2022.

Venue:   Telepresence Conference Room, Quality Assurance

The Abstract is herewith attached.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 - 10:00 to 14:00
Event Venue: 
elepresence Conference Room, Quality Assurance
Contact Information: 
Dean School of Women and Gender Studies
File Attachments : 

Dissemination of the KISH Project Midterm Evaluation Report

The “Whole University Approach: Kicking Sexual Harassment out of Higher Education Institutions in Uganda (KISH Project), a collaborative project between the School of Women and Gender Studies, School of Psychology and the School of Computing and Information Technology at Makerere University, as well as the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kyambogo University has been running for one year. The project is supported by the Government of Uganda through the Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF). A midterm evaluation of the project has been undertaken and is ready for dissemination.

This is to invite you to participate in the dissemination workshop scheduled  to take place on Wednesday, 13th October 2021 from 8:30am-11:00am in the AVU Conference Room at the College of Education and External Studies (CEES).  

Considering the COVID -19 prevention measures, only a few participants (mainly the project and support team) will attend physically. The other participants are requested to follow the event online. 

***Register here https://bit.ly/3l7suZu for online attendance.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

***Guest of Honour - Hon. Janet Kataaha Museveni, First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports 

***KISH Project team

  1. Prof. Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo - Principal Investigator
  2. Dr Florence MuhanguziKyoheirwe              
  3. Dr Julius Kikooma   
  4. Prof. Gilbert Maiga    
  5. Dr Elizabeth Kyazike
  6. DrJoab Ezra Agaba   - KISH System Development Consultant

***Event programme and flyer attached below.

***Related link: http://chuss.mak.ac.ug/events/invitation-launch-kish-system-addressing-s...

Date: 
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 08:30
Event Venue: 
AVU Conference Room, College of Education and External Studies, Makerere University
Contact Information: 
Ms. Esther Namitala, Project Administrator/Email: namitalaesther@gmail.com/ Mobile: 0774879229 OR 0701289974

Invitation to Ms. Stedia Asiimwe's PhD defense

The Dean, School of Women and Gender Studies invites you to Ms Stedia Asiimwe's PhD defense scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 22nd September 2021 starting at 10:00am in the Multipurpose Conference Hall, Level 2, Senate Building.

Title of thesis: Assessing Female Survivors’ Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Access to Justice in Uganda: A Case of Relationships Involving Male Police Officers

Supervisors

  1.  Dr Victoria Namugala
  2. Dr Ruth Nsibirano

Opponent

Dr Robert Kabumbuli

***Link for online attendance

 https://bit.ly/3zwwur4

Meeting ID: 990 2037 4534

Passcode: 747119

See abstract below

Date: 
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - 10:00
Event Venue: 
Multipurpose Conference Room, Level 2, Senate Building
Contact Information: 
Sarah N. Ssali, PhD | Assoc. Prof and DEAN | School of Women and Gender Studies | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Makerere University | MUASA Representative to University Council | Mobile: +256772663772 | Twitter: @sssalie

Ms. Nyangoma Anicent’s PhD Defense

The Dean, School of Women and Gender Studies invites you all to Ms. Nyangoma Anicent’s PhD defense scheduled to take place on Monday, 19th April 2021 starting at 10:00am at CTF2, Room 3.1, Makerere University.

Title of thesis: Gender Differentiated Pathways to Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect in Uganda: Exigencies in Post Conflict Northern Uganda

***Supervisors

  1. Dr Florence Ebila – School of Women & Gender Studies, Makerere University
  2. Dr Julius Omona – Department of Social Work & Social Administration, Makerere University

***Opponent: Dr Eddy Walakira – Head, Department of Social Work & Social Administration, Makerere University

***Link for online participation

 https://bit.ly/39TKdxq

Meeting ID: 921 5084 4188

Passcode: 447424

Your participation will be much appreciated

See abstract below

Date: 
Monday, April 19, 2021 - 10:00
Event Venue: 
CT2, Room 3.1, Makerere University
Contact Information: 
Sarah N. Ssali, PhD | Assoc. Prof and DEAN | School of Women and Gender Studies | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Makerere University | MUASA Representative to University Council | Mobile: +256772663772 | Twitter: @sssalie

Invitation to New Hires’ Workshop - Wednesday, 9th December 2020

NEW HIRES' WORKSHOP - TARGETING ALL NEWLY RECRUITED ACADEMIC STAFF

The Director of the CHUSS Centre of Excellence in Research, Teaching and Learning (CERTL) invites all newly recruited academic staff to a blended orientation workshop scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 9th December 2020 starting at 8:30am in Senate Conference Hall, Level 4, Senate Building. All newly recruited academic staff are requested to attend in person. The event is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York.

***Virtual participation

Except the newly recruited academic staff and some few participants who have been invited to attend physically, the rest of you are requested to register and participate online.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://bit.ly/3od0zpG

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

See Programme and event flyer below.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 08:30
Event Venue: 
Senate Conference Hall, Level 4, Senate Building
Contact Information: 
Dr Nabutanyi Fred Edgar, Coordinator The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Gerda Henkel Stiftung projects/Emails: enabutanyi@chuss.mak.ac.ug, nabutanyiedgar@gmail.com/+256772971204, 2). Ms. Mary Ann Namubiru, Project Administrator/ Email: namubiruann14@gmail.com

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