Facilities at the Centre

The facilities available at the Centre For Gender And Development Studies include the Seminar Room and the Reading Room.

Seminar Room

The Seminar Room, which can accommodate up to 30 persons, is used for lunchtime and occasional seminars, meetings of the Women and Development Study Group, postgraduate thesis seminars, workshops, training seminars, Centre and guest lectures. A T.V. monitor, a VHS video and a multimedia projector are available for the use of presenters.

Reading Room

The Reading Room is of growing importance to the interaction between students, the public, associate and affiliate staff. The Documentalist, Ms. Eaulin Blondel, is responsible for the cataloguing of Reading Room material.

The Reading Room houses documents and general literature in the areas of gender, development, human rights, international legal documents related to women and gender issues and writings by women on women.

Ms. Eaulin Blondel, The Documentalist or Rennette Ursha Feracho is available for help in accessing research material.

Materials available from the Reading Room include staff publications and Working Papers by graduate students and other academics and writers. Staff publications and Working Papers may also be bought at the Centre after reading. The University Bookshop also sells copies of these publications.