University
invites you to attend a presentation (in English only)
"Incomes and expenditures of single female and male house heads:
Experiences from Singida District in Tanzania "
A presentation based on a pilot study of incomes and expenditures of
single female and male household heads from 10 wards in Singida
District Tanzania that was carried out between January and April,
2008. The objectives of the study were to: examine incomes and
expenditures of single female and male household heads, factors that
contribute to poverty, societal views towards female and male
household heads and recommend areas for action and farther research on
poverty from a feminist perspective.
By
Dr. Grace Khwaya Puja
Dr. Puja is the IDRC-Carleton University- University of Ottawa
Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perpectives on Globalization from Ruaha
University College (RUCO), a Constituent of the St Augustine Univers
of Tanzania (SAUT) where she is a Senior Lecturer and Acting Acting
Head of Department of Education of the recently established Faculty of
Arts and Social Sciences of RUCO. Prior to this appointment she was
the Head of Department of Educational Foundations (2003-2008) in the
Faculty of Education of the University of Dar es Salaam Main Campus
and taught Sociology of education focusing on social inequality and
the need for gender mainstreaming in higher education.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
At 12:00 Noon
History Lounge
Paterson Hall, room 433
Free Admission and All are Welcome
Please RSVP at helene_boudreault@carleton.ca
For more information, please call 613-520-6644.
