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ADVANCES IN GENDER RESEARCH

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ADVANCES IN GENDER RESEARCH VOLUME 28

GENDER AND PRACTICE: KNOWLEDGE, POLICY, ORGANIZATIONS

MARCIA TEXLER SEGAL

Indiana University Southeast, USA

KRISTY KELLY

Columbia University and Drexel University, USA

VASILIKIE DEMOS

University of Minnesota Morris, USA

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Editorial Board

• Miriam Adelman

  Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil

• Franca Bimbi

  Universita Degli Studi di Padova, Italy

• Max Greenberg

  Boston University, USA

• Marla Kohlman

  Kenyon College, USA

• Chika Shinohara

  Momoyama Gakuin University (St. Andrew’s University), Japan

• Tiffany Taylor

  Kent State University, USA

Editor Biographies

Marcia Texler Segal, Professor of Sociology and Dean for Research Emerita, Indiana University Southeast, USA, is Co-editor of the Advances in Gender Research series and of this volume and of Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class: Readings for a Changing Landscape. She is the Past President of the North Central Sociological Association and Co-chairs the American Sociological Association Retirement Network.

Kristy Kelly, PhD, is a Sociologist specializing in policy and politics, transnational feminisms and gender mainstreaming in Southeast Asia. She is jointly affiliated with Drexel University and Columbia University. She is Co-President of the Society of Gender Professionals. She is Co-editor of and a Contributor to this volume.

Vasilikie Demos, Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of Minnesota-Morris, USA, is Co-editor of the Advances in Gender Research series and of this volume, Past President of the North Central Sociological Association and Sociologists for Women in Society, a recipient of the Harriet Martineau Sociological Society Award, and Chair of the Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), subcommittee on CEDAW.

About the Contributors

Magali N. Alloatti holds a PhD in Sociology, and is a Researcher at the Laboratory of Gender and Family Relations at the State University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Her interests are international migration, gender, women’s empowerment, ethnic economy, and entrepreneurship. She is currently researching on female migration and refuge in Brazil and Europe.

Brenda Boonabaana, PhD, is a Lecturer, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Her research areas are gender and agricultural development, gender and sustainable development, gender and tourism development. She is a Trainer and Mentor for the Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation project.

Åsa Corneliusson holds an MA in Gendering Practices from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her thesis followed the friction surrounding the entrance of the rainbow flag into the Swedish Prison and Probation Agency. She currently lives in Ottawa, Canada and is pursuing a traineeship with the EU Delegation to Canada.

Lúa Xuân Đoàn is the External Relations Manager and VIA Fellow at Coins for Change, Vietnam. She holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College with a background in the politics of Southeast Asian development.

Nicole Figot is a Gender Consultant based in Mexico City, Mexico, with expertise in social development and financial inclusion. She holds degrees from Universidad Iberoamericana and Columbia University. She is a Founding Member and Vice President of the Society of Gender Professionals.

Leah Goldmann is a Feminist Activist and Practitioner based in Kampala, Uganda, with a non-profit organization working to prevent violence against women and children. She holds degrees from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Columbia University. She is a Founding Member and Vice President of the Society of Gender Professionals.

Christina Gordon is Program Associate at Women’s Learning Partnership, coordinating training and advocacy for women’s rights in Mauritania, Senegal, Lebanon, Turkey, and Pakistan. She holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs, concentrating in global gender policy, from George Washington University. She is a Founding Member and Treasurer of the Society of Gender Professionals.

Rachid Hanna, PhD, former Principal Scientist and Country Representative, International Institute of Agriculture, Cameroon, and former Co-Executive Director, Congo Basin Institute, Cameroon. Dr Hanna has conducted research on arthropod diversity and conservation, arthropod–host plant interactions in natural and agricultural systems, vector biology, integrated pest management, etc. He has mentored 52 graduate students; published widely and generated project funds in excess of $50 million.

Angela Hartley is a Gender Specialist based in Brooklyn, NY, with expertise in gender integration in public health programs. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration with a specialization in Gender and Public Policy from Columbia University. She is a Founding Member of the Society of Gender Professionals.

Kristy Kelly, PhD, is a Sociologist specializing in policy and politics, transnational feminisms, and gender mainstreaming in Southeast Asia. She is jointly affiliated with Drexel University and Columbia University. She is Co-President and a Founding Member of the Society of Gender Professionals. She is Co-editor of and a Contributor to this volume.

P. Lava Kumar, PhD, is Head of the Germplasm Health and Virology at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. His research focuses on virus diseases affecting several RTB crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Research includes virus characterization, development of versatile diagnostic tools for disease surveillance, phenotyping, and seed health certification. His research program developed “Seed Tracker”, an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tool for monitoring seed flow and seed quality in the seed value chain.

The Rev. Susan Hagood Lee, PhD is a Master Lecturer in Social Sciences at Boston University, USA. Her research interests include widows, international institutions, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and women in politics. She is a Priest in the Episcopal Church and Co-founder of the US Women’s Caucus at the UN.

Karine Lepillez is the Founder and Co-President of the Society of Gender Professionals and Principal of Inclusive Societies, a social enterprise that provides research, training, and coaching to public and private institutions seeking to increase gender equality and inclusion in their programs and organizations.

Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, PhD, University of Minnesota, is a Professor of Agricultural Extension at Makerere University, Uganda with development experience and research interests in gender responsive agricultural research, extension, training, institutional transformation and agricultural extension systems and policy. She is a Co-PI, Trainer, and Mentor for the Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation project.

Caroline (Carly) Manion, PhD, is a Lecturer in Comparative and International Education and Educational Leadership and Policy at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Canada. Her areas of interest include gender, equity, policy and educational change, and she has worked in East and West Africa, South America, Asia, North America and Europe.

Richard Miiro, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Extension and Innovations Studies, School of Agricultural Sciences at Makerere University, Uganda, with research interests in training and development in agricultural institutions, gender in agricultural research and development, extension systems, gender, nutrition, and food systems.

Peace Musiimenta, PhD, is a Lecturer, School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Uganda, with research interests in gender, masculinities and agriculture, educated women’s experiences, and women’s socio-economic empowerment. She is a Founder and Director of Plenteous Research Group Ltd (http://www.plenteousresearchgroupltd.com).

Sergine Ngatat, PhD, University of Dschang Cameroon, works at IITA Cameroon, as a Research Associate. She coordinates the project on Banana Bunchy Top Disease in West and Central Africa. She trains farmers and partners through Farmer Field School. She is the author of several publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Jemimah Njuki, PhD, is a Senior Program Officer at the International Development Research Centre, where she oversees a portfolio of agriculture and food security projects, as well as gender integration and women’s empowerment in the projects. Her research interests include gender and technology, women and markets, and women and livestock.

Kenneth Boÿenah Nimley is a Doctoral student in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University. His research focuses on promoting diversity and inclusion through technological innovations, combining computer science, information science, user experience design, and psychology. He is a Founding Member of the Society of Gender Professionals.

Lilian Nkengla-Asi obtained her PhD in Gender and Natural Resource Management from Brandenburg University of Technology, Senftenberg, Germany. She is a Senior Advisor for Agriculture and Markets at Oxfam America based in Washington DC. She has worked with several International Nongovernment Organizations (INGOs) and her research focuses on gender and agriculture, power dynamics within households, social norms and institutions, climate change, and value chains.

O. Deborah Olaosebikan, a Consultant (Gender Specialist) with the Cassava Breeding Unit (IITA), Ibadan. She is a PhD student in the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, University of Ibadan. Her research explores gender sensitivity inbagricultural research and how research activities are transforming the livelihood of rural people.

Vidhya Prakash is an Associate Professor and Infectious Diseases Physician in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine. She is also Founder and Director of SIU Medicine’s Alliance for Women in Medicine and Science. Her areas of interest include gender equity, career advancement, and work–life integration.

Anne Scheer, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Department of Population Science and Policy at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Her research interests include childhood sociology, nutritional health, rural–urban health disparities, and school discipline. She strives to add children’s views and voices to clinical and educational policy and practice.

Vincent Simo Che obtained his Master’s degree in Agribusiness Management from the University of Dschang. He is currently undergoing post graduate diploma training at the University of Bamenda, Cameroon. He is a Consultant and his research focuses on developing agricultural potentials of rural populations to move from subsistence to market oriented agriculture.

Anne-Françoise Thierry, an Agronomist Engineer and a Development Economist, is a Senior Evaluation Expert for international organizations such as UN Agencies, European Union, and GIZ. Her recent work in the areas of rural development and civil society in developing countries focuses on gender, environment, and public policy issues.

Debora Thome is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil). Her research concerns women and power, public policy, inequality, and Latin American issues. She wrote several books for children and adults about gender and representativeness. Thome was also a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University.

Hale Ann Tufan, PhD, is an International Professor of Plant Breeding at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Her research area is gender responsive crop breeding, gender training, participatory plant breeding, and gender responsive priority setting. She is Co-PI of the Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation project and Survey Division lead of the NextGen Cassava project.

Byron Villacís, is a PhD Candidate of Sociology and Demography at the University of California – Berkeley, USA, with interests in economic sociology, sociology of statistics, and methods of social statistics. He was the General Director of the National Institute of Statistics of Ecuador for five years. His research is focused on the impact of social indicators on families and emerging markets.

Martine Zandjanakou-Tachin, PhD holder and Associate Professor in Plant Molecular Pathology. She is the Director of the School of Doctorate in Agriculture and Water Sciences at the National University of Agriculture in Benin Republic. Dr Tachin works with farmers to ensure that farmers benefit using laboratory findings.