This conference addresses the current state, challenges, and value of Women’s and Gender Studies programs, highlighting collaborative initiatives, lessons learned, and opportunities for future scholarship and partnerships.
Alicia Decker
acdecker@psu.edu
Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | African Studies
Co-Director of the African Feminist Initiative
Penn State
Maha Marouan
mzm24@psu.edu
Associate Professor of African American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Co-Director of the African Feminist Initiative
Penn State
Irene Agunloye
ireneagunloye@yahoo.com
Professor of African Drama, Women, and Film Studies
Director of the Center for Gender and Women Studies
U of Jos, Nigeria
Balghis Badri
balghis.badri.2014@gmail.com
Professor of Social Anthropology
Director of Regional Institute of Gender, Diversity, Peace, and Rights
Afhad University for Women, Sudan
Jane Bennett
jane.bennett@uct.ac.za
Associate Professor and Director of the School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Joyce Endeley
joyceendeley@yahoo.com
Professor of Women and Gender Studies
University of Buea, Cameroon
Amel Grami
grami2020amel@gmail.com
Professor of Islamic Studies and Gender Studies
University of Manouba, Tunisia
Doris Gray
D.Gray@aui.ma
Director of Hillary Clinton Center for Women’s Empowerment
University of Al Akhawayan, Morocco
Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira
wkabira1@gmail.com
Director of African Women’s Studies Centre
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Joy Kwesiga
jckwesiga@gmail.com
Vice Chancellor and Professor of Gender Studies
Kabale University, Uganda
Desiree Lewis
dlewis@uwc.ac.za
Lecturer of Women’s and Gender Studies
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Amina Mama
amama@ucdavis.edu
Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Director of Feminist Research Institute
University of California at Davis, USA
Sandra Manuel
timbila_sandra@yahoo.com
Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology
Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
Rawha Mussie
rrahmussie@yahoo.com
Assistant Professor in the Center for Gender Studies
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Awino Okech
awino.okech@gmail.com
Lecturer of Women and Gender Studies
SOAS, University of London, UK
Sharon Omotoso
sharonomotoso@gmail.com
Research Fellow in the Institute of African Studies
Coordinator of Women’s Research and Documentation Centre
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Sarah Ssali
sssaline2@gmail.com
Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Women and Gender Studies
Makerere University, Uganda
Dzodzi Tsikata
dtsikata@ug.edu.gh
Research Professor and Director of African Studies
University of Ghana, Ghana
