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