Webinar: Gender, ethnicity and violence in Kenya’s transitions to democracy: Mapping shifts and continuities

Join us for a webinar featuring Professor Lyn Ossome, author of “Gender, Ethnicity and Violence in Kenya’s Transitions to Democracy: States of Violence” (2018). Professor Ossome’s meticulous analysis of Kenya’s transition into multi-party democracy explores the complex relationship between gender and ethnicity that is often overlooked in analyses of political violence in Kenya. She argues that the main mechanism through which ethnicity has remained a dominant form of political mobilisation is through its mapping onto the bodies of women.

In this webinar, Professor Lyn Ossome will be reflecting on her ground-breaking book – within the context of the continued manifestation of gendered electoral violence in Kenya. The webinar will also examine the factors driving these trends, and discuss how governments and policymakers can adapt to these shifts, drawing lessons from Kenya’s experience.

This webinar is the fourth of a series and part of a new research project at The Nordic Africa Institute entitled ‘Making Politics Safer – Gendered Violence and Electoral Temporalities’ External link. with a focus on Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe looking into the local manifestations in these contexts. The project explores the intersectional perspectives on gendered violence against women in local politics and how African realities speak back to broader debates on this topic.

Speaker:

• Lyn Ossome, Associate Professor and Director, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University & President, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).

Discussants:

• Shingirai Mtero, Postdoctoral researcher, Nordic Africa Institute.
• Caroline Gaita, Executive director, Mzalendo Trust.

Welcome remarks:

• Therése Sjömander Magnusson, Director of the Nordic Africa Institute.

Moderator:

• Diana Højlund Madsen, Senior researcher, Nordic Africa Institute.

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