Re-Imagining Healing in Time of Crisis: A Closer Look at Patriarchy and Masculinity in Africa

Law and Society Association Annual Meeting

Date: Sunday, 30 May 2021 at 11:12:45 PM (Central Daylight Time)

Venue: Roundtable (Virtual Conference Session)

Chair: J. Jarpa Dawuni

Participants: Venkatanarayanan S., Christ University; Manase Kudzai Chiweshe, University of Zimbabwe; Veronica Fynn Bruey, Seattle University; Charles Amone, Kyambogo University

Description: This roundtable is part of an edited book, Patriarchy, and Gender in Africa, which assesses the state, institution, community, and individual role and impact of male-dominance, masculinity, and discrimination against girls and women across the continent of Africa. Informed by empirical research data, case studies, and personal experiences, the section examines the professional, practical, and theoretical discourses of patriarchy and gender inequality in diverse settings in Africa while acknowledging women’s persistence, resistance, and contribution to growth and development.

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DEADLY VOYAGES: Migrant Journeys Across the Globe- Book Launch

Date: Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 4.00 PM - 5.00 PM (GMT)

Host: International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus

Venue: Online- via Zoom 

Editors: Veronica Fynn Bruey and Steven Bender

Book Description: Deadly Voyages: Migrant Journeys across the Globe explores the burdens and impact of perilous migration, while considering which laws, policies, practices, and venues might establish empathy and protection for migrants. This interdisciplinary volume envisions and calls for a transformation in migration policy, motivated by the common goal of drastically reducing the peril migrants face when compelled to make their treacherous journeys. All contributors to this volume agree on the inadequacy of current approaches and the dire need for change in global migration law and policy. Therefore, the book seeks to inform, educate, persuade, and facilitate newer or less-heard perspectives, toward wider participation and influence within the forced migration policy debate. Guided by the famous advice of Karl Marx that the point should be changing the world rather than merely analyzing or interpreting it, the contributors suggest practical measures to fix the current gap in responses to migrant peril, along with strategies for diagnosing, countering, and promoting human dignity and social justice, with the aim of preventing future deaths and injuries in migrant journeys across the globe.

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