WOMEN’S STUDIES WELCOMES FIVE NEW MINORS! Samantha Abelson (‘03) Anjali Garg (‘05) Megan Chappell (‘04) Rebecca Kousky (‘04) Amanda Sweetser (‘03)
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For example, if the President is a man, then the Deputy is required to be a woman; if the President is a woman, a man must serve as Deputy. In addition, Ms. Mpanga was instrumental in promoting Women’s Day on March 8 as a national holiday. Mpanga spoke to an audience of students and faculty in Pugh Auditorium. She provided a survey of the women’s movement in Uganda, a country of over 23.4 million people, with over 51% women, $350 annual income, and 3.6 billion dollars of international debt. The modern women’s movement in Uganda began with a group called the Mother’s Union, formed in 1945 by Mary Stewart, the wife of a bishop of the Anglican Church in Uganda. From this group, three
women went on to receive degrees in higher education. Mpanga was one of the three. During the harsh regime of military dictator Idi Amin (19711979), the Mother’s Union survived. Amin banished all women’s groups except the Mother’s Union, YWCA, and the Association of Muslim Women. In the late 1970s the National Council of Women was formed. In 1988 a Ministry for Women was formed in the Office of the President. From the beginning of the most recent leadership of the National Resistance Army and President Yoweri Museveni, women have made an important impact on the governmental structure of the country. The capable leadership of Joyce Mpanga has been largely responsible for this progress for the last 40 years.
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Women’s Studies and Crosslisted Courses for Spring 2003 WST 100 A-H RAD: Rape Aggression Defense for Women WST 221A Women’s Issues WST 321A Seminar: Women’s Health Issues WST 359A Fathers and Daughters WST 377A Special Topic: Women in West African Cultures WST 377B Special Topic: Ecofeminism WST 396A Independent Study WST 397A Internships: Non-PREPARE only WST 397B Internships: PREPARE only AES 151 Race & Ethnic Diversity in America AES 232 American Jewish Experiences AES 310 Race, Class & Gender in a Color Blind Society COM 341 American Rhetorical Movements Since 1900 COM 370 Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality in the Media ENG 381 Studies in African American Literature HMN 285 Culture and Religion in Contemporary Native America HMN 357 Images of Aging in the Humanities HST 338 Gender in Modern America LAS 310 Special Topics: Race, Ethnicity & Gender in Latin American and U.S. Latino Culture and Society POL 229 Women and Politics POL 277 Feminist Political Thought PSY 265 Human Sexuality SOC 153 Marriage and the Family To find out more about each course listed above— description, day/time of class, professor, and location—visit the Women’s Studies website at www.wfu.edu.Academic-departments/WomensStudies, or call the office at 336/758-3758.