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The 11th Southeast Asian Studies for Sustainable Humanosphere (SEA-SH) Research Seminar: “Solar energy cookers and drying for Cameroon: Life changing actions” by Pius Akumbu and Peg Barratt
Date: October 25th, 2013 Venue: Small-sized Meeting Room , Third Floor, Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall Title: Solar energy cookers and drying for Cameroon: Life changing actions Presenters: Pius Akumbu and Peg Barratt Abstract: Solar cooking has great potential for contributing to human well-being and the well-being of the planet, and efficient solar drying can help reduce the significant waste of in-season produce and contamination during drying. Home solar cooker designs include panel cookers, box cookers, and parabolic cookers. Our focus has been on box cookers, with inexpensive designs that can easily be made and we hope to spread the construction skills in Cameroon so that the people can benefit from […]
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Tonan Talk: “Gender and Economic Empowerment in Four Mekong Countries: Findings from Field Research “
Date: October 25th, 2013, 12:00-14:00 Venue: Small-sized Meeting Room , Third Floor, Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall Title: Gender and Economic Empowerment in Four Mekong Countries: Findings from Field Research Speaker: Dr. Donna L. Doane, Gender and Development Studies, Asian Institute of Technology Abstract: Our study, for NTNU and the Norwegian Research Council, examines whether ‘empowerment’ has become a buzzword, as Andrea Cornwall suggested, or whether it still has relevance in the context of women’s economic empowerment projects in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region. The study began with an inquiry into how projects are designed in each of the four countries – i.e., Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam – studied […]
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