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Representatives of Austrian Development Agency visited Women's Studies Center at IUG

A delegation from the Austrian Development Agency has visited the Women's Studies Center, a unit of the Islamic University of Gaza, which is one of the outcomes of the APPEAR project SHE-GE. The purpose of the visit was to better understand the needs and current efforts with regard to gender equality and women empowerment in Gaza.

1 min lesen · 01. Oktober 2019
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Fostering a network of women researchers in water research and policy for Africa

PhD candidate at BOKU Sonnia Nzilani Musyoka attended the "Water First! Workshop for African Women in Water Research and Policy”, that took place on 8-10 September 2019 in Accra, Ghana.

2 min lesen · 27. September 2019
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APPEAR event on water, energy and food security in East Africa | 26th of September

APPEAR in practice_13: Water, energy and food security in East Africa. Insights into integrated natural resource management with examples from Kenya and Uganda.

3 min lesen · 17. September 2019
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Promoting a young researcher to participate in the Organic Leadership Course

Margarit Tigranyan, a young staff member at the Armenian National Agricultural University, was selected to take part in a leadership course in organic farming.

3 min lesen · 13. September 2019
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Four APPEAR scholars participating at Summer School in Georgia

“Working in an interdisciplinary, multicultural, and friendly environment was exciting and good opportunity to learn from each other” highlights one of the summer school participants.

3 min lesen · 10. September 2019
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Participation at the Oxford Women’s Leadership Symposium

APPEAR scholarship holder Elshaday Woldeyesus presented part of her doctoral research at the Oxford Women’s Leadership Symposium.

2 min lesen · 03. September 2019
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Award of International Travel Scholarship

APPEAR scholar Benard Mucholwa Simiyu was awarded the 2019 International Travel Scholarship by International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR).

3 min lesen · 03. September 2019
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Symposium: Inclusion in Education for Persons with Disabilities (INEDIS)

The symposium at the University of Vienna gives insights into main findings from research conducted by INEDIS in Ethiopia. It provides the opportunity to share practical experience of inclusion in higher education institutions.

1 min lesen · 20. August 2019
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Islamic University of Gaza introduces training courses in energy efficient building design

This course - as a result of the CBEEB project - aims at training a group of engineers and staff on designing and establishing energy efficient buildings. In addition, it has comprised several ways of promoting awareness regarding the importance of energy efficient buildings. Moreover, it has enhanced the dissemination of the culture of Energy efficient building among people. The targeted people of the 24-hours course were male and female engineers regardless of their minor major.

1 min lesen · 20. August 2019
© Doris Wimmer

Entwicklungsforschung

APPEAR in practice_13: Water, energy and food security in East Africa

Insights into integrated natural resource management with examples from Kenya and Uganda.

3 min lesen · 14. August 2019
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Co-writing a policy brief on aquaculture and food security

Kevin Obiero, an APPEAR scholar and PhD candidate at BOKU, recently published a policy brief for the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). It highlights the urgent need for aquaculture growth to improve food security and nutrition in Kenya.

3 min lesen · 05. August 2019
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Presentation at the Symposium on Disability Studies

The PhD research of APPEAR scholarship holder, Tizita Kassahun Gebremariam, focuses on the intersection of multiple social factors in the experiences of female students with disabilities at selected universities in Ethiopia.

2 min lesen · 31. Juli 2019

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