Member of PhD Assessment Committee for Karmen Tornius on Regional gender governance in Africa: the African Union in perspective

  • Pace, M. (Examiner)
  • Marie Juul Petersen (Examiner)
  • Thomas Kwasi Tieku (Examiner)

Activity: Examination

Description

A qualitative exploration of the norms, actors and the operational context of
the African Union gender governance structures. This dissertation examines the kinds of international and regional gender norms the African Union produces, the actors that shape and advance this agenda, and regionally relevant drivers and constraints of a pan-African approach to international gender norms. At the heart of this dissertation is a paradox: why has the African Union adopted such an elaborate web of gender policies, laws, campaigns and institutions, when its member states are indifferent to it?
Period1 Jan 202330 Mar 2023
Examinee
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • African Union
  • norms
  • gender governance
  • Africa
  • Ethiopia
  • femocrats
  • aspirational politics
  • brokers
  • international norms
  • FGM
  • child marriage
  • female genital mutilation
  • World Health Organization