Southern Africa Events
First Quarterly Meeting with the African Diplomatic Corps - "Making the U.S./Africa Partnership a Reality"
October 14, 2011 // 8:00am — 10:00am
Africa Program
The First Quarterly meeting with the African Diplomatic Corps served as a springboard to launch the Working Group on Trade and Investment in Africa (WGTIA).
Healthy People, Healthy Ecosystems: Results From a Public-Private Partnership
October 05, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
For three years, the World Wildlife Fund, with support from USAID, implemented population, health, and environment projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Nepal.
Foreign Relations of the United States Series: Southern Africa, 1969-1976
September 14, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Cold War International History Project
The Wilson Center's Cold War International History Project in collaboration with the Africa Program presents a panel discussion on the the newly released Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXVIII, Southern Africa.
Reporting on Global Health: A Conversation With the International Reporting Project Fellows
April 28, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Fresh off their assignments, four fellows from the International Reporting Project speak about their experiences researching underreported health issues in Haiti, Botswana, Mozambique, and Uganda.
Union to Union: How are Europe and Africa Getting Along?
April 07, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Africa Program
“My role as Managing Director is to try and bring together all of the diverse threads of Europe’s relationship with Africa in a way that we have not been able to before,” Dr. Nick Westcott said of his post in the European External Action Service (EEAS) at an event co-hosted by the Africa Program and Leadership Project on April 7, 2011.
The International Criminal Court and Africa
September 15, 2010 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Africa Program
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Lead Prosecutor, ICC; Don Klaus, Chief Executive Officer, Citizens for Global Solutions; Alan Goulty, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Michael H. Van Dusen, Executive Vice President, Woodrow Wilson Center
Day II: African Growth and Opportunity Act Civil Society Forum 2010
July 30, 2010 // 9:00am — 12:30pm
Africa Program
The Africa Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, together with the U.S. Civil Society Coalition for African Trade and Investment, Manchester Trade, the U.S. Department of State, and the Shell Corporation are pleased to invite you to the AGOA Civil Society Forum of 2010. This forum will examine the involvement of civil society in the creation and implementation of AGOA and discussing the recommendations made by civil society forums over the years.
Day I: African Growth and Opportunity Act Civil Society Forum 2010 "A Decade of Progress in Bridging the U.S.-Africa Trade Gap"
July 29, 2010 // 8:15am — 5:00pm
Africa Program
The Africa Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, together with the U.S. Civil Society Coalition for African Trade and Investment, Manchester Trade, the U.S. Department of State, and the Shell Corporation are pleased to invite you to the AGOA Civil Society Forum of 2010. This forum will examine the involvement of civil society in the creation and implementation of AGOA and discussing the recommendations made by civil society forums over the years.
Sexual Violence Against Minors: Scope, Consequences, and Implications
October 20, 2009 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Sexual violence against minors is a critical global health issue, argue experts, yet ethics and methodology issues make conducting research on this disturbing problem difficult.
Living on $2 a Day: A Finance System for the "Bottom Billion"
September 29, 2009 // 12:00pm — 1:15pm
Wilson Center on the Hill
Daryl Collins and Jonathan Morduch share insights from their book about the sophisticated ways by which people living in poverty manage their finances.