Conferences

(The next project conference will be hosted by Ahfad University for Women in February in Omdurman/Sudan. Details to follow…)

African Migration and Gender in Eastern Africa II: Setting the Agenda
Conference at Mbarara University Of Technology & Science, Uganda
5 – 6 July 2010

a) Conference Documents

• Full Conference programme including abstracts
• Download Call for Papers (Deadline 8 March 2010)

b) Conference programme

• Opening Lecture: African Migration & Gender – What do we know? Dr. Deborah Mulumba
• Contextualising African Migration & Gender: Shifting Research Paradigms, Dr. Lydia Potts
• Launch of IMMIS Bibliography and Database, Melike Doever & Matika Mulwande

• Panel I – Conceptualising Migration & Policy Interventions
  a) The Influence of State and Patriarchy on Gendered Migration in Zimbabwe (c. 1946 to 2010), Eric Kushinga Makombe
  b) Justifying the Need for Gender-Sensitivity in Development-Oriented Refugee Assistance, Ulrike Krause
  c) Security and Migrants’ Rights, Moses Tukwasiibwe

• Panel II – Displacement & Gender – Case Studies from Uganda, Sudan and Kenya
  a) Gender Impacts of Displacement on Western Sudanese Migrants in Khartoum State, Sudan, Prof. Dr. Awadalla M. Saeed
  b) Oral Testimonies (OT) Methodology and the Pedagogy of Hope in the Narratives of IDPs of Mt. Elgon, Kenya, Dr. Peter Wasamba
  c) Misplaced Masculinities: Towards a Gendered Understanding of the Interface between Local People and Urban Refugees in Uganda. A Case of Kisenyi-Kampala, Amon Mwiine Ashaba
  d) Internally Displaced Persons Camp Phase-out in Northern Uganda – A Focus on Extremely Vulnerable Individuals: Policy vs Implementation Gaps, Wendo Olema Mlahagwa

• Round Table I – Re-Positioning African Migration Studies: Problem Driven Research vs. Focus on Theory, Methodology, Methods

• Panel III – Return Migration and Resettlement – Uganda and Sudan
  a) A Gender Perspective on “Home” and “Home” Coming to Southern Sudan after the CPA: The Case of the Bari, Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schultz
  b) Resettlement of former Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda; A Focus on Social Services in Barr Sub-County Lira District, Jennifer Tino Opio

• Panel IV – Forced Migration and Sexual Violation – Case Studies from Uganda
  a) The Tyrannic Unrest: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Refugee Situations in Uganda, Cleophas Karooma Kansiime
  b) Sexual Violence: A Key Feature of Forced Migration. The Case of the March 2009 Bududa Land Slides in Uganda, Veronica Nakijoba

• Panel V – Labour Markets & Forced Migration (Abstracts p. 13f)
  a) The Indian Labour Migration to East Africa: Search for the Missing Links, Dr. Renu Modi
  b) How do Sudanese Immigrants Manage in US labour Market? Dr. Salah Mahdi

• Round Table II: Where do we go from here? Setting the Agenda for IMMIS Research 2010/11 and the third IMMIS conference at Ahfad University for Women.

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Previous Conferences
1. African Migration and Gender: Focus in Eastern Africa
International Conference at the Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
25 – 26 September 2009

a) Conference Documents

• Conference reader (all papers in one 6MB zip-file, password protected)
• Conference programme (pdf file)
• Call For Papers (pdf file)

b) Conference programme & speakers

• Keynote:
  Jane Freedman (Centre de Recherches Politiques de la Sorbonne, Paris, France): Taking gender seriously in forced migration in Africa: Continuing obstacles to understanding and action
• Panel I: Mapping Migration
  Deborah Mulumba (Makerere University, Uganda), Wendo Olema (Mbarara University, Uganda): Mapping migration in Uganda
  Awadalla Saeed (Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan): Sudan’s Internal Population Displacement and Migration: Magnitude and Policy Issues in the New Millennium
• Panel II: Gender Violence & Forced Migration
  a) Seema Shekhawat (University of Mumbai, India): Post-election violence in Kenya 2007: Mapping Multiple Experiences of Internally Displaced Women
  b) Renu Modi (University of Mumbai, India): Internal displacement in the aftermath of the December 2007 post electoral violence in Kenya: a gendered perspective
  c) Allehone Mulugeta Abebe (Permanent Mission of Ethiopia, Switzerland): The legal and institutional framework of addressing female displaced persons’ needs in Eastern Africa
• Panel III: African Diaspora
  a) Annalisa Butticci (University of Padua, Italy): Women in motion: The gendered space of African Christian immigration in Italy
  b) Kefa M. Otiso (Bowling Green State University, Ohio, US): Comparative analysis of Eastern African immigrants in the US
• Panel IV: Internally Displaced Persons in Uganda
  a) Deborah Mulumba (Makerere University, Uganda): Populations in Conflict and Post Conflict Situations: Impact on Gender and Development
  b) Ronald Kalyango (Makerere University, Uganda): Returning home: Gender and choice among internally displaced persons in Gulu District, Northern Uganda
  c) Moses Chrispus Okello (Refugee Law Project, Uganda): Masculinities, Forced Migration and Violence: A time for Reflection?
  d) David Olema (Mbarara University, Uganda): Potentially traumatic experiences that confront armed conflict displaced populations in Gulu District, Northern Uganda
• Panel V: Migration and Women’s Employment in Sudan
  a) Awatif Ata Elmannan Elageed (Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan): Weaving the social networks of women migrants in the Gezira Scheme: Getting work opportunities
  b) Salah Mahdi (Riyadh Chamber of Commerce, Saudi Arabia): Migrant women in the informal sector: The case of Khartoum, Sudan
• Panel VI: West African Discourses
  a) Abiodun Elijah Obayelu (University of Ibadan, Nigeria): Child slavery and its effects on social and economic security in Africa: A case study of selected countries in West Africa
  b) Marie Rodet (University of Vienna, Austria): Missing migrants: The absence of women in the history of migrations from Mali to Senegal