Challenges to Gender Equality, Public Health and Human Rights in the Trump Era: Critical issues for development

Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 13:30
TRISS seminar room, Room C6.002, 6th Floor, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin

In recognition of International Women's Day (March 8th), the Gender Study Group of the Development Studies Association of Ireland, in collaboration with MUSSI (Maynooth University Social Science Institute) and the Centre for Global Women's Studies (NUI Galway), and with the support of the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI), is hosting this free event which is open to all to attend.

Speakers:
 
Dr. Su-ming Khoo, School of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway
Dr. Greg Martin, Department of Public Health, Dublin
 
Chair: 
Dr. Stacey Scriver, Global Women's Studies, NUI Galway
 
Bios:
Dr Greg Martin is a medical doctor with a Masters in Public Health and an MBA and is currently working for the Department of Public Health in Dublin. Dr Martin is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Globalization and Health and hosts a Global Health YouTube channel. He also sits on the Board of Trustees of a number of health related NGOs. Dr Martin has worked in leadership roles in the global health space including working as the Head of Science and Research at the World Cancer Research Fund and as the Director of Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission at the Clinton Health Access Initiative. 
 
Dr. Su-ming Khoo is a Lecturer in the School of Political Science and Sociology at NUI Galway and a member of the Gender Advanced Research Consortium. Her research, teaching and publications are focused on human rights, public goods, development alternatives; human development and capability approaches, alternative economics, consumer activism, higher education, internationalization and public scholarship.https://nuigalway.academia.edu/SumingKhoo
 
For further information, and to confirm your attendance, please contact Stacey Scriver at stacey.scriver@nuigalway.ie.
 
This event will also be accessible via live web-stream. Details will be provided via the Gender Study Group webpage at http://www.dsaireland.org/about/study-group-clusters/gender-study-group.html shortly.
 
The Gender Study Group of the Development Studies Association Ireland is coconvened by Stacey Scriver and G. Honor Fagan.