Activism and the Academy: Building and Rebuilding Societies in Africa
From writing new constitutions to serving in local and national governance to sustaining NGOs and grassroots organizations to making policy changes, women and feminist groups in Africa are doing the difficult work of pushing local, state and international bodies to implement and guarantee gender equality and justice at every level. A group of scholars and activists draw on their experience in multiple regions of Africa, discussing how women are participating in the rebuilding of their societies—whether in post-conflict contexts or in times of deep political transformation during revolutions, post-revolutionary periods and transitions to democracy. Panelists include Lila Abu-Lughod (Columbia University), Rabab El Mahdi (American University in Cairo), Jane Bennett (African Gender Institute), and Penelope Andrews (CUNY School of Law). This discussion, moderated by Rosalind Morris (Columbia University), took place on the second took place on the second day of Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship and Action, a two-day conference held September 23-24, 2011 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Barnard Center for Research on Women.
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More from this event:
- EVENT: Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship and Action
- VIDEO: The Multiple Futures of Gender and Sexuality Studies
- VIDEO: Writing, New Media, and Feminist Activism
- VIDEO: Archives and Activism: The Contemporary Turn
- VIDEO: Transnational Feminisms Across the Americas
- VIDEO: Expanding Feminism: Collaborations for Social Justice
- VIDEO: Mamphela Ramphele (keynote address)
- VIDEO: Social Justice and Civic Engagement in the Classroom
- VIDEO: Using Knowledge, Advancing Activism
- VIDEO: Campus Activism
- VIDEO: Activist Research: Working in Communities
- VIDEO: Building and Rebuilding Societies in Africa
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Opening Remarks by Janet Jakobsen
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Sonia Alvarez
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: The Multiple Futures of Gender and Sexuality Studies
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Writing, New Media, and Feminist Activism
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Living and Working in the Borderlands
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Women’s Literature and Feminist Learning
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Transnational Feminisms Across the Americas
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Expanding Feminism – Collaborations for Social Justice
- PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Mamphela Ramphele