Are you a PhD student and interested in the politics of gender and sexual and reproductive rights? This 2-day Conference-format PhD course is for you. Taking place on 21- 22 March 2024 at the University of Bergen in Norway, it provides the opportunity to listen to and engage with experts in the field, present and […]
Date: Tuesday 21 August Time: 18:00-19:30 Place: Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Kalfaveien 31, Bergen Politics and law are major determinants of sexual and reproductive health, affecting the availability and quality of for sexual and reproductive health policies and services, including abortion care, as well as access to information and sex education. […]
Date: Tuesday 21 August Time: 11:30-12:30 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen What is driving the political attention to homosexuality or “gayism” (meaning any form of non-heteronormative sexual orientation and gender identity) in contemporary African politics? Why is the focus so strongly on criminal law as the means to guard against […]
Date: Monday 20 August Time: 12:30-13:30 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen The past year has seen surprising changes towards legalization of abortion in countries known for their strict abortion laws. Chile liberalized their ‘under-no-circumstances’ stance in August 2017; Ireland went to the polls on Friday 25 May to vote in […]
Time: 08:30 – 09:30. Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen This seminar places Norwegian abortion debates and policies in a Global Perspective. Women’s right to abortion is highly contested across the globe. At a national and international level, groups fight both for the right of women to decide – and against. In […]
Time: 08:30 – 09:30. Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen Panel: Jaha Dukureh (women’s right activist) in conversation with Vegard Vibe (UiB/LawTransform). Jaha Dukureh was subjected to female genital mutilation in Gambia when she was a little more than a week old. Becoming an activist she played a pivotal role in […]