Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Visitorship (DNB)
The CWSE's 2012 Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Visitor was Patricia Nyaundi, Chief Executive Officer of the Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission.
The 2012 Dame Nita Barrows course was:
AEC1132 Fall 2012
Truth Commissions and Gender Justice: The Case of the Kenyan Truth Commission
Instructor: Patricia Nyaundi
Chief Executive Officer
Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission
The course shall contribute to the ongoing debate on the efficacy of Truth Commissions as mechanisms of Transitional Justice. Women bear the brunt of gross violations and yet are excluded from processes that aim to design ways to correct these injustices, these processes are also defined using patriarchal understandings of causes of conflict and their consequences. The course shall focus on the Kenyan Truth Commission both in design and process to analyse opportunities for transformative justice offered by Truth Commissions.
For further information: Professor Angela Miles (416-978-0809)
Patricia presenting the 15th annual Dame Nita Barrow Lecture:
Presented by the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, OISE, University of Toronto
Co-sponsored by the International Human Rights Program, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Patricia Nyaundi, Executive Officer of the Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission
on
Same Song Different Notes: Opening Truth Commissions to Women’s Truths
Introduced by Andrea Chrisjohn, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre
We are very pleased that Patricia Nyaundi has accepted our invitation to present the annual Dame Nita Barrow Lecture at this time when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is in session. She will share the challenges faced by the Kenyan Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission in opening the process to women's participation and ensuring that this contributes to effective change at the community level.
November 21, 2011, 7pm
Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto
Reception to follow
See the video of Patricia's lecture below!