GENDERED POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEMOCRACY

Join Us for an Insightful Keynote & Roundtable Discussion! 🌟

Featuring: Lyn Ossome, MISR, Makerere University
📅 Date: Monday, August 17
📍 Location: Kulturhuset, Vaskerelven 8, Top Floor, Bergen
🕣 Doors Open: 8:30 AM for coffee, tea, and a meet & greet
🎤 Keynote Begins: 9:00 AM | Opening of BeEx 2026

Topic: Can democracy truly deliver inclusion and equality?
In this engaging keynote, Lyn Ossome examines democracy through the perspectives of African feminist thought, political economy, and decolonial scholarship. Discover how democratic systems rely on invisible, undervalued labor primarily undertaken by women and how transitions can unfortunately reinforce gendered exclusions instead of dismantling them.

Part of: UiB GOV project - Decolonizing Epistemologies: Disciplines and the University in Relation to the Society and the World (Norhed)