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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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