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Dr. Auma Okwany

Dr. Auma Okwany

Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies (SG4)

International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Lecturer

 

T: +31 70 4260578

E: okwany@remove-this.iss.nl

Room: 4.38


 

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Professional experience

Present position
Lecturer
University Erasmus University Rotterdam
School International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Department Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies (SG4)
   

Research

ISS: Individual Research SGIV
Role Member
 

Publications

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Article (1)
  • Okwany, L.A. & Ngutuku Mulongo, E.M. (2009). Brooding on vulnerable children and caregivers: Leveraging IKS to build resilience in compromised care environments. Early Childhood Development, 52-58.
Book / Monograph / Book editorial (1)
  • Okwany, L.A., Ngutuku, E. & Muhangi, A. (2011). The Role of Local Knowledge in Childcare in Africa. A Sociological Study of Several Communities in Kenya and Uganda. Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press.
Part of book - Chapter (5)
  • Okwany, L.A. & Muhangi, A. (2010). Extending Downwards: Universal Early Childhood Care and Development in Uganda. In N. Awortwi & L.A. Okwany (Eds.), Issues in Social Development and Local Governance in Uganda (pp. 157-170). Maastricht: Shaker Publishing BV.
  • Okwany, L.A. (2010). Universal Primary Education and Social Exclusion in Kenya and Uganda. In N. Awortwi & L.A. Okwany (Eds.), Issues in Social Development and Local Governance in Uganda (pp. 131-154). Maastricht: Shaker Publishing.
  • Okwany, L.A. & Adala, A. (2009). From Schooling for Some to Lifelong Learning for All: A Paradigm Shift for Education and Development in Africa. In M.N. Amutabi & M.O. Oketch (Eds.), Studies in Lifelong Learning in Africa: From Ethnic Traditions to Technological Innovations (hors série, 0) (pp. ch. 11). Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press.
  • Oudenhoven van, N., Wazir, R. & Okwany, L.A. (2006). Newly Emerging Needs of Children in Kenya. In Newly Emerging Needs of Children and Youth: An Exploration. Antwerpen: Garant.
  • Okwany, L.A. (2003). Entering the Quagmire: Examining state-NGO Interaction in the provision of Education for Urban Poor Children in Kenya. In M. Sutton & R. Arnove (Eds.), State-NGO Relations in Educational Policy Formulation and Appropriation: Case Studies from the Field (pp. 27). Norwood: Ablex Publishing.
Book editorship (1)
  • Awortwi, N. & Okwany, L.A. (Eds.). (2010). Issues in Local Governance and Social Development in Uganda. Maastricht: Shaker Publishing.
Report (11)
  • Muhangi, A., Ngutuku, E. & Okwany, L.A. (2012). Action Research on the Integrated Area Based Approach and Child Labour Monitoring Sustems in Rakai District, Uganda. Kampala: ILO/IPEC.
  • Muhangi, A., Ngutuku, E. & Okwany, L.A. (2012). Emerging Good Practices from the Integrated Area Based Approach in Uganda. Kampala: ILO/IPEC.
  • Okwany, L.A., Ngutuku, E. & Muhanji, A. (2011). Youth and Cooperatives in Africa: Factors that Shape their Inclusion and Participation. Nairobi: The Africa Confederation of Cooperatives, Credit and Savings Organisations (ACCOSCA).
  • Okwany, L.A., Ngutuku, E. & Muhanji, A. (2011). Youth and Cooperatives in Africa: Factors that Shape their Inclusion and Participation. Nairobi: The Africa Confederation of Cooperatives, Credit and Savings Organisations (ACCOSCA).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2010). Social Protection for Vulnerable Children in Africa. The Netherlands: CABA Working Group and the Better Care Network (Concept Note for Advocacy).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2006). Children Under Siege: Examining Gaps in Interventions for Child Sexual Abuse in Kenya. Newly Emerging Needs of Children and Youth. Amsterdam: PLAN Nederland.
  • Okwany, L.A. (2005). Newly Emerging Needs of Children and Youth in Kenya, in: R. Wazir and N. van Oudenhoven , Newly Emerging Needs of Children and Youth an Exploration. Amsterdam: PLAN Nederland.
  • Okwany, L.A. & Wuyts, M.E. (2004). Evaluation of the Multi-Disciplinary Multi-Annual Research Program - Case study of REPOA, Tanzania. Den Haag: Ministry of Development Cooperation.
  • Okwany, L.A. (2003). Alternative Education for Marginalized Children and Youth: A Review of Key Programs in Kenya. (Report done on request for Sinaga Women and Children Resource Centre in Kenya, February 2003). : .
  • Okwany, L.A. (2002). Education and Training Strategies for Disadvantaged Children and Youth in East and Southern Africa. International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Research and Studies Program. Paris: UNESCO.
  • Okwany, L.A. (1998). ¿NGOs as Agents of Educational Development: Comparing Problems and Potential Across Cases¿ 1998 Panel presentation at the Regional (Mid-West) Comparative and International Education Society conference. Indiana University, Bloomington. November 20th ¿ 22nd. : .
Lecture (2)
  • Okwany, L.A. (,). Children and Poverty: Notions of Childhood in Development Discourses and Policies. Tanzania, Distance learning unit for the Tanzania Diploma in Poverty Analysis. Module 3 unit 10.
  • Okwany, L.A. (,). Free primary Education: Are we postponing Exclusion? Tanzania, Distance learning unit on Education and Social Policy for the Tanzania Diploma in Poverty Analysis. Module 3 unit 5.
Other output (20)
  • Okwany, L.A. (2011). Every Mother Dances Her Baby : The Role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in ECD in Africa. The UNU Global Biennal Conference: Amsterdam (2011, mei 12 - 2011, mei 14).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2011). Youth and Cooperatives in Africa: Factors that Shape their Participation. The 2nd SACCO Leaders Forum: Kigali, Rwanda.
  • Okwany, L.A. (2011). Indigenous Curriculum Perpspectives: African Voices. The Conference on Curriculum in the Early Years - Shaping Strong Foundations For Young Children: University of Free State, Bloemfontein (2011, september 26 - 2011, september 30).
  • Okwany, L.A., Ngutuku, E. & Muhangi, A. (2011). Participatory Action Research on Indigenous Knowledge for Early Childhood Development. UNA Global Biennal Conference: Amsterdam (2011, mei 12 - 2011, mei 14).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2010). Transformative Development: Harnessing the Entrepreneurship Advantage for Women and Youth in Africa. The 11th SACCA Congress of the African Confederation of Cooperatives Credit and Savings Organisations, ‘Fostering the Culture of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in SACCOs’: Manzini, Swaziland (2010, oktober 04 - 2010, oktober 08).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2009). Whose ECD for All? The Role of Local Knowledge in universalizing ECD Policy and Practice in Kenya and Uganda. The 4th International Conference on ECD in Africa: Dakar, Senegal (2009, november 10 - 2009, november 14).
  • Okwany, L.A., Muhangi, A. & Mulongo, N. (2009). Whose ECD for All? The Role of Local Knowledge in Universalizing Policy and Practice in Kenya and Uganda. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Early Childhood Development in Africa: Dakar, Senegal (2009, november 10 - 2009, november 14).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2008). Education, the State and Globalization in Africa: Cross examination of the Paradigm Shift in Education and Development. The 4th International Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference in Spokane: Washington (2008, februari 28 - 2008, maart 01).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2008). Negotiating Tensions in Girlhood: Constrained and Situated Agency of Urban Poor girls in Kenya. The International conference: “Young People in Africa: From Marginalization to Citizenship: ISS, Den Haag (2008, november 21 - 2008, november 22).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2006). The Right to Education for Urban Poor Girls: The Unseen Casualties of Educational Marginalization in Kenya. (Paper presented at the International Conference on Childrens Rights, Ghent Belgium, 18-19 May 2006).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2006). Photography and Half Stories: Media bias in depictions of street girls in Kenya (Paper presented at the Conference - Images of African Peoples: Photography, History and Culture in Africa and the African Diaspora, Eastern Illinois University, Charlston, Illinois. March 31 to April 2, 2006).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2006). I am still a child: Rethinking the childhood of poor girls in Kenya. the International Conference on Children’s Rights: Gent, Belgium (2006, mei 18 - 2006, mei 19).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2006). Hostile Landscapes: the Escalation of child sex tourism on the Kenyan Coast (Paper presented at the Atlas Africa Conference 2006: Contested Landscapes in Tourism: Culture, conservation and consumption Mombasa, Kenya, 16-18 February 2006).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2006). Girls’ Education and the Millennium Development Goals. The European International Model United Nations Conference: Netherlands Defence Academy (2007, juli 06).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2005). Free Primary Education in Kenya: Where the reality lies for overage, out of school youth? (For submission to Comparative Education Review).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2003). Invisible Girls: The Unseen Casualties of Educational Marginalization in Kenya (Paper/lecture presented at seminar organised by Utrecht University, Utrecht, 24 November 2003).
  • Okwany, L.A., Christina, R. & Singh, M. (2001). The Great Balancing Act: Competing and Collaborating Voices of Stakeholders in NGO Educational Programming in India, Kenya and Palestine (Panel Presentation at the 45th National Comparative and International Education Society Conference. Washington, DC March 14-17, 2001).
  • Okwany, L.A. (2001). Invisible Girls: The Unseen Casualties of Educational Marginalization in Kenya (Paper presented at the Conference titled: Precious Beads Multiply: The African Girl Child, from Girl to Woman. Organized by the Institute for the African Child, Ohio University April 5-6).
  • Okwany, L.A. & Semu, L. (2000). What Fosters Girls¿ and Women¿s Agency in Facilitating Social Change? A Comparative Analysis of Girls¿ and Women¿s Experiences in Educational and Political/Legal Processes in Kenya and Malawi (Panel presentation at the first Biennial AAUW International Symposium, Washington DC November 17-18).
  • Okwany, L.A. (1997). ¿Against Many Odds: Non-governmental Organizations¿ Response to Educational Marginalization of Street Girls in Kenya, Implications for Policy Formulation.¿ Paper presented at the Mid-West, African Studies Graduate Conference Madison -Wisconsin March 1st-3rd.