Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world

La masculinité positive une stratégie pour promouvoir l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes

L’objectif de l’égalité des sexes nécessite l’engagement des femmes et des hommes. L’empowerment des femmes est indispensable, mais du côté des hommes, quelle stratégie adopter ? A travers l’adoption d’une masculinité positive, les hommes peuvent devenir coresponsables, et des alliés de la cause des femmes. En République Démocratique du Congo, de nombreux projets sont mis en place.... 

Tracing the trail of eroded fertile soils during a high intensity rainfall event: A fingerprinting study in war-torn tropical mountains

The depletion of fertile topsoil presents a critical challenge in tropical mountain agroecosystems. Impacts are intensified during heavy storm events that strip unprotected topsoils and pose risks to downstream water ecosystems. To better understand such dynamics, we investigated an agricultural mountainous catchment located on the Democratic Republic of the Congo shore of Lake Kivu. This area is characterised by weak governance systems exacerbated by protracted violent conflicts, which have prevented the application of remediation practices to address extensive land use changes, including deforestation and monoculture proliferation, notably banana plantations.

While there are different forms of knowledge – such as local, indigenous, and academic ways of knowing – not all knowledge is treated equally when it comes to providing evidence for decision-making processes.

However, the growing demand for the decolonization of (agricultural) development and the need for a more equitable society calls for more pluralistic approaches as well as epistemic justice. This seminar will explore what a genuinely participatory approach looks like from the perspectives of researchers, governments, and NGOs.

Short Initiatives (SI) projects are short-term projects that aim to explore, build and deepen academic/scientific collaborations among diverse teams of academics and researchers.

SI projects focus on sustainable development challenges and are able to realise objectives within the limited timespan of a maximum of 2 years.

On the programme:

 -Visits to:

• Makerere University
• Makerere University Teaching Hospital
• Kampala International University
• Mbarara University of Science and Technology
• Mountains of the Moon University
• Gulu University

-Alumni event at the Belgian embassy

-Possibility to participate in the UGent alumni bike trip