FINAL PROGRAM
Second WAAD Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (October 23-27, 1998)
OBIOMA NNAEMEKA, Convenor/ Uzoamaka Maduka, Assistant
For
Dr. Nawal El Saadawi
Organizers
Sponsors
Planning Committee
Special Thanks
Goodwill Messages
Final Program in Brief
Final Program in Detail
Participants
Participating Countries
Participating Organization
ORGANIZERS
Association of African Women Scholars
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Women’s Studies Program, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Program in International Human Rights Law, Indiana University, IndianapolisSPONSORS
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolia
Arts Council of Indianapolis/Africa Celebration ‘98
African Studies Program, Indiana University, Bloomington
Women’s Studies Program, IUPUI
School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Dr. Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka
Dr. Regina Turner Barclay
Ms. Caterina Cregor Blitzer
Dr. Tanella Boni
Dr. York Bradshaw
Ms. Linda Bright
Ms. Marian Carpenter
Dr. Virginia DeLancey
Dr. Anne Donchin
Prof. George Edwards
Dr. Victor Egwu
Ms. Karen Hargett
Dr. Naana Banyiwa Horne
Dr. Barbara Jackson
Ms. Mashariki Jywanza
Ms. Uzoamaka Maduka
Dr. Michael C. Mbabuike
Dr. Emily Moore
Ms. Nwamaka Ndukwe
Mr. Phillip Ndukwe
Dr. Obioma Nnaemeka (Convenor)
Dr. Chimalum Nwankwo
Mr. Peter Obidiegwu
Ms. Sarah Obidiegwu
Ms. Obiageli Obikwelu
Dr. Chinyere Okafor
Prof. Julie Okpala
Ms. Paula Parker-Sawyers
Ms. Tristine Perkins
Ms. Gail Plater
Prof. Amanda Porterfield
Prof. Marguerite Shephard
Dr. Pamela Smith
Dr. Phyllis Stern
Ms. Jane Unsworth
Dr. Opportune Zongo
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SPECIAL THANKS TO
Her Excellency, Henriette Conté, First Lady of the Republic of Guinea
Mama Adokuwa-Asigble IV, Queen Mother of Tefle, N. C. C. E Member, Ghana
His Excellency Mohamed Aly Thiam, Ambassador of Guinea to the US, Brazil & Haiti
Noeline Jaotody, Minister of Population, Madagascar
Alice Razafinakanga, Minister of Civil Service, Madagascar
Henriette Rahantalalao, Minister of Health, Madagascar
Alice Tiendrébeogo, Le Ministre de la Promotion de la Femme, Burkina Faso
Congresswoman Julia Carson
John Hall, Deputy Mayor of Indianapolis
Gerald L. Bepko, Chancellor, IUPUI
Peg Brand, First Lady of Indiana University System
William Plater, Dean of Faculties, IUPUI
Herman Saatkamp, Jr., Dean, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Angela McBride, Dean of the School of Nursing, IUPUI
Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt
Miriam Langsam, Associate Dean, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Robert White, Associate Dean, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Clairette Joseph Rakoto, Director of Women’s Affairs, Madagascar
Juliette Randriamihamison, Director General of Women’s Affairs, Madagascar
Anne Donchin, Professor of philosophy, IUPUI
Michael Mbabuike, Professor of Humanities, Hostos College/CUNY
Julie Okapala, Professor of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Amanda Porterfield, Director, Women’s Studies Program, IUPUI
Tola Mosadomi, Professor of French, Tulane University, New Orleans
Joy Ezeilo, Coordinator, Women in Nigeria (Enugu State)
Pamela Smith, Professor of English, University of Omaha, Nebraska
Opportune Zongo, Professor of french, Bowling Green State University
Chinyere Okafor, Professor of English, University of Swaziland
Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka, Professor of Women's Studies/Theatre, University of Kansas
Naana Banyiwa Horne, Professor of English, Indiana University, Kokomo
Gail Plater, Assistant to the Dean/External Affairs, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Ike Nnaemeka, Indiana University, Bloomington
Uche Nnaemeka, Park Tudor School, Indianapolis
Amaka & Phillip Ndukwe, Dallas, Texas
Peter & Sarah Obidiegwu, The Presidency, Abuja, Nigeria
Sara Allaie, Associate Director/Services, International Affairs, IUPUI
Uzoamaka Maduka, Assistant to Conference Convenor
Obiageli & Obiora Obikwelu, Minnesota, Minneapolis
Jerry Obidiegwu, Beecham, Nigeria
Kerrie Kikendall, IUPUI Student
Harriet Rodenberg, University Place Hotel, IUPUI
Jane Unsworth/Karen Hargett, Secretaries, Women’s Studies, IUPUI
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
4 : 00 P. M. - 9 : 00 P. M. REGISTRATION
7 : 30 P. M. - 9 : 30 P. M. OPENING CEREMONY
Keynote: Women’s Health: Developing a Research Agenda,
Dr. Angela McBride, Distinguished Professor & University Dean, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
9 : 00 A. M. - 6 : 00 P. M. REGISTRATION
8 : 00 A. M. - 10 : 00 A. M. SESSION I
10 : 15 A. M. - 12 : 15 P. M. SESSION II
3 : 00 P. M. - 5 : 00 P. M. SESSION III
7 : 30 P. M. - MIDNIGHT DINNER/DANCE
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25
9 : 00 A. M. - 4 : 00 P. M. REGISTRATION
8 : 15 A. M. - 10 :15 P. M. SESSION IV
10 : 30 A .M. - 12 : 30 P. M. SESSION V
1 : 00 P. M. - 3 : 00 P. M. LUNCHEON
Keynote: Women, Religion, and Postmodernism, Nawal El Saadawi (Egypt), Physician, Writer, Leading Feminist Scholar/Activist
3 : 30 P. M. - 5 : 30 P. M. SESSION VI
7 : 30 P. M. - 10 : 00 P. M. PERFORMANCES/POETRY READING
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26
9 : 00 A. M. - 4 : 00 P. M. REGISTRATION
8 : 15 A. M. - 10 : 15 A. M. SESSION VII
10 : 30 A. M - 12 : 30 P.M. SESSION VIII
2 : 30 P. M. - 4 : 30 P. M. SESSION IX
7 : 30 P. M. - 10 : 00 P. M. PLENARY SESSION
Facing the New Millennium: Righting the Wrongs, Reclaiming Our Rights—Conversations on Health & Human Rights Issues Affecting Women of African Descent
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27
Tuesday, 7 : 30 A. M. - 9 : 30 A. M. SESSION X
Tuesday, 9 : 45 A. M. - NOON PLENARY SESSION
Town Meeting: Women, Africa/African Diaspora, and the Future of WAAD
CLOSING CEREMONY
PLANNING COMMITTEE
PARTICIPANTS
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
FRIDAY, 4:00 - 9:00 P. M.: REGISTRATION
FRIDAY, 7 : 30 P. M. - 9 : 30 P. M.: OPENING CEREMONY
Keynote: Women’s Health: Developing a Research Agenda, Dr. Angela McBride, Distinguished Professor & University Dean, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis
SATURDAY, 8 : 00 A. M. - 6 : 00 P. M.: REGISTRATION
SESSION I
SATURDAY, 8 : 00 A. M. - 10 : 00 A. M.
(I-I) Women Working for Change (Room 216)
Chair: Tobe Levin von Gleichen, University of Maryland European Division, USA & Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany
Grace Wambwa, AVSC International, USA, COPE: Quality Improvement and Women’s Reproductive Health
Mama Adokuwa-Asigble IV, Queen Mother of Tefle, N. C. C. E. Member, Ghana, The "Trokosi" System in Ghana: Origins and the Struggle for Transformation
Linda Anyaegbu, Bayero University, Nigeria, Nigerian Women and the Beijing Platform for Action
Tobe Levin von Gleichen, University of Maryland European Division, USA & Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany, Campaigning against Female Genital Mutilation: Initiatives from Germany
Discussant: Barbara Kalima, University of Zambia, Zambia
(I-II) The Contexture of Non Governmental Organizations (Room 232)
Chair: Joel Nicholson, San Francisco State University, USA
Eetiyah Baht-Israel, Hebrew Israelite Community of Jerusalem, USA, A Miracle in the Desert: The African-American Presence in Israel—"The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem"
Claudia Landini, Tam Tam Femme, Italy, Complexity of Cultural Exchange among Women
Aïcha Tamboura, RECIF/ONG, Burkina Faso, Femmes et Santé au Burkina Faso
Joel Nicholson, and Besem Obenson, San Francisco State University, USA, A Cameroon-based NGO Focusing on Women’s Rights and Issues
Discussant: Yvette Monga, Johns Hopkins University, USA
(I-III) Gendered Perspectives on HIV/AIDS (Room 236)
Chair: Davidson Umeh, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY, USA
Osei Darkwa, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Dorie Gilbert-Martinez, University of Texas at Austin, USA, AIDS among African and African American Women: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of the Underlying Structural, Cultural, and Biological Factors
Basilida Mutoro, Moi University, Kenya, The Impact of Gender Differentiation, Cultural, Social and Economic Factors in the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Kenya
Stella Babalola, Johns Hopkins University, USA, Poverty, Adolescence Sexuality, and the Shadow of AIDS: A Study of Young Motor Park Workers in Lagos, Nigeria
Davidson Umeh, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY, USA, HIV/AIDS in Africa: How Women Are Infected
Discussant: Francisca Omorodion, Women's Health and Research Center, Nigeria
(I-IV) Social Dimensions of Reproductive Health in Nigeria (Room 223)
Chair: Florence Asobie, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Chikezie Anyanwu, Grassroots Studies Network, Nigeria, Reproductive Health and Rights: The Case of Grassroots Women in Nigeria’s Middle Belt
George Alemnji, Projet Presica, Cameroon, Infertility in Nigeria: The Need for a Balanced Emphasis
Chike Emma-Agim, Lagos, Nigeria, The Relationship between Infertility and Divorce or Bigamy: Nigeria as a Case Study
Florence Asobie, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Explaining the Rate of Attendance at Antenatal Clinics by Women in Nigeria
Discussant: Ada Muotoe-Okafor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
(I-V) Workshop I—Women’s Health Advocacy in Nigeria: Women in Nigeria (WIN) Activities and Strategies for the 21st Century (Room 226)
Organizers: Joy Ezeilo, Edith Ejoh, Joy Ogbazi, Nkechi Mbanefo, Chidi Ogwuaku, Obiageli Obikwelu, Sarah Obidiegwu, Catherine Ogbuefi, Nwamaka Ndukwe, Florence Asobie
(I-VI) Workshop II: Building Bridges through Research and Training Collaborations (Room 102)
Organizer: Trude Bennett, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
SESSION II
SATURDAY, 10 : 15 A. M. - 12 : 15 P. M.
(II-I) Waging War and Making Peace: Women at the Center of Armed Conflicts (Room 102)
Chair: Julia Aker Duany, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA
Alice Hashim, University of Louisville, USA, Violence against Women: The Politics and Health Repercussions of Mass Rape and the Possibilities of International Legal Remedies
Simonne Ruff, York University, Canada, After the Crisis: Analyzing Conceptualizations of Health in a Kenyan Refugee Camp
Peter Hitchcock, Baruch College/CUNY, USA, The Discourse of Woman in the Algerian Crisis
Julia Aker Duany, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA, Making Peace: A Report on Grassroots Peace Efforts by Women in Southern Sudan
Discussant: Joy Ogbazi, University of Nigeria at Enugu, Nigeria
(II-II) Women in the Agricultural Sector: Health and Environmental Issues
(Room 223)
Chair: Charlotte Anokwa, Butler University, USA
Funmi Soetan, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, Poverty, Health, and the Environment: A Study of Female Farmers in Rural Southwestern Nigeria
Joseph Opefeyitimi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, Aspects of Human Rights and Health Issues in the Lives of Yoruba Women
Ngozi Ajuonu, Lagos, Nigeria, Agriculture in Nigeria: Women as Breadwinners and Implications for Women’s Health
Charlotte Anokwa, Butler University, USA, Women’s Participation in Practice: Lessons from an FAO Program
Discussant: Nkechi Mbanefoh, Univertsity of Nigeria, Nigeria
(II-III) Widowhood in Igboland: Women as Tools and Victims of Patriarchal Violence (Room 226)
Chair: Doris Egonu, University of Nigeria at Nsukka
Pat Okoye, Women in Development Network, Nigeria, Widowhood in Igboland: A Natural or Cultural Tragedy?
Ify Elebo, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, The Influence of Local Customs on the Health and Human Rights of Widows: A Case Study of Idemili South Local Government Area in Anambra State of Nigeria
Rosy Chukwu, Widows Organization International, Nigeria, Widowhood: A Debasement of Womanhood in Traditional African Society—A Case Study of the Igbo of Nigeria
Doris Egonu, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Challenging the Hidden Face of Oppression: Education as Antidote to Widowhood Practices in Igboland
Discussant: Ada Azodo, Indiana University Northwest, USA
(II-IV) African American Women and Health Policies in the US: Problem and Solutions (Room 236)
Chair: Patricia Goggans, University of Arizona, USA
Lisa Eckenwiler, Old Dominion University, and Lisa Boyd, University of Georgia, USA, Promoting Justice in Health Care for African-American Women: Storytelling, the "Moral Point of View" and Ideals of Democracy
Rae Banks, and Assata Zerai, Syracuse University, USA, A Crack Mother’s Nightmare: Public Discourse, Social Policy and Anti-Drug Laws Legitimating the Withdrawal of Resources from Poor Women of Color
Augustella Clay, Philadelphia, USA, New Millennium Strategies for "Silent" Maladies Affecting Women of African-American Descent
Discussant: Janie Canty-Mitchell, Indiana University at Indianapolis, USA
(II-V) Gender and Race Questions in the Body Politic (Room 232)
Chair: Julie Okpala, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria
Nancy Hunt, University of Michigan, USA, Natalisms, Privacies, and Body-Marking in Colonial Africa: A Comparative History
Naana Banyiwa Horne, Indiana University at Kokomo, USA, The Female Body Politic: Literary Inscriptions of Dis-Ease and Violence
Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka, University of Kansas, USA, The Price of the Prize: Changing Perspectives of Womanhood and the Body Beautiful
Julie Okpala, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Black Is Healthy: Awareness of Environmental Consequences of Lightening of Black Skin
Discussant: Pamela Smith, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
(II-VI) Workshop III—Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria: The Suffering, the Sorrow, the Set Back (Room 216)
Organizers: Women’s Issues Communication Services Agency, Nigeria (Joy Ashibuogwu, Mabel Otolorin, and Nkiru Onono)
SESSION III
SATURDAY, 3 : 00 P. M. - 5 : 00 P. M.
(III-I) Culture without Borders & the Law: Revisting Widowhood Practices
(Room 102)
Chair: Scholastica Obenson, Ngozi, Cameroon
Uche Ewelukwa, Harvard University, USA, Widows in Africa: Caught Between Tradition, The Courts and Survival
Naana Banyiwa Horne, Indiana University at Kokomo, USA, Widowhood: Consciously Scripted Erasures of Female Personhood
Catherine Ogbuefi and Jeremiah Obidiegwu, Women’s Issues Communication Services Agency, Nigeria, Land Rights and Economic Consequencies of Widowhood in Igboland
Helena Asamoah, University of Science & Technology-Kumasi, Ghana, Widowhood Practices among the Akan of Ghana: Yesterday and Today
Scholastica Obenson, Ngozi, Cameroon, Widowhood in Africa: Legal and Social Ramifications
Discussant: Chinyelu Ojukwu, University of Port Harcourt, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria
(III-II) Moving across Borders: Gender and Problems of Immigration (Room 226)
Chair: Catherine Raissiguier, University of Cincinnati, USA
Romanus Muoneke, University of St. Thomas, Houston, USA, Coming to America: Issues and Problems of Migrant Nigerian Women in America
Sergut Wolde-Yohannes, Boston University, USA, Perceived Health Care Barriers of Ethiopian and Somali Refugees Residing in the Greater Boston Area
Sarah Rial Abushaka, American University in Cairo, Egypt, Strengthening Displaced Women’s Educational Status with Regard to Population Issues in Dar Es Salaam-Jebel Aulia (Sudan)
Catherine Raissiguier, University of Cincinnati, USA, Women from the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa in France: Fighting for Health and Basic Human Rights
Discussant: Michael Mbabuike, Hostos College/CUNY, USA
(III-III) Holding up the Sky: Women in Cutting Edge Community Health Issues (Room 216)
Chair: Helen Nabasuta Mugambi, California State University at Fullerton, USA
Olufemi Kujore, University of Botswana, Botswana, Linking Nursing Education to Community and Community Programs in the Context of Primary Health Care in Nigeria
Violet Kanonuhwa, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, The Potential Impact of Successful Intervention: School-based HIV/AIDS Education Programs to Empower Children in Zimbabwe
Tereza Namazzi, St. Mary’s Maternity Nursing Home, Uganda, and Margaret Muwonge, Gaithersburg, USA, The Medicine Women: Contribution and Impact of Private Midwives in Rural Uganda
Michele Balamani, Baraka Pastoral Counselling Center, USA, Depression in Women of African Descent: A Community Health Issue
Discussant: Tola Olu Pearce, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
(III-IV) Combatting HIV/AIDS: The Community as Resource (Room 232)
Chair: Kisanga Gray, Florida International University, USA
Dorie Gilbert-Martinez, University of Texas at Austin, and Osei Darkwa, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, AIDS Prevention among African Women: The Role of Women’s Organizations, Traditional Rulers, and Traditional Healers in Creating a Comprehensive Community-based AIDS Education and Prevention Program
Anna Huston, and Janie Canty-Mitchell, Indiana University at Indianapolis, USA, Case Studies of AIDS and African-American Women: Strategies for Promoting Culturally Sensitive Care
Kisanga Gray, Florida International University, USA, Political Unrest and Health Projects in Africa: "Projet SIDA" in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Ex-Zaïre)
Discussant: Inez Sutton, British Institute in East Africa, Kenya
(III-V) Learning Our Way: Issues in Mentoring, Learning, and Achievement
(Room 223)
Chair: Jacqualyn Green, Green Terprizes, USA
Elsie Ogbonna-Ohuche, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Reach Language for Health and Human Rights of African Women: The Case of Nigerian Rural Women
Irene Nwachukwu, Federal Ministry of Education, Lagos, Nigeria, Women’s Knowledge Level and Their Exercise of Reproductive Rights in a Rural Igbo Community
Elizabeth Eke and Elsie Umeano, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Socio-cultural Expectations and Their Fulfilment: Potential Landmines in the Lives of Educated Igbo Women
Jacqualyn Green, Green Terprizes, USA, Persistence: The Success of African Students and the Challenge for African American Students in Higher Education
Discussant: Kate Webster, University of Chicago, USA
(III-VI) Mapping Sexuality and Difference (Room 236)
Chair: Elias Bongmba, Rice University, USA
Silvia Gurrola Bonilla, Nittedal, Norway, Women’s Sexuality in Mozambique: Tradition vs. Violation of Human, Reproductive, and Sexual Rights
Kathleen Wininger, University of Southern Maine, USA, Fictions and Spectacles: Neocolonial Images of African Women
Brenda Jones, Iowa State University, USA, ENIGMA: Explorations into the Psychological, Emotional, and Social Complexities of Difference
Elias Bongmba, Rice University, USA, Sexuality in Africa: Towards a Phenomenology of Eros—A Preliminary Investigation
Discussant: Peter Hitchcock, Baruch College/CUNY, USA
SATURDAY, 7 : 30 P. M. - MIDNIGHT
DINNER/DANCE
(The Ashanti Room, 1529 North Alabama Street, Indianapolis)
SUNDAY, 9 : 00 A. M. - 4 : 00 P. M.: REGISTRATION
SESSION IV
SUNDAY, 8 : 15 A. M. - 10 : 15 A. M.
(IV-I) Women’s Health and Widow’s Rites (Room 216)
Chair: Chima Korieh, University of Adelaide, Australia
Ada Azodo, Indiana University Northwest, USA, Widowhood in Urban Enugu: Issues in Women’s Psychological Well-being after Marriage
Davidson Umeh, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY, USA, Health Implications of Widowhood Practices in Africa
Ngozi Ojiakor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, Widowhood Rites and Rights in Anambra State: A Violation of Human Rights and an Affront on Women’s Health
Sarah Obidiegwu, Women in Nigeria, Nigeria, Widowhood in Anambra State: A Study in Human Rights and Psychological Health
Chima Korieh, University of Adelaide, Australia, Dependence and Autonomy: Widowhood, Gender, and Inheritance in Igbo Society
Discussant: Opportune Zongo, Bowling Green State University, USA
(IV-II) Information, Language & Technology: Issues in Women’s Health & Children’s Rights (Room 232)
Chair: Osei Darkwa, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Ngozi Igwegbe, Medgar Evers College/CUNY, USA, Information Technology: An Empowerment Asset for Urban Women in Africa and the Diaspora
Nneka Osakwe, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, and Ngozi Nwodo, University of Nigeria at Enugu, Nigeria, Creating Awareness about Children’s Rights: A Report on a Children’s Workshop in Nigeria
Joyce Abunaw, City University of New York, USA, Where Ignorance is Blisters: Information as Basis for the Social, Economic, and Political Health of the African Woman
Osei Darkwa, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Dorie Gilbert-Martinez, University of Texas at Austin, USA, Using Community Telecenters to Provide Access, Educate, and Promote the Health of Rural Women in Africa
Discussant: Olawale Albert, Women Research and Documentation Center, Nigeria
(IV-III) Reproductive Rights and the Law (Room 102)
Chair: Maryse Fontus, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, USA
Ebele Ene, University of Benin, Nigeria, Family Planning, Fertility Control and the Law in Nigeria: The Choices for a New Century
Loretta Feris, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, The Right to Reproductive Health in the South African Constitution: A Real Victory for Women?
Marie Eboh, Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Nigeria, African Women: Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Maryse Fontus, and Cynthia Eyakuze, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, USA, State of Reproductive Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
Discussant: Chikezie Anyanwu, Grassroots Studies Network, Nigeria
(IV-IV) Economic Pressures and the Rights of the Girl Child (Room 226)
Chair: Uche Ewelukwa, Harvard University, USA
Olawale Albert, Women’s Research and documentation Center (WORDOC), Nigeria, Violence against the Girl-Child in Nigeria: Some Urban Case Studies
Cheryl Smith, University of Durban-Westville, South Africa, The Adolescent Girl in Difficult Circumstances: Intervention Program at the Tennyson House Street Shelter for Girls
Oluyemisi Bamgbose, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Human Rights and Health Issues Arising from Street Trading among Yoruba Girls in Nigeria
Uche Ewelukwa, Harvard University, USA, The Girl Child in Africa, from Rhetoric to Action: Towards Economic Empowerment
Discussant: Joy Obika, Sole Administrator, Njikoka Local Government, Nigeria
(IV-V) Marriage, Stress, and Dis-Ease (Room 223)
Chair: Mona Phillips, Spelman College, USA
Uchenna Nzewi, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, and Ngozi Osisioma, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, Marital Stress: The Case of Nigerian Women
Prudence Nwobi, Staten Island, USA, Health and Social Stress: The Marital Adjustment among Anambra State Women of Nigeria
Janet Olusi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, Socio-econimic and Cultural Factors Perpetuating Violence against Women: The Case of Child Marriage in Nigeria
Mona Phillips, Spelman College, USA, "How about a Bubble Bath?’: African American Women’s Stress and Carrying around/Caring for African American Children and Men
Discussant: Rose Acholonu, Imo State University at Owerri, Nigeria
(IV-VI) Visions of Women’s Health in Africa (Room 236)
Chair: Emily Moore, Iowa State University, USA
Lola Laniyan, Grassroots Studies Network, Nigeria, Women’s Reproductive Health and the Question of Rights in Nigeria: A Pictorial Presentation
Joy Ogbazi, University of Nigeria at Enugu, Nigeria, Patterns of Intra Urban Differentials in Women’s Health in Enugu, Nigeria
A. Odebiyi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, Women’s Subordination and Implications for Women’s Health
Emily Moore, Iowa State University, USA, A Tithe: Asking Too Much of Life—Visions of Today and Realities of Tomorrow
Discussant: Brenda Jones, Iowa State University, USA
SESSION V
SUNDAY, 10 : 30 A.M.- 12 : 30 P. M.
(V-I) Female Circumcision as Site for Discourses on Human Rights (Room 102)
Chair: Elisabeth Bekers, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Corrine Packer, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, The Impact of the Human Rights Discourse on the Incidence of Female Circumcision
Guillaume Zounlome, Notre Dame University, USA, Women’s Rights: Towards the Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation in Africa
Somaya El Bashir El Tayeb, Babiker Badri Scientific Association for Women’s Studies, Sudan, Female Circumcision as Violation of Women’s Rights: Designing Educational Materials
Elisabeth Bekers, University of Antwerp, Belgium, Dissecting Women’s Bodies: Female Genital Surgery in Nawal El Saadawi’s Fiction
Discussant: Zeinab Eyega, RAINBO, USA
(V-II) Gender, Health, and Human Rights in East Africa (Room 226)
Chair: Jean Kamau, Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Kenya
Innez Sutton, British Institute in East Africa, Kenya, The Rhetoric of Prostitution and Venereal Disease in Colonial East Africa
Margaret Wagah, Kenyatta University, Kenya, Women’s Reproductive Health: A Human Rights Drama in Developing Countries—Reflections on Kenya
Carol Black, Purdue University, USA, Sociological and Cultural Factors Placing Rural Women at Risk for AIDS in Southern and East Africa
Jean Kamau, Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Kenya, Unveiling the Mask of Privacy, Protecting Survivors of Violence against Women
Discussant: Cynthia Eyakuzie, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, USA
(V-III) Women’s Education and Health: Culture and Religion as Impediments
(Room 232)
Chair: Mama Adokuwa-Asigble IV, Queen Mother of Tefle, N. C. C. E. Member, Ghana
Kate Webster, University of Chicago, USA, Socio-cultural Barriers to African Girls’ Education: Gender Discrimination and Sexual Violence in Kenya’s Secondary Schools
Adetokunbo Adeyeke-Abimbola, Lagos, Nigeria, The Influence of Culture, Custom, and Religion on the Education of Women in Nigeria
Felicia Akubue, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Status, Education, and Women’s Contributions in Africa
Michael Obinna, Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Nigeria, Women and Poverty of Language
Mama Adokuwa-Asigble IV, Queen Mother of Tefle, N. C. C. E. Member, Ghana, Liberating Enslaved Women from Local Traditional Religious Shrines
Discussant: Fatima Adamu, University of Bradford, UK
(V-IV) Circles of Power, Voices of Struggle and Resistance: Life Histories of Women of African Descent (Room 236)
Chair: Mary Kolawale, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Dolana Mogadime, University of Toronto, Canada, Racial Differential Experiences of Employment Equity for Women Teachers: One Teacher’s Narrative of Resistance and Struggle
Mary Kolawale, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, Human Rights as Women’s Right: Re-writing South African Black Women’s Biography
Margaret Muwonge, Gaithersburg, USA, and Tereza Namazzi, St. Mary’s Maternity Nursing Home, Uganda, Midwifery in Rural Uganda: One Woman’s March in Community Building—The Story of Tereza Namazzi
Discussant: Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis, Western Michigan University, USA
(V-V) Roundtable I—African Women’s Rights and the Politics of AIDS: Ethical Issues in AZT Trials on African Mothers (Room 223)
Moderator: Marya Plotkin, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Panelists: Mary Glenn Fowler, NIAID/NIH, USA
Marya Plotkin, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Joy Ezeilo, Women in Nigeria/University of Nigeria, Nigeria
(V-VI) Roundtable II—African Men on African Women: Perspectives on Gender Relations and Women’s Rights (Room 216)
Moderator: Chimalum Nwankwo, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, USA
Panelists: Ayo Opefeyitimi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Elias Bongmba, Rice University, USA
Michael Mbabuike, Hostos College/CUNY, USA
Chima Korieh, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Philip Ndukwe, Dallas, USA
Davison Umeh, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY, USA
Donald Egbujor, S & T Management & Consultant Services, Swaziland
Osei Darkwa, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Chikezie Anyanwu, Grassroots Studies Network, Nigeria
Romanus Moneke, University of St. Thomas, USA
Olawale Albert, Women’s Research and Documentation Center, Nigeria
LUNCHEON
SUNDAY, 1 : 00 P. M. - 3 : 00 P. M.
Keynote: Women, Religion, and Postmodernism, Dr. Nawal El Saadawi (Egypt)—Physician, Writer, Leading Feminist Activist/Scholar
SESSION VI
SUNDAY, 3 : 30 P. M. - 5 : 30 P. M.
(VI-I) Contextualizing Reproductive Health (Room 226)
Chair: Nkoli Ezumah, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria
Agnes Odejide, Development Policy Center, Nigeria, Poverty, Gender Equality, Reproductive Health and Rights of Rural Women in Nigeria: The Case for Women’s Empowerment
Kim Jaffee, State University of New York at Albany, USA, A Conceptual Analysis of Low Birth Weight among African Americans in New York City: The Role of Residential Segregation
Nkoli Ezumah, and Kate Oreh, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Socio-Cultural Factors Affecting the Reproductive Health of Women in Obukpa, Nigeria
Folasade Iyun, University of Louisville, USA, Impact of Environmental Factors and Mother’s Situation on Childhood Mortality Differentials in Nigerian Urban Centers: Implications for Community Health
Discussant:: Mary Kolawale, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
(VI-II) Educating Women for Development and Health Care in Nigeria (Room 223)
Chair: Elizabeth Okeke, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria
Uche Nzewi, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, The Impact of Education on Nigerian Women’s Decision Making on Reproductive Health
Dorothy Udoh, University of Benin, Nigeria, Population Education as an Effective Tool for Improving Women’s Status in Nigeria
Elsie Ogbonna-Ohuche, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Multi-lingualism and the Issue of Effective Communication in Ensuring Better Family Health Care for Nigerian Rural Women
Elizabeth Okeke, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, Female Education for Health Awareness: A Step Towards Achieving National Development in Nigeria
Discussant: Silvia Bonilla Gurrola, Health Alliance International, Norway
(VI-III) Health Policies and Research (Room 102)
Chair: Martha Banks, ABackans DCP, Inc., USA
Janet Olusi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, The Vital Nexus between Health Policies of African Governments and Women’s Economic Opportunities: Evidence from Nigeria
Joy Ezeilo, University of Nigeria at Enugu, Nigeria, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Adolescent Girls in Nigeria: A Case Study of Four Local Government Areas in Enugu State
Elaine Roach, Florida International University, USA, The Design and Implementation of a "Vitamin A" Prevention and Treatment Program in the Republic of Yemen
Martha Banks, and Rosalie Ackerman, ABackans DCP, Inc., USA, Medication Concerns for African American Women: Gaps in the Research
Discussant: Sarah Rial Abushaka, American University in Cairo, Egypt
(VI-IV) Surviving Ailing Economies & the Law: Women’s Health at Risk (Room 232)
Chair: Ngozi Ojiakor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
Jeanelle de Gruchy, and Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven, Cape Town, South Africa, Apartheid, Patriarchy, and Scientific Discourse: Women, Health, and Human Rights in South Africa
Shahnaaz Suffla, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, Experiences of Induced Abortion among a Group of Black South African Women
Nnenna Oke, Abia State Polytechnic, Nigeria, Economic Depression and Igbo Panegyric Ethos
Ngozi Ojiakor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, Women under Structural Adjustment
Program: A Study of the Socio-economic and Health Implications on Women in Igboland
Discussant: Dolana Mogadime, University of Toronto, Canada
(VI-V) Widowhood in Africa: Theoretical and Cultural Issues in Women’s Rights (Room 216)
Chair: Ada Azodo, Indiana University Northwest, USA
Pat Okoye, Women in Development Network, Nigeria, Violation of Rights and Violence against Women: The Case of Widowhood Practices
Pinkie Mekgwe, and Rudith King, University of Sussex, UK, Diseased Cultures: Food, Womanhood, and Widowhood
Chinyelu Ojukwu, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, The Economic and Social Dimensions of Widowhood in Africa: A Critique
Ada Azodo, Indiana University Northwest, USA, After Marriage: Towards a Theory of Widowhood in Africa
Discussant: Helena Asamoah, University of Science & Technology-Kumasi, Ghana
(VI-VI) Writing Race, Gender, and the Diaspora: Conversations with Women Writers of African Descent (Room 236)
Sandra Jackson’opoku (USA), author of the award-winning novel, The River Where Blood Is Born, Chinyere Okafor (Nigeria), and Sekai Nzenza Shand (Zimbabwe)
SUNDAY, 7 : 30 P. M. - 10 : 00 P. M.
Performances
(VI-VII) Poetry Reading: Poetic Visions of Struggle, Strength, and Survival
(Lecture Hall–LE 100)
Moderator: Obioma Nnaemeka, Indiana University at Indianapolis, USA
Michael Mbabuike, Hostos College/CUNY, USA
Tanella Boni, Université d’Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Sekai Shand, World Vision Australia, Australia
Chimalum Nwankwo, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, USA
Fehintola Mosadomi, Tulane University, USA
Naana Banyiwa Horne, Indiana University at Kokomo, USA
Tawaina Hollis, Indiana University at Indianapolis, USA
Niama Williams, Temple University, USA
Chinyere Okafor, University of Swaziland, Swaziland
Fatou Sow, Dakar, Senegal
Donald Egbujor, S & T Management & Consultant Services, Mbabane, Swaziland
Kyama Kabadaki, Ball State University, USA
Pinkie Megkwe, University of Sussex, UK
MONDAY, 9 : 00 A. M. - 4 : 00 P. M.: REGISTRATION
SESSION VII
MONDAY, 8 : 15 A. M. - 10 : 15 A. M.
(VII-I) Religion, Spirituality, and Dimensions of Women’s Health & Rights (Room 236)
Chair: Sabine Jell-Bahlsen, Ogbuide Films, USA
Fatima Adamu, University of Bradford, UK & Usman Dan Fodiyo University, Nigeria, Household Bargaining and Women’s Health in Hausa Muslim Society of Northern Nigeria
Janie Canty-Mitchell, Indiana University at Indianapolis, USA, Spiritual, Cultural, and Religious Contexts of 19th Century African-American Writers: Parallels with African-American Women in the 20th Century
Margaret Umeagudosu, Raw Materials Research and Development Council, Nigeria, Women and Human Rights: Socio-cultural, Religious, Economic, and Political Manifestations in Nigeria
Sabine Jell-Bahlsen, Ogbuide Films, USA, Health and African Spirituality
Discussant: Romanus Muoneke, University of St. Thomas, Houston, USA
(VII-II) Building Bridges of Power: Women at the Grassroots (Room 226)
Chair: Cynthia Ellis, Belize Rural Women’s Association, Belize
Sheila Richardson, Northwestern University, USA, Performance, Activism, and Sisterhood: The Belize Rural Women’s Association’s Child Abuse Project in Drama
Chishamiso Rowley, University of Pittsburgh, USA, Working Together: The Role of Status Perceptions in Influencing Cooperation between Women Health Care Providers in Zimbabwe
Ange-Marie Hancock, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, Overcoming Willful Blindness: Building Egalitarian Multicultural Women’s Coalition
Cynthia Ellis and Anna Avila, Belize Rural Women’s Association, Belize, Caribbean Sisters Reaching across the Diaspora
Discussant: Shahnaaz Suffla, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(VII-III) Cultural Dimensions of Women’s Rights and Health (Room 102)
Chair: Philomena Okeke-Ihejirika, University of Alberta, Canada
Ngozi Igwegbe, Medgar Evers College/CUNY, USA, Reflections on the Patriarchal Institution and Its Effect on Igbo Women of Southeastern Nigeria
Barbara Kalima, University of Zambia, Zambia, Women and Reproductive Health Rights in Zambia
Dara Seybold, Pottstown, PA, USA, Shaking the Pot: Food Beliefs and Nutritional Health among Wolof Women Farmers of Weynde, Senegal
Grace Kyomuhendo, Makerere University, Uganda, Women’s Right to Health Care: Social and Cultural Dimensions
Philomena Okeke-Ihejirika, University of Alberta, Canada, Women’s Rights as Human Rights: Reconfiguring "Tradition" in Contemporary African States
Discussant: Ugo Nwokeji, University of Toronto, Canada
(VII-IV) Film Screening (Room 223)
(VII-V) Roundtable IV—Widowhood in Africa: Envisioning Solutions and Mapping Strategies for the New Millennium (Room 216)
Moderator: Obioma Nnaemeka, Indiana University at Indianapolis, USA
Panelists: Chima Korieh, University of Adelaide, Australia
Rosy Chukwu, Widows Organization International, Nigeria
Uche Ewelukwa, Harvard University, USA
Doris Egonu, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria
Helena Asamoah, University of Science & Technology at Kumasi, Ghana
Pat Okoye, Women in Development Network, Nigeria
Scholastica Obenson, Ngozi, Cameroon
Ada Azodo, Indiana University Northeast, USA
(VII-VI) Workshop IV: Neuropsychological Concerns after Violence for African American Women (Room 232)
Organizers: Martha Banks and Rosalie Ackerman, ABackans DPC, Inc., Uniontown, USA
SESSION VIII
MONDAY, 10 : 30 A. M.- 12 : 30 P. M.
(VIII-I) Domestic Violence and the Law in Rural and Urban Contexts (Room 216)
Chair: Lola Ifaturoti, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Delia Olufokunbi, University of South Florida, USA, The Experience of Domestic Violence among Low-income African American Women: Health and Mental Health Correlates
Ply Khusi, University of Venda, South Africa, Gender Roles on Abuse of Rural Vhavenda Women: Implications for Nursing Education in South Africa
Mojisola Tiamiyu, University of Toledo, USA, Wife Battering amongst Workers in a Nigerian University: Prevalence, Nature, and Rights of Women
Lola Ifaturoti, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, A Cry for Help: Women, Domestic Violence and the Law in Nigeria
Discussant: Alice Hashim, University of Louisville, USA
(VIII-II) Polygamy, Prostitution, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Shifting Cultural Contexts in Changing Times (Room 232)
Chair: Ann Loux, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, USA
Adeline Apena, Sage Colleges, USA, Implications of Polygyny on Nigerian Women’s Health
Jacqueline Mosley, Tulane University, USA, Through the Lens of Female Circumcision: A Conceptual Approach to the Systemic Marginalization of Female Health
Francisca Omorodion, Women’s Health and Action Center, Nigeria, The Socio-cultural Context of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Benin City, Nigeria
Ann Loux, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, USA, From Polygamy to Prostitution: Why Young Women in Cameroon Fear the Future
Discussant: Dora Akunyili, Petroleum Trust Fund, Nigeria
(VIII-III) Imprison and Punish: Women of African Descent, Criminal Justice, and Human Rights (Room 223)
Chair: Pamela Wrenn, Men and Women in Prison Ministries, USA
Sekai Nzenza Shand, World Vision Australia, Australia, Take Me Back to the Village: African Women and the Dynamics of Health and Human Rights in Zimbabwe and Tanzania
Gertrude Fester, University of Cape Town, South Africa, The Spirit Cannot Be Caged: Women, Madness, and Mental Health
Ugo Nwokeji, University of Toronto, Canada, African Conceptions of Gender and the Slave Traffic
Doris Green, and Pamela Wrenn, Men and Women in Prison Ministries, USA, Incarcerated Women of the African Diaspora: How Have Our Queens Fallen?
Discussant: Ify Elebo, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
(VIII-IV) New Perspectives on Development: The Role of the Arts (Room 236)
Chair: Joyce Hope Scott, Wheelock College, USA
Clara Menakaya, University of Benin, Nigeria, Women, the Arts, and Human Survival
Niama Leslie Williams, Temple University, USA, What Do We Talk to Our Daughters about?: Passing on Wisdom, Love, and Mental Health via the Arts
Women’s Issues Communication Services Agency (WICSA), Nigeria, Mobilizing for Change: The Role of the Visual Arts in Promoting the Work of NGOs—The WISCA Experience
Joyce Hope Scott, USA, Using Theater to Promote Women’s Health in Burkina Faso
Discussant: Joyce Abunaw, City University of New York, USA
(VIII-V) Tradition, Marriage & Politics: Revisioning Women’s Rights & Health (Room 226)
Chair: Helen Chukwuma, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria
Chinyere Ojide, Abia State Newspaper and Publishing Company, Nigeria, Marriage: Ordeals of Aspiring Wives
Rose Acholonu, Imo State University at Owerri, Nigeria, Women in the African Novel and the Quest for Human Rights
Taiwo Makinde, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, The Military, Women, and Politics: Nigeria after Independence
Helen Chukwuma, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, Marital Stress and Female Health in Literature by Selected African Women Writers
Discussant: Chioma Opara, Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Nigeria
(VIII-VI) Workshop V: Reproductive Rights for African Women—Strategies for Program Development (Room 102)
Organizers: Zeinab Eyega, RAINBO, USA and Bertrade Mbom, Lehman College/CUNY, USA
SESSION IX
MONDAY, 2 : 30 P. M. - 4 : 30 P. M.
(IX-I) Human Rights and Women’s Health in African Literature (Room 216)
Chair: Chinyere Okafor, University of Swaziland, Swaziland
Elizabeth Nwachukwu, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, Silent Martyrdom: The Predicament of Women in Ezekiel Mphalele’s Down Second Avenue, Alex la Guma’s A Walk in the Night, and Peter Abraham’s Mine Boy
Tola Mosadomi, Tulane University, USA, Marriage, Women, and Tradition in Francophone African Plays: Guillaume Oyono Mbia’s Three Husbands and a Suitor
Chioma Opara, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria, Hunted, Haunted, and Handicapped: The Disabled Women in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross
Chinyere Okafor, University of Swaziland, Swaziland, Off-Loading Paradigms as Antidote for Women’s Subordination: Study of Selected Southern African Texts
Discussant: Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka, University of Kansas, USA
(IX-II) Gender, Race & Human Rights Factors in Psychological & Mental Health
(Room 226)
Chair: Kyama Kabadaki, Ball State University, USA
Anna Strebel and Nokuthula Msomi, University of Western Cape, South Africa, Gender, Race, and Diagnosis: A Profile of Public Psychiatric Hospitals in the Western Cape, South Africa
Onyedinma Mogbo, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Assertive Training and Human Rights for the African Woman: A Clinical Psychology Perspective
Yvonne Braun, University of California at Irvine, USA, Lesotho’s White Gold: the Gendered Effects of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Kyama Kabadaki, Ball State University, USA, Mental Health Services for Women in Uganda
Discussant: Denise Hayes, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA
(IX-III) Roundtable IV—Human Rights and the International Community: The United Nations as Platform for Action (Room 236)
Moderator: George Edwards, Indiana University at Indianapolis, USA
Panelists: Uche Ewelukwa, Harvard Univarsity, USA
Sekai Nzenza Shand, World Vision, Australia
Joy Ezeilo, University of Nigeria at Enugu, Nigeria
Tobe Levin von Gleichen, Univ. of Maryland, USA & W-Goethe Univ., Germany
Linda Anyaegbu, Bayero University, Nigeria
Corrine Packer, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
George Edwards, Indiana University at Indianapolis, USA
(IX-IV) Conflicts in Feminisms, Sexual Violence, and the Law (Room 232)
Chair: Rosalie Ackerman, ABackans DCP, Inc., USA
Joyce Lisbin, University of New Mexico, USA, Prevention of Nonconsensual Sex
Hannah Carew, Moi University, Kenya, Intra-personal Conflicts and the Health of Contemporary African Women and Girls
Gertrude Fester, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Fragments of Feminisms—Fact or Fiction?: Grassroots Women’s Organizations in South Africa and Culture of Human Rights for Women
Fatoumata Boly, Supreme Court-Bamako, Mali, Droit et coutume au Mali
Rosalie Ackerman, and Martha Banks, ABackans DCP, Inc., USA, Assessment and Treatment for Victims of Sexual Physical Violence: Women and Unacknowledged Head Injuries
Discussant: Loretta Feris, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
(IX-V) Worshop VI: Traditional Medicine and Healing (Room 102)
Organizers: Julie Okpala, Florence Asobie, Chidi Ogwuaku, Bertha Obi, Joy Ezeilo, Nkechi Mbanefo, Doris Egonu, Teresa Namazzi, Dora Akunyili, Cynthia Ellis, Anna Avila, and Sabine Jell-Bahlsen
(IX-VI) Roundtable III—Gender, Health, and Human Rights in Francophone Africa (Room 223)
Moderator: Opportune Zongo, Bowling Green State University, USA
Panelists: H. E. Henriette Conté, First Lady of the Republic of Guinea
H. E. Mohamed Aly Thiam, Ambassdor of Guinea to the US, Brazil & Haiti
Henriette Rahantalalao, Minister of Health, Madagascar
Alice Tiendrébeogo, Le Ministre de la Promotion de la Femme, Burkina Faso
Noeline Jaotody, Minister of Population, Madagascar
Alice Razafinakanga, Minister of the Civil Service, Madagascar
Fatoumata Boly, Supreme Court, Mali
Yvette Monga, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Juliette Randriamihamison, Director General of Women’s Affairs, Madagascar
Nafissatou Sidibe-Diop, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Clairette Joseph Rakoto, Director of Women’s Affairs
MONDAY, 7 : 30 P. M. - 10 : 00 P. M.
(IX-VII) PLENARY SESSION: Facing the New Millennium: Righting the Wrongs, Reclaiming Our Rights—Conversations on Health & Human Rights Issues for Women of African Descent (Lecture Hall—LE 100)
Moderators: Helen Chukwuma, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria
Kathleen Geathers, Cleveland, USA
Panelists: Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt
Hlengiwe Mkhize, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africa
Martha Banks, ABackans DCP, USA
Maryse Fontus, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, USA
Emily Moore, Iowa State University, USA
Joy Ezeilo, Women in Nigeria, Nigeria
Lesley Huff, Cleveland, USA
Jeanelle de Gruchy, The Health & Human Rights Project, South Africa
Jean Kamau, Federation of Women Lawyers, Kenya
Juliet Seguya, Equator Women’s Development Society, Uganda
Mama Adokuwa-Asigble IV, Queen Mother of Tefle, N. C. C. E. Member, Ghana
Corinne Packer, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sekai Shand, World Vision Australia, Australia
Cynthia Ellis, Belize Rural Women’s Association, Belize
SESSION X
TUESDAY, 7 : 30 A. M. - 9 : 30 A. M.
(X-I) Women and Work: The Future of the Family and Women’s Health
(Room 232)
Chair: Michael Mbabuike, Hostos College/CUNY, USA
Joseph Opefeyitimi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, Gender and Health: Insights from the Exclusive Occupations of Yoruba Women
Felicia Abaronye, National Museum-Benin City, Nigeria, Perceiving Women’s Property rights in Ibibio Society (1900-1983): Historical and Legal Perspectives
Ada Azodo, Indiana University Northwest, USA, After Marriage: Towards a Theory of Widowhood in Africa
Alice Ndu, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, Making It to the Top: A Health Hazard for Nigerian Women?
Anthonia Uzuegbnam, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Women and Management of Menopause Crisis: Igbo Women Example in Nigeria
Veronica Okeke, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Wife’s Employment and Family Health
Discussant: Chinelo Ezekwem-Nwankwu, Women in Nigeria, Nigeria
(X-II) Female Circumcision: Local Realities/International Contexts (Room 226)
Chair: Michelle Toering, Princeton University, USA
Kadidia Sidibé Aoudou , Association Malienne pour le Suivi et l’Orientation des Pratiques Traditionnelles (AMSOPT), Mali, Exposé sur les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF)
Okwuchi Obiefuna, Lagos Business School, Nigeria, Female Genital Mutilation in Africa: Past and Present Realities & Future Implications
Adenike Olaogun, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, The Psychosexual Implications of Female Genital Mutilation on Urhobo Women
Michelle Toering, Princeton University, USA, Traditional Practice vs. Human Rights: Female Circumcision and the International Community
Discussant: Stella Babalola, Johns Hopkins University, USA
(X-III) Women’s Work: Implications for Women’s Health and Rights
(Room 236)
Chair: Ngozi Egbue, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
Nkechi Mbanefo, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria, Adoption of Improved Palm Oil Processing technology by Nigerian Rural Women: Any Health Implications?
Carolyn Behrman, University of Akron, USA, Swazi Peri-Urban Working Women and Health
Maureen Ezeani, Enugu, Nigeria, Effects of Work and Leisure on Women’s Health: A Case Study of Lysoka Women of Southwestern Cameroon
Ngozi Egbue, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, Women’s Work and Its Implications for Human rights and Health
Discussant: Uzo Ezeunala, CTA, The Netherlands
(X-IV) Workshop VII: African-American Women as Models and Sources of Empowerment in Reducing the Risks Associated with Chronic Heart Disease in our Families and Communities (102)
Organizers: Patricia Goggans, University of Arizona, and Denise Hayes, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA
(X-V) Annual Meeting of the Association of African Women Scholars (Room 216)
(X-VI) Film Screening (Room 223)
TUESDAY, 9 : 45 A. M. - NOON
(XI) Town Meeting: Women, Africa/African Diaspora and the Future of WAAD Conference (Auditorium)
Moderators: Julie Okpala, University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Nigeria
Helena Asamoah, University of Science and Technology, Ghana
CLOSING CEREMONY
Felicia Abaraonye (X-I)
Joyce Abunaw (IV-II, VIII-IV)
Sarah Abushaka (III-II, VI-III)
Rose Acholonu (IV-V, VIII-V)
Florence Achonu
Rosalie Ackerman (VI-III, VII-VI, IX-IV)
Fatima Adamu (V-III, VII-I)
Adetokunbo Adekeye-Abimbola (V-III)
Mama Adokuwa-Asigble (I-I, V-III, IX-VII)
Ebele Agada
Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka (II-V, IX-I)
Ngozi Ajuonu (II-II)
Margaret Akinsuyi
Felicia Akubue (V-III)
Dora Akunyili (VIII-II, IX-V)
Olawale Albert (IV-IV, V-VI, IV-II)
George Alemnji (I-IV)
Charlotte Anokwa (II-II)
Linda Anyaegbu (I-I, VII-V)
Chikezie Anyanwu (I-IV, IV-III, V-VI)
Sidibé Aoudou (X-II)
Adeline Apena (VIII-II)
Helena Asamoah (III-I, VI-V, IX-III, X-VI)
Joy Ashibuogwu (II-VI, VIII-IV)
Florence Asobie (I-IV, VII-VI, IX-V)
Anna Avila (VII-II, IX-VII)
Ada Azodo (II-III, IV-I, VI-V, IX-III)
Stella Babalola (I-III, X-II)
Eetiyah Baht-Israel (I-II)
Michele Balamani (III-III)
Kerstin Bällgren
Oluyemisi Bamgbose (IV-IV)
Martha Banks (VI-III, VII-VI, IX-VII, X-IV)
Rae Banks (II-IV)
Joanne Banks-Wallace
Alice Bassey
Carolyn Behrman (X-III)
Elisabeth Bekers (V-I)
Trude Bennett (I-VI)
Carol Black (V-II)
Lisa Bohmer
Fatoumata Boly (IX-IV)
Elias Bongmba (III-VI, V-VI)
Tanella Boni (VI-VII)
Silvia Bonilla Gurolla (III- VI, VI-II)
Romy Borooah
Lisa Boyd (II-IV)
Yar Bratcher
Yvonne Braun (IX-II)
Vanessa Brown Allen
Janie Canty-Mitchell (II-IV, III-IV, VII-I)
Hannah Carew (IX-IV)
Rosy Chukwu (II-III, IX-III)
Helen Chukwuma (VIII-V, IX-VII)
Augustella Clay (II-IV)
Henriette Conté
Osei Darkwa (I-III, III-IV, IV-II, V-VI)
Blessing Diala
Pamela Donald-Riddick
Julia Duany (II-I)
Jane During
Florence Duru
Marie Eboh (IV-III)
Lisa Eckenwiler (II-IV)
George Edwards (VII-V)
Ngozi Egbue (X-III)
Donald Egbujor (V-VI, VI-VII)
Doris Egonu (II-III, VII-V, IX-V)
Edith Ejoh (I-V)
Elizabeth Eke (III-V)
Arlene Elder
Amy Elder
Ifeoma Elebo (II-III, VIII-III)
Cynthia Ellis (VII-II, IX-VII)
Chike Emma-Agim (I-IV)
Ebele Ene (IV-III)
Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis (V-IV)
Uche Ewelukwa (III-I, IV-IV, VII-V, IX-III)
Cynthia Eyakuze (IV-III, V-II)
Zeinab Eyega (V-I, VIII-VI)
Maureen Ezeani
Joy Ezeilo (I-V, V-V, VI-III, VII-VI, IX-VII)
Chinelo Ezekwem-Nwankwu (X-I)
Uzo Ezeunala (X-III)
Nkoli Ezuma (VI-I)
Bode-Law Faleyimu
Loretta Feris (IV-III, IX-IV)
Gertrude Fester (VIII-III, IX-IV)
Maryse Fontus (IV-III, IX-VII)
Mary Fowler (V-V)
Kathleen Geathers (IX-VII)
Dorie Gilbert-Martinez (I-III, III-IV, IV-II)
Galina Gittens
Patricia Goggans (II-IV, VII-IV)
Kisanga Gray (III-IV)
Jacqualyn Green (III-V)
Doris Green (VIII-III)
Jeanelle Gruchy de (VI-IV, IX-VII)
Asma Halim
Sako Hamidé
Ange-Marie Hancock (VII-II)
Alice Hashim (II-I, VIII-I)
Denise Hayes (IX-II)
Patricia Hill Collins
Peter Hitchcock (II-I, III-VI)
Dee Holliday
Tawaina Hollis (VI-VII)
Naana Horne Banyiwa (II-V, VI-VII, III-I)
Lady June Hubbard
Lesley Huff (IX-VII)
Nancy Hunt (II-V)
Anna Huston (III-IV)
Ngozi Ibezim
Titilola Ifaturoti (VIII-I)
Onyeka Ifi
Ngozi Igwegbe (IV-II, VII-III)
Folasade Iyun (VI-I)
Kim Jaffee (VI-I)
Noeline Jaotody (IX-VI)
Sabine Jell-Bahlsen (VII-I, IX-V)
Norma Jenckes
Brenda Jones (III-VI, IV-VI)
Kyama Kabadaki (VI-VII, IX-II)
Barbara Kalima (I-I, VII-III)
Jean Kamau (V-II, IX-VII)
Violet Kanouhwa (III-III)
Chinye Keshi
Ply Khusi (VIII-I)
Rudith King (VI-V)
Mary Kolawale (V-IV, VI-I)
Chioma Konyeshi
Chima Korieh (IV-I, V-VI, IX-III)
Olufemi Kujore (III-III)
Grace Kyomuhendo (VII-III)
Claudia Landini (I-II)
Mary Lania
Lola Laniyan (IV-VI)
Tobe Levin von Gleichen (I-I, VII-V)
Joyce Lisbin (IX-IV)
Ann Loux (VIII-II)
Uzoamaka Maduka
Taiwo Makinde (VIII-V)
Maureen Malowany
Ntombifikile Mazibuko
Michael Mbabuike (III-II, V-VI, VI-VII, X-I)
Chioma Mbadiwe
Nkechi Mbanefoh (I-V, II-II, X-IV)
Bertrade Mbom (VIII-VI)
Shannell McGoy
Pinkie Mekgwe (VI-V, VI-VII)
Clara Menakaya (VIII-IV)
Hlengiwe Mkhize (IX-VII)
Dolana Mogadime (V-IV, VI-IV)
Onyedinma Mogbo (I-III, IX-II)
Yvette Monga (I-II, IX-VI)
Emily Moore (IV-VI, IX-VII)
Tola Mosadomi (VI-VII, IX-I)
Kushatha Mosieyane
Jacqueline Mosley (VIII-II)
Nokuthula Msomi (IX-II)
Helen Mugambi (III-III)
Romanus Muoneke (III-II, V-VI, VII-I)
Ada Muotoe-Okafor (I-IV)
Basilida Mutoro (I-III)
Margaret Muwonge (III-III, V-IV)
Esther Mwaikambo
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