Sexuality in Media: Emerging Issues in Africa - Africa Regional ...

Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala, M.A.(George Washington University),
PhD.(University of Natal) is Head of the Anthropology Programme at the newly
amalgamated University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her interests are in the fields of
human evolution, gender and sexuality, and sociocultuiral aspects of health and
illness. Having conducted research on indigenous therapeutics in Gabon, her
research of the past decade has focused on peoples' experiences with and
responses to HIV/AIDS in South Africa. She is a widely published and
internationally recognised researcher on issues of gender and sexuality related
to the AIDS epidemic. She is currently active in health initiatives with
traditional healers and local virginity testers.
Sarah Lucy Kearney, B.A. Honours, M.A. (University of Natal) is a
freelance researcher and writer with professional interest in gender, human
rights, political mediation and youth development. She has worked as a senior
researcher for the South African Human Rights Commission, the Democratic
Development Programme, and The Centre for Civil Society. She has conducted
workshops for the South African Department of Health on HIV/AIDS and
mental health and is currently involved in a number of refugee related projects.
Roseanne Njiru holds a B.A in Sociology and Linguistics and a Masters in
Sociology (Medical) from the University of Nairobi and has experience in both
qualitative and quantitative research. She has worked both as an assistant
researcher and researcher with UNESCO, the University of Nairobi and also
conducted independent research made possible through research grants. Areas
she has investigated include, among others, the sexual and reproductive health
of street girls in Nairobi; child sexual abuse in Kenya; gender and HIV/AIDS.
Roseanne is also a past recipient of the African Regional Sexuality Resource
Centre's Sexuality Leadership Development Fellowship. She is currently a
graduate assistant with the University of Nairobi/Kalamazoo College
Programme in Kenya.
Charity Kinya Koronya. Kenyan, has a Masters of Arts in Community
Development and Rural Sociology from the University of Nairobi and a
postgraduate diploma in Population Studies and Demography from the
Biography of Researchers
University of Botswana. Charity has worked as a program officer with the
Family Planning Association of Kenya and is currently senior program officer
Planned Parenthood Association of America-International, Kenya. She is a
gender expert and has extensive consultancy experience in FGM, Advocacy for
women's rights, Adolescent Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights
programming. She has also conducted extensive research in the areas of FGM
and early marriage
Gamal Ibrahim Abou El Serour is professor and consultant in obstetrics
and gynecology and a specialist in infertility treatment, Al-Azhar University
since 1982. He is also director of the International Islamic Centre for Population
Studies and Research, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. A member of the
editorial board of the Journal of Medical Ethics, London, Serour has written over
200 publications in both national and international journals in the areas of
reproductive health, endoscopy, microsurgery, family planning, medically
assisted conception and medical ethics.
Ahmed R.A Ragab is a reproductive health consultant and assistant
professor in applied reproductive health research at the International Islamic
Centre for Population Studies and Research, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
He has a wealth of experience having worked in several African countries
including Somalia and Sudan in the areas of HIV/AIDS/STIs and issues of
violence against women.
Eno Blankson Ikpe is a socio-economic historian and a Senior Lecturer in
the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
In recent years, she has concentrated her research efforts in the field of gender
and sexuality studies. She contributed an article - ”Sexuality in Nigeria: A
Historical Perspective” to a 2004 publication of the Africa Regional Sexuality
Resource Centre. In collaboration with others she conducted an investigation
on the topic “Negotiation and Power Relations”, which involved several
Nigerian Universities. Currently, she is researching on the subject of Food and
Sexuality in Nigeria, which promises to uncover exciting and interesting
information.
Serkinat Lasisi is a postgraduate student and researcher in gender and
sexuality in the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of
Lagos, Nigeria. She was a member of a research team that recently worked on
sexual negotiations in some Nigerian universities. Her independent research
work on Islam and Sexuality in Nigeria is nearing completion and promises to
provide important information in this area.