2010
WGD Discussion Series Spring 2010
Trafficking in women in Ukraine, Eastern Europe
Kateryna Nechai, Graduate Student, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech
Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 12:00 to 1 pm
Participative Research with Peanut Farmers in Uganda
Dr. Maria Elisa Christie, Director of Women and Gender in International Development, Virginia Tech
This is an event in conjunction with Women's Month and more information on the events scheduled can be found on the Women's Center website at http://www.womenscenter.vt.edu/index.html
Wednesday, March 24th from 12-1PM in the OIRED Room 121
Women in Computer Science for International Development: A Haitian Perspective
Sherley Codio and Jennifer Alexandra Francois, Haitian undergraduate students in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in the Higher Education for Development (HED) program
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 from 12:00 to 1 pm at the Office of International Research, Education and Development Conference Room A
Development-caused Displacement and Gender
Dr. Dolores Koenig, Professor, Department of Anthropology, American University
Monday, April 26, 2010 from 12:00 to 1 pm at the Office of International Research, Education and Development Conference Room A
WGD Discussion Series Fall 2010
Women as Mapmakers: Gender in Participatory Mapping
Dr. Maria Elisa Christie, Program Director, Women and Gender in International Development, Virginia Tech and Candice Luebbering, Ph. D. Candidate, Department of Geography, Virginia Tech
Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 12:00 to 1 pm
Pesticides, Gender and Opportunity for Development in the Ecuadorian Andes
Megan Byrne, Graduate Student, Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech
Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 12:00 to 1 pm
What do race and gender have to do with the environment?
Dr. Susan Paulson, Visiting Scholar of the Masters Program in Culture, Power and Sustainability, Department of Human Geography, Lund University, Sweden
For a flyer about this presentation, click here: Guest speaker: What do race and gender have to do with the environment? (PDF). This event was sponsored by Women and Minority Artists and Scholars Lecture Series (WMASLS) and the Virginia Tech Department of Geography.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
136 McBryde Hall
3:00 pm
Gender and family ecology in Integrated Pest Management in Indonesia
Dr. Herien Puspitawati, Gender and Family Sociologist, Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 12:00 to 1 pm