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DESCRIPTION:Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2023 Seminar Series\n\
 nAbstract\n\nMany research initiatives undertaken in low and middle-income
  countries are collaborations with actors in high-income countries. Yet lo
 cal researchers and even the local communities are seldom involved in the 
 design of research that involves them. \n\nTo increase the likelihood that
  research findings will promote safety\, equity\, and justice for all\, re
 searchers and institutions should promote and practice inclusive research 
 policies. In this talk\, Brenda Oulo will address inclusion and what inclu
 sion means for research practice from the perspective of involving both lo
 cal researchers and community-based practitioners in the entire research c
 ycle. Using illustrative examples of her personal professional experiences
  as a community-based gender\, health and social researcher working with a
  network of 45 community-based organizations in East and Southern Africa\,
  she will also make a case for the emphasis of research collaborations gro
 unded in the participation innovation praxis methodology for complex syste
 ms thinking. \n\nAbout the speaker\n\nDr. Brenda Oulo is a distinguished s
 cholar with a profound passion for advancing global health and empowering 
 adolescent girls. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBchB) fro
 m the University of Nairobi\, Kenya\, and a Master of Science (MSc) in Inf
 ectious Disease Epidemiology from the University of the Witwatersrand\, So
 uth Africa. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in the Wellcome 
 Trust Public Health Economics and Decision Science program at the Universi
 ty of Sheffield\, poised to make a significant contribution to gender-tran
 sformative initiatives on the African continent through a multi-disciplina
 ry research approach.\n\nAs a feminist researcher\, Dr. Oulo is championin
 g the rights and well-being of adolescent girls. Her work centers on resea
 rching\, promoting\, and fostering girls' agency\, recognizing that empowe
 ring girls is crucial for sustainable development and societal progress. I
 n line with this vision\, she co-directs the Girls Agency Lab (GAL)\, a pi
 oneering multi-country initiative committed to localizing research\, devel
 opment\, and investment in adolescent girls' agency. Under her co-leadersh
 ip\, GAL focuses on amplifying the work of community-based programs aimed 
 at supporting girls to transform their lives and communities in five Afric
 an countries: Kenya\, Uganda\, Tanzania\, Malawi\, and Rwanda.\n\n \n\nPer
 spectives in Global Development\n\nThe Perspectives in Global Development 
 seminars are held Wednesdays from 12:20-1:20 p.m. eastern time during the 
 semester. The series is presented in a hybrid format with some speakers on
  campus and others appearing via Zoom. All seminars are shown in Emerson H
 all 135. Students\, faculty and the general public are welcome to attend. 
 The series is co-sponsored by the Department of Global Development\, the D
 epartment of Natural Resources and the Environment\, the Charles H. Dyson 
 School of Applied Economics and Management\, and the School of Integrative
  Plant Science as part of courses GDEV 4961\, AEM 4961\, NTRES 4961\, GDEV
  6960\, AEM 6960\, and NTRES 6960.
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LOCATION:Emerson Hall\, 135
SUMMARY:Fostering Inclusivity: Community-Based Research on Gender and Devel
 opment in East and Southern Africa
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.cornell.edu/event/fostering_inclusivity_commun
 ity-based_research_on_gender_and_development_in_east_and_southern_africa
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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