UNESCO

UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks

Relating to Women and Gender

(11 UNESCO Chairs as of July 2003)

The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme was established in 1992 and is the abbreviation for the university twinning and networking scheme. It was launched with the aim of developing interuniversity cooperation, while emphasizing the transfer of knowledge between universities and the promotion of academic solidarity across the world.

UNITWIN Networks

United Kingdom and Ireland

1/ UNESCO Chair / Network in Gender, Culture and Human Development (124), established in 1995

Contact:

Dr Cathie Lloyd

Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, International Development Centre

University of Oxford

E-Mail

Work Phone 1865 273 644

Fax 1865 273 607

Street 21 St. Giles

Oxford 0X1 3LA

United Kingdom

2/ UNESCO Chair/ Network in Higher Education Management for Women Academics (282), established in 1993

Contact:

Prof. Dorothy Garland

Director of External Relations and Deputy Secretary General
Association of Commonwealth Universities
E-mail:

36 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0PF
Work phone +44 (0) 20 7380 6727
Fax +44 (0) 20 7387 2655

UNESCO Chairs

Argentina

UNESCO Chair for Women, Science and Technology (561), established in 2001 at FLACSO

Contact:

General coordinator Gloria Bonder

Facultad latino-americana de ciencias socials (FLACSO)

Email:

Work phone 5411 4375 2435

Fax 5411 4375 1373

Achacucho 551

1026 Buenos Aires

Argentina

Botswana

UNESCO-NATURA Chair on Extension Strategies for Rural Development: Gender Sensitive Approaches (29), established in 1992

Contact:

Prof. E.J. Kemsley

Botswana College of Agriculture

E-Mail

Work Phone 267 328 831

Fax 267 328 753

Street P/Bag 0027

Gaborone

Botswana

Burkina Faso (approved but under establishment, website to be installed)

UNESCO Chair for «Women, Sciences and Development in Africa» at the University of Ouagadougou

Ghana

UNESCO-AAU Chair for “Women in Science and Technology” (97), established in 1995

Contact:

Department of Physics

University of Science and Technology of Kumasi

E-Mail

Phone 233 21 403080; (233) 20 8156039; (233) 51 60495

Fax 233 21 400807

Street University Post Office

Kumasi

Ghana

Kenya

UNESCO Chair in Women and Community Health (125), established in 1998

Contact:

Prof. J. Mbula Bahemuka

Nairobi University, Department of Sociology

E-Mail

Work Phone 254 2 33 42 44

Fax 254 2 245 898

P.O. Box 30197

Nairobi

Kenya

Korea

UNESCO Chair in Communication Technology for Women (536), established in 1998

Contact:

Dr. Kyungsook Lee

Sookmyung Women's University

Research Institute of Asian Women

E-Mail

Work Phone 82 (2) 710-9428

Fax 82 (2) 710-9689

Street 53-12 Chungpa-dong 2 ka, Yongsan-gu

Seoul

Postal Code 140-742

Republic of Korea

Kyrgyzstan

UNESCO Chair on Gender Policy and Human Rights (418), established in 1997

Contact:

Professor Altynai Karasaeva

Director of the Institute of Human Rights

Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University,

E-Mail

Work Phone 7 3312 680 421

Fax 7 3312 680 129

Street 42, Chui Avenue, Room 110

Bishkek

720065 Kyrgyzstan

Morocco (approved but under establishment, website to be installed)

UNESCO Chair about Women and their rights (591), established in 1999

Contact:

Université II, Ain-Chock

Ms. Khdiga Elmadmat

Email:

Workplace 212 22365937

5039 Maaris

20101 Casablanca

Morocco

Poland

UNESCO Chair in Women, Society and Development (170), established in 1996

Contact:

Prof. Renata Siemienska

Warsaw University

Department of Philosophy and Sociology

E-Mail

Work Phone 48 22 826 55 91

Fax 48 22 826 55 91

Street Ul.Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28

Warsaw

PL 00-325 Poland

Swaziland

UNESCO-A.A.U. Chair for Women in Science and Technology (247), established in 1995

Contact:

Prof. Lydia P. Makhubu

University of Swaziland

E-Mail

Work Phone 268 85478

Fax 268 85605

Street Private Bag 4

Kwaluseni

Swaziland

United Arab Emirates

1/ UNESCO Chair in Communication Technology and Journalism for Women (580), established in 2002

Contact:

Dr. Howard E. Reed

Dubai Women's College

E-Mail

Work Phone 009714 267 29 29 / 208 92 00

Fax 009714 267 39 39 / 208 96 80

Street P.O. Box 16062

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

2/ UNESCO Chair in Applied Education at Sharjah Women’s College, United Arab Emirates (approved but under establishment, website to be installed).

Vietnam

UNESCO-NATURA Chair in Extension Strategies for Rural Development: Gender Sensitive Approaches (286), established in 1992, Within the framework of Natura

Contact:

Prof. Nguyen This Kim Nguyet

University of Can Thô, Faculty of Agriculture

E-Mail

Work Phone 84 71 83 07 84

Fax 84 71 83 08 14

30 Thang 4 Street

Can-Thô

Viet Nam

Last updated -December 2003