Events
Young Males and Masculinity in Sub-Saharan Africa: HIV/AIDS, Conflict, and Violence
April 03, 2006 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Drawing on literature and interviews with young men in Botswana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda, a new World Bank report co-authored by Gary Barker examines the construction of masculinity in sub-Saharan Africa and its links to HIV/AIDS, conflict, and violence, including gender-based violence.
Book Discussion--Fragile Innocence: A Father's Memoir of His Daughter's Courageous Journey
March 31, 2006 // 10:00am — 11:00am
with James Reston Jr., author and Woodrow Wilson Center Senior Scholar and commentator Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University and Wilson Center Senior Scholar
New Scholarship in Race and Ethnicity
Does Racial Healthcare Justice Require Pity?
March 19, 2006 // 11:00pm
Biotechnology Innovations in a Developing Country: Brazilian Research and Development to Help the World's Poor
March 13, 2006 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Brazil has made tremendous advances in the field of biotechnology despite its status as a developing country. It has taken advantage of its public-sector infrastructure and low-cost production to invest in health research and development, creating and patenting new vaccines, technologies, and health services to combat diseases that primarily affect the poor.
Getting Ahead of AIDS: The Long-term Agenda
March 09, 2006 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
Dr. Peter Piot and U.S. Representative Jim Leach (R-IA) speak at a Wilson Center Director's Forum about the long-term agenda for fighting HIV/AIDS.
Population, Environment, and Development in Ethiopia
March 06, 2006 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Ethiopia's runaway population growth and declining natural resources are undermining the country's health systems and development, says Sahlu Haile.
Women's Health as a Prism of Russia's Social Change: An Anthropological Approach
February 27, 2006 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Michele Rivkin-Fish, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky
Global Urban Poverty Research Agenda: The African Case
February 01, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Akin L. Mabogunje, Chairman of the Presidential Technical Board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, presents a paper entitled "Global Urban Poverty Research Agenda: The African Case" at a seminar organized by the Comparative Urban Studies Project.
Poverty Reduction: Does Reproductive Health Matter?
January 24, 2006 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
Experts discuss the limitations of existing research—and the promise held by other methods—to assess the affects of reproductive health on poverty reduction, as described in Margaret Greene and Thomas Merrick's World Bank paper.
The Stem Cell Controversy
January 18, 2006 // 9:00am — 10:30am
A Director's Forum with Robin Cook, physician, best-selling novelist and Member of the Wilson Center's Board of Trustees; Michael West, President & Chief Scientific Officer, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.; and William Hurlbut, Consulting Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center, and Member of the President's Council on Bioethics