Theme One: Gender, Governance and Politics

Venue

Day 1: 19th Sept.2023-New Lib-Lower

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Spire Ssentongo

Time

 

Name

Paper Title

8:30-8:45 am

Anthony Chikaeme Onwuliri & Rheinische Friedrich

The concept of feminism within the specificity of African philosophy

8:45am-9:00am

Ochen Patrick & Kabwijamu Patrick & Alidri Agatha

Gender Dimensions of Aguu (Socially Excluded Youth) in Gulu City, Northern Uganda

9:00am-9:15am

Tugume Joseph

Gender dimensions and the continued gender discrimination even in modern world.

9:15am- 9:30am

Kayeny Emily Uramba, Alidri Agatha, Anicia Filda

Covid-19, Adolescence and Youth Reproductive Health: A Gender-based Analysis on Acholi Sub-region in Uganda

9:30am-10:50am

Discussions

 

10:50am- 11:00am

TEA BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Samuel Siminyu

11:00am-11:15am

Kobia Josphat Kaume

Gender inclusivity in politics: a critical analysis of Thomas Hobbes’ political theory and its relevance in public participation for effective governance in Africa.

11:15am-11:30am

Laury Ocen, James Ocitta and Daniel Komakech

Bio-politics and materiality of a colonised female body Colonial archiving and durability

11:30am-11:45am

Siphiwe Ndlovu

Racial Capitalism and the Struggle for Emancipation: A Gendered Approach

11:45am-12:00am

Okwir Martin, Alidri Agatha, & Okwir Peace Pamela

Warriors and Peacemakers: Revealing the Crucial Role of African Women in Shaping Peace and Conflict Dynamics

12:00pm-1:00pm

Discussions

 

1:00pm-2:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Kenneth Olido

2:00pm-2:15 pm

Otim A. Stella & Ayai O. Charles

Gender and Financial Inclusion in Household Livelihood in Northern Uganda

2:15 pm- 2:30pm

Mutyaba Emmanuel Musoke

The Status of Women in Traditional Africa Beyond Colonialism and Christianity

2:30pm-3:45 pm

Roger Mondoué

The political emancipation of the African woman: On Nkolofoé's cephalic and bicameralist utopia in the sex of the state.

3:45pm-4:00pm

Rejoyce Phetha

Representation of Women in Influential Political positions in SADC: an emerging Insight of Soth Africa & Zimbabwe

4.00pm-5.00pm

 

Discussions

 

Theme Two: Gender and Culture in African

Venue

Day 1. 19th Sept. 2023 New Lib Upper

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Agatha Alidri

Time

Name

Paper Title

8:30am-8:45am

Amuge Christine

Gender dynamics in a mould of stalled world view

8:45am-9:00am

Ajok Beatrice Abonga

The place of the second wife in traditional Africa: A case of Acholi society

9:00am-9:15am

Akena Tonny

Gender emancipation in African philosophy

9:15am- 9:30am

Agbo Emmanuel Maduabuchi

 

Gender disparity and it’s negative implications in Africa: A case Study of Nigeria

9:30am-10:50am

 

Discussions

10:30-11:00am

TEA BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Prof. Henri Gbadi Finimonga

11:00am-11:15am

Vitumbiko Nyirenda

Personhood and Gender in a Traditional African Community

11:15am-11:30am

Ejang Mary

Negotiating Wealth: Formal Education and Gender Perspectives of Bride-wealth in Lango Customary Marriage, Northern Uganda

11:30am-11:45 am

Edwin Etieyibo

Lineage, women, and African cultures and philosophy

11:45 am-12:00pm

Daniel Komakech and Patricia Ajok 

Feminism de-feminised: Post-truth femininity and Placide Tempels’ Bantu Ontology

12:00 pm-1:00pm

 

Discussions

1:00pm-2:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION CHAIR

2:00pm-2:15 pm

Eden Abate Getahun

Philosophy of sagacity, as a gadget to break the trap of “aristocracy of sex” in African philosophy

2:15 pm-2:30 pm

Gbadamosi A., Adekoya J, Olálé̩ye̩ S.

Ọ̀tún wẹ òsì, òsì wẹ ọ̀tún, Gender roles reversal and the bane of modernization: lessons from the past

2:30pm- 2:45 pm

 

 

2:45 pm- 3:00pm

 

 

3:00 pm-4:00pm

 

Discussions

 

Theme Three: Gender, Feminism and Masculinity

 

Day 1 – 19th Sept. 2023- MFL-1

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. George Oriangi

8:30-8:45 am

Amara Esther Chimakonam

Is this the era of misandry in Africa? Why toxic feminism must be checked

8:45 am-9:00 am

Amos Ameh Ichaba

African traditional conception of women and the call for mainstreaming of women’s perspectives in African philosophy

9:00-9:15 am

Andrew Phililps Adega

 

Or NguherGa, Kasev Tsegher (No Body Is Home, Its Only Women): Woman in The Eyes of the Woman InTiv Society of Central Nigeria

9:15 am- 9:30am

Anthony Uzochukwu Ufearoh

Ecofeminism: An Igbo-African perspective

9:30 am-10:30am

 

Discussion

10:30-11:00am

TEA BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Michael Kizito

11:00am-11:15am

Asasira Simon Rwabyoma

Transforming gender relations? An interpretive study of masculinities-focused interventions in Rwanda

11:15 am-11:30am

Charles C. Nweke

African philosophy and the feminine voice on the margins

11:30am-11:45 am

Chidimma, Nkemdilim Ezeador, & Charles Nweke

The impact of feminism on family values in contemporary Igbo society

11:45 am-12:00pm

Kaggwa Andrew

Politicizing Gender discrimination: Neo-feminism, traditional African socialism and Gender

12:00 pm-1:00pm

 

Discussion

1:00pm-2:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Alike Ngonzi

2:00pm-2:15 pm

Kizito Michael George

The poverty of hegemonic masculinity: Emancipatory criticisms of African philosophy

2:15 pm- 2:30 pm

Nkosinathi Dludla

A black woman’s place: A critique

2:30pm-2:45pm

Peace Yawa Avornyo

Untangling the identity crisis in African feminist philosophy.

2:45pm-3:00 pm

Sabas Kimani

An exposition of the concept of feminist justice in African philosophy

3:00pm -4:00pm

 

Discussion

 

Theme Four: Gender and Environment

 

Day 1 – 19th Sept 2023 FAE - 1

SESSION CHAIR: Rev. Fr. Tony Akena

8:30-8:45 am

Aoyo Christine

Understanding gender relations in cooking among smallholder farmers’ households: An energy transition to green charcoal solutions in northern Uganda

8:45 am-9:00 am

Chinedu S. Ifeakor

Ethics of care, the environment and obligatory anthropoholism:  the role of the mother

9:00-9:15 am

Diana-Abasi Ibanga

Ubuntu and the gender question in climate change remediation in Africa

9:15 am- 9:30am

Elsie Kokaba

African environmentalism: accounting for the usage of grandmother’s maternal values in addressing environmental issues

9:30am-10:30 am

 

Discussions

10:30-11:00am

TEA BREAK

 

 

Day 1 – 19th Sept 2023 FAE - 1

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. David Kitara

11:00am-11:15 am

Susan Arayo

 

The utility of Ujamaa in the adaptation of rural female smallholder farmers to climate smart agriculture economy

11:15 am-11:30 am

Umezurike J. Ezugwu

 

Gender Inclusion and Environmental Management: A road map for environmental sustainability in Nigeria

11:30am-11:45am

Alani Jimmy

Gender in Higher Education and Ugand’s Macroeconomic Growth: From 1970 to 2020

11:45am-12:00pm

Okoya James

On-farm Performance: Evaluation of AEATREC Animal Drawn Rice Planter in the Selected District of Northern Uganda

12 :00 am-1:00pm

 

Discussions

1:00pm-2:00pm

LUCH BREAK

 

 

Theme Five: Gender and Society

 

FAE - 1

SESSION CHAIR: Prof. Edward Wamala

2:00pm-2:15pm

Sekiswa Peter

“Woman’s child, the child of the Pocket”: exploring shifting Paternity Roles and the Impact of Modernity on social Norms

2:15 pm-12:30pm

David Lagoro Kitara, Steven Baguma, Christopher Okot, Nelson Onira Alema, Paska Apiyo, Paska Layet, Denis Acullu, Johnson Nyeko Oloya, Denis Ochula, Pamela Atim, Patrick Odong Olwedo, Smart Godfrey Okot, Freddy Wathum Drinkwater Oyat, Janet Oola, Eric NzirakaindiIkoona, Judith Aloyo

Gendered Factors associated with Mortality among COVID 19 Patients Treated in Gulu Regional Referral Hospital

2:30pm-2:45pm

Julaina A. Obika

“Commenting on my Marital Status is not a greeting”: Motherhood and pacing Marriage between Uganda and the Middle East

2:45pm-3:00pm

Peter Odera  Oruka

Sagacious and Didactic knowledge application in a post-industrial and trans-racial global society: a gender critique and analysis.

3:00pm-4:00pm

 

Discussion

 

Theme Six: Gender, Culture and Religion

VENUE

Day 1 – 19th Sept. 2023 – MFL -2

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Julaina Obika

8:30-8:45 am

Catherine Nyafwono

Women’s position in mainstream Christian denominations:

8:45 am-9:00 am

Chidiebere Obi

Understanding gender in the light of intercultural philosophy: A case study of African and Western gender makeup

9:00-9:15 am

Emmanuel Maybin Ichidi

A metaphysical enquiry into the natural and cultural difference between male and female

 

 

 

9:15 am- 9:30am

Namugenyi Lilian Caroline

 

The paradox of religion on gender dimensions: reflections on Pentecostalism

9:30am-10:30am

 

Discussion

10:30-11:00am

TEA BREAK

 

 

Theme Seven: Gender, Conflict, Peace and Justice

 

Day 1 – 19th Sept. 2023 – MFL -2

SESSION CHAIR: Prof. Roger Mondoue

11:00am-11:15pm

Christopher Ogugua

Bell hooks model of love as pathway to gender reconciliation in Africa

11:15am-11:30am

Daniel Komakech & Okodel Francis

In my wife’s house: Materiality and physicality of romantic neighbouring in post-truth ‘worthy man’ 

11:30 am-11:45am

Dynesius Nyangau

African jurisprudence: exhaustion of traditional dispute resolution mechanisms before litigation for sustainable families in African context.

11:45am-12:00pm

George Hull

 

ILobolo and Intergenerational Justice

12:00pm-1:00pm

 

Discussions

1:00-2:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Prof. Ike Odimegwu

2:00pm-2:15pm

Jjuuko John Fisher

 

She too can be a perpetrator:

Gender and war

2:15pm- 2:30 pm

Laloyo Stella Apecu and Agatha Alidri.

A gendered perspective of the Acholi philosophy on transitional justice and reparation in the context of the LRA conflict of northern Uganda.

2:30pm-2:45pm

Ogochukwu Agatha Okpokwasili.

An imperative for gender complimentarity as a pancea to   fostering world peace.

2:45 pm-3:00pm

Rianna Oelofsen

Gender and Reconciliation

3:00-3:15 pm

Ugwu, Vitalis Chukwuemeka

Ubuntu philosophy in the service of gender justice in Africa.

3:15pm-4:15 pm

 

Discussion

 

Day 2 – 20th Sept. 2023 New Lib Upper

SESSION CHAIR: Prof. Daniel Komakech

8:30-8:45 am

Henri Gbadi Finimonga

Gender in Africa: crisis between tradition and modernity

8 :45am-9:00 am

Ifeanyi J. Okeke

Rites and rituals of ‘ibe-ugwu' as the gateway to womanhood in Igboland: The Ukawu example

9:00am-9:15 am

Ike Odimegwu

Gender and identity in contemporary African philosophy

9:15am- 9:30am

Judith Gure Gwatana

 

Gynism and African communalism: A call for egalitarianism for social harmony

9:30am-10:30am

 

Discussions

10:30-11:00am

BREAK TEA

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Peter Odera Oruka

11:00am-11:15 am

Kakmeni Yametchouaschaller Jean

Dowry: liberation or marginalization of the African woman?

11:15am-11:30am

Kelechi Onyeka Ezeani

A philosophical investigation of gender role on inheritance in contemporary Africa

11:30am-11:45 am

Khaya Gqibitole

The dead will arise: women, power and hope in the Xhosa society

11:45am-6:00pm

 

 

6:00 pm-1:00pm

 

Discussions

1:00pm-2:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Stella Laloyo

2:00pm- 2:15 pm

Aloysius Tenywa Malagala and Betty Okot

Politics of language and aesthetics in Okot p’Bitek’s African imaginaries of governance, gender and social justice

2:15 pm-2:30 pm

Lucky O. Akaruese

On ‘phallocentric’ dominance in Nigeria: Any hope for reversal?

2:30 pm-2:45 pm

Osita Nnajiofor

Nwanyi-bu-ife: Essentializing the Accidentality of Women in the African place

3:45pm-4:00pm

Peace Yawa Avornyo

An ethical appraisal of women and brides wealth in African philosophy

4:00pm-5:00 pm

 

Discussions

 

Day 2 – 20th Sept. New Lib Lower

SESSION CHAIR: Ms. Mary Ejang

8:30-8:45 am

Simon Gitau Maine

Change of permanence: African gender and politics

8:45 am-9:00 am

Stephanie Wanga

The free state: All the men’s dreams

9:00-9:15 am

Stephen Victor Dutse

Gender integrity in leadership and African philosophy

9:15 am- 9:30am

Theophil Christopher

Democracy and gender in African philosophy        

9:30am-10:30am

 

Discussions

10:30am-11:00am

TEA BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Ms Namanya Naomi

11:00am-11:15 am

Nakabiito Brendah

Gender responsibilities in traditional African societies

11:15 am-11:30 pm

Nyambedha Josephine Apiyo

An African approach to professional philosophy: a challenge to female gender

11:30 pm-11:45 pm

Onyeka Emmanuel Uzowulu

An African perspective of love and gender – an artistic philosophy

11:45 pm-12:00pm

Oriare Nyarwath

African philosophy and African women philosophers: are women philosophers marginalized?

12:00pm-1:00pm

 

Discussions

 

 

 

 

Theme Eight: Gender and Human Rights

 

 

Day 2 – 20th Sept. 2023 – MFL -1

Session Chair: Dr. Vitumbiko Nyirenda

8:30 am-8:45 am

Mirian Ngozi Alike

Inheritance and the female gender in Igbo African philosophy:  A metaphysical appraisal

8.45 am-9.00 am

Crispin Ong’era Isaboke

The hermeneutics of women identity in a philosophical discourse as a framework for steering Africa’s intellectual liberation pursuit

9:00am-9:15 am

Dynesius Nyangau

The minority question and violations of human rights: The case of Kenya.

9:15am -9:30am

Margaret A. Adyero

Gender, dimensions, discrimination and inequality

9:30am-10:30am

 

Discussion

10:30am-11:00am

TEA BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Mr. Martin Okwir

2:00pm-2:15pm

Donald Mark C. Ude

Nneka: Igbo (African) epistemic mechanisms/imaginaries for valorizing the female

2:15pm- 2:30 pm

Sanya Osha,

Sarah Baartman: Resistance and the Colonised Body

2:30pm-2:45pm

Bahati Amon

Universities are hubs for risky sexual behaviours in Uganda. What is the prevalence?

2:45pm-3:00pm

 

 

3:00pm-4:00pm

 

Discussions

1:00pm-2:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

 

 

Theme Nine: Gender, Knowledge and Education

 

FAE – 1

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Denis Thadeus Ofoyuru

11:00am- 11:15 am

Akello Gloria

Gender Representation in English Language Teaching Materials:The case of Locally Produced English Language Text Books in Uganda

11:15am-11:30am

Naomi Namanya

Not yet gender balanced: a critique of Uganda’s formal education system since 1900.

11:30pm-11:45 am

 

Giramiya Esther: Alidri Agatha: Okwir Peace Pamela

Affirmative Action Policy and Female Education in Gulu University: An African Philosophical Perspective.

11.45am-12.00pm

Margret Aringo

A paradigm shifts in gender and education in the 21st century: a case study at Tangaza university college

12:00am-1:00pm

 

Discussion

1:00pm-2:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Jerry Bagaya

2:00pm-2:15pm

Oliver Babirye Najjuma

Then Philosophical security of Plato’s ideas on education and gender and its relevance in African sagacity

2:15pm- 2:30 pm

Opira Otto and Dr. Beatrice Odongkara

Whose knowledge counts? The use of indigenous local knowledge in preterm birth and care in rural Lira district, Uganda.

2:30pm-2:45pm

Rosalba Aciro, George Openjuru, George Oriangi, David Onen, Betty A. Ezati

Gender dimensions in public University Education in Uganda

2:45pm-3:00pm

 

Barasa Nasambu Joy

The role of Ubuntu philosophy in addressing the pitfalls of male domination

3:00am-4:00 pm

 

Discussions

 

Day 2- 20th Sept 2023 MFL - 2

SESSION CHAIR: Namanya Naomi

8:30am-8:45 am

Simphiwe Sesanti

Bell hooks’ feminist, and ancient Egypt’s philosophy of education for an enabling afrocentric, against a disabling eurocentric education

8:45 am-9:00 am

Ebbah Dube

Cultural distortion and the subordination of women in African societies

9:00am-9:15 am

Eliud Ominde

Kenneth Kaunda’s African humanist philosophy and gender equity

9.15 am-9.30am

 

 

9:30am-10:30 am

 

Discussion

10:30am-11:00am

TEA BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Musoke Mutyaba

11:00am- 11:15 am

Gerard Majella Nnamunga

Ubuntu, self-examination and gender equality

11:15am-11:30 am

Habiba Nuredine Sherif

Ubuntu as emancipation: Deconstructing the domination and pursuing equality

11:30am-11:45am

Teshome Abera

Equality of all men in Zara Yacob’s Philosophy (Hatata)

11:45am-12:00pm

Luwerekera Bernard and Naomi Namanya

Equal rights, different gender roles: lessons from Africa’s

12:00am-1:00pm

 

Discussion

 

Theme Ten: Gender, Health and Media

1:00pm-2:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION CHAIR: Dr. Okot E. Ambrose

2:00pm-2:15 pm

Amuge Christine

Gender Identity in the Face of Virtual Media

2:15 pm- 2:30 pm

Ojok James Onono

Tracing women’s Representation in Mass Media in Uganda: The Case of Reporters, Presenters & Editors in Selected Radio Stations.

2:30pm-2:45pm

Langole Stephen

Sex Made Easy through the Phone: Boda Boda Narratives on how Slay Queens Entrap them into Sex Trade

2:45 pm-3:00pm

 

 

 

3:00pm-4:00pm

 

Discussion

 

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