BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13912-b5b6b341752d99a73b6b8cba3afeec02@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260429T133324Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T133000 SUMMARY:African Studies Brown Bag Lecture: Wanjiru Kareithi DESCRIPTION:\nWanjiru Kareithi is a postdoctoral scholar in the Office o f the Associate Dean of Access and Equity in the College of Arts and Arc hitecture at Penn State. Her work focuses on equity and inclusive leader ship\, with a strong academic emphasis on women’s rights in civil\, poli tical\, economic\, and socio-cultural contexts. Affiliated with the Depa rtment of Women's\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and the Africa n Studies program at Penn State\, her research and teaching explore grou p rights and gender-based legal reform\, advocating for marginalized com munities. As a human rights advocate from Nairobi\, Kenya\, Kareithi has more than twelve years of experience working with both governmental and non-governmental organizations across sub-Saharan Africa and globally. Her advocacy has centered on promoting equality\, non-discrimination\, a nd gender-sensitive human rights initiatives at regional and internation al levels. In addition to her extensive advocacy and research\, Kareithi has taught and mentored students in human rights law and gender studies across Africa and beyond. She holds a doctor of laws degree (LLD) from the University of Pretoria\, a master of laws degree (LLM) from the Univ ersity of Bristol\, and a bachelor of laws degree (LLB) from Kenya. She is also a member of the Kenya Bar Association.\n\nFor more details: http s://events.la.psu.edu/event/kareithi/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Wanjiru Kareith i is a postdoctoral scholar in the Office of the Associate Dean of Acces s and Equity in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State. Her work focuses on equity and inclusive leadership, with a strong academic emphasis on women’s rights in civil, political, economic, and socio-cult ural contexts. Affiliated with the Department of Women's, Gender, and Se xuality Studies (WGSS) and the African Studies program at Penn State, he r research and teaching explore group rights and gender-based legal refo rm, advocating for marginalized communities. As a human rights advocate from Nairobi, Kenya, Kareithi has more than twelve years of experience w orking with both governmental and non-governmental organizations across sub-Saharan Africa and globally. Her advocacy has centered on promoting equality, non-discrimination, and gender-sensitive human rights initiati ves at regional and international levels. In addition to her extensive a dvocacy and research, Kareithi has taught and mentored students in human rights law and gender studies across Africa and beyond. She holds a doc tor of laws degree (LLD) from the University of Pretoria, a master of la ws degree (LLM) from the University of Bristol, and a bachelor of laws d egree (LLB) from Kenya. She is also a member of the Kenya Bar Associatio n.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/kareithi/

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