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Measuring the Substantive Representation of Zimbabwean Women’s Issues in the National Legislature

JAGUDELO

Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

The presence of women in African politics has been hailed by observers both inside and outside the region as a step in the right…

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Brown Bag: Stuck Between Two Extremes: Trying to Find Solutions That Work in the Field and in the Lab

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Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

Finding compatible research cultures in the field may be just as difficult–but is certainly just as important–as bridging…

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Brown Bag: From Focus Groups to Field Experiments: A Decade of Data Collection in Malawi

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Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

Studying the relationship between identity and politics in Malawi forces researchers to rely on a plethora of data collection…

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Brown Bag: Veterinary Data Collection in Ethiopia- Maria Belu

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Kickoff speaker Maria Belu, DVM

As part of the CDC Global Health Security Agenda, Ohio State led a mass rabies vaccination pilot this year in Ethiopia. It was a six-week campaign…

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Challenges And Opportunities Of Data In Africa: Autumn 2017 Voices from the Field Speaker Series

Chaitanya Balasubramanyam

GWI is once again teaming up with the Center for African Studies and the Global One Health initiative to present Voices from the Field, a brown bag speaker series…

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Tackling Infectious Disease With A Systems Approach: Two Stories From East Africa

Maureen Langlois

A lunch forum featuring three international visitors working with Ohio State in East Africa.

Date: Wednesday, June 14, 12-2

Location: Enarson Classroom…

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Brown Bag: Promoting Technical Transformation And Financial Inclusion Among Smallholder Farmers In Africa

Maureen Langlois

Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

Mario Miranda will discuss two interrelated factors that have been identified by development economists as critical…

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Brown Bag: Culture, Agriculture And Shrubs: Improving Soils and Crop Yield in West Africa

Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

The Sahel is an ecologically fragile environment where in-season drought periods are common, causing chronic low yields, crop failures, and…

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Brown Bag: Linking Water Quality With Aquatic Biodiversity In Rural Ugandan Communities

Maureen Langlois

Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

This week, Suzanne Gray will discuss her Water Across the World project, where she works with students in rural…