Conflict Minerals, Gender and (In)Security in Africa’s Great Lakes Region: The Limitations of the Sexual Violence Paradigm

Mar 4, 2015 | Institute of African Studies, Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
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This discussion with Joanne Lebert on gender-based violence in the context of conflict minerals will be held from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM in room 433 of Paterson Hall at Carleton University. Prior to joining PAC in 2011, Joanne Lebert was based at the University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre, where she developed and supported research and policy advocacy related to gender-based sexual violence in conflict settings in Africa, and examined its intersections with the extractive industries. She was also Deputy Director at the Canadian NGO, Peacebuild, where she worked to strengthen Canadian foreign policy options and practice. Previously, she carried out anthropological fieldwork for her doctoral studies in Namibia and Angola and was a Visiting Fellow in Refugee Studies at the University of Oxford. She has lectured at Carleton University and worked for the OSCE in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, Amnesty International and CARE International-Zambia.