Date : 31 August 2012 Time : 12:15 – 13:30 Inaugural Annual Innovation and Development Lecture Presented by Dr. Watu Wamae, Development Policy and Practice unit, Open University, UK Innovation can drive economic growth and create employment – whether in affluent…
Date :22 August 2012 Time : 12:00 – 14:00 In celebrating 25 years of Feminist Publishing as a leading continental and internationally accredited journal, Agenda spotlights ‘Women’s Health’ in Women’s Month. There is a wide chasm between many women’s experiences of…
Date : 16 August 2012 Time : 09:45 – 12:00 What issues does B(order)s explore and unpack? It examines the fluidities of sex, sexuality, sexual orientation, gender, gender norms, gender presentation and gender identity, revealed through the many HIV epidemics. HIV has exposed the…
Economic Performance and Development Date : 14 August 2012 Time : 12:15 – 13:30 SEMINAR POSPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Presented by Ephias M. Makaudze, Department of Economics, University of Western Cape Drought constitutes the most dominant source of food insecurity in…
Human and Social Development Date : 08 August 2012 Time : 12:15 – 14:00 In the context of Women’s Month, the film, Breaking Out of the Box by Busi Kheswa and Zethu Matebeni (2011) will be screened on the 8 August 2012. The inspiration for the title of this film is Buhli…
Date : 07 August 2012 Time : 12:15 – 13:30 Presented by Luci Abrahams, Director, LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand The problem with the terminology of e-services and e-development is that the terms sound superficial, sort of a 21st century shorthand with little…
Date : 02 August 2012 Time : 12:15 – 13:30 This research presentation highlights key issues in the mental health and psychosocial adaptation of African and African Diaspora youth who are migrants, refugees, and undocumented. Migrant youth, particularly those from…
Date : 07 March 2013 Time : 10:15 – 12:00 Presenters : Professor Gavin Jones DOWNLOAD THE SEMINAR PRESENTATION BELOW Asia is home to 60% of the world’s population, and has always shown great complexity in marriage patterns, related to different kinship systems and family…
Date : 25 February 2013 Time : 09:45 – 13:00 Presenters : Prof Cecilia Rocha (Director, Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada) Dr Jaci van Niekerk (Researcher, Environmental Evaluation Unit, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science,…
Date :20 February 2013 Time : 12:15 – 14:00 Presenters :Dr Surya Monro Speaker: Dr Surya Monro, Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom Do we need the terms ‘Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender’? How useful are the categories of…