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UON Center of Human Rights and Peace (CHRP), hosted an eye-opening colloquium on African sexualities: traditions, perspectives and human rights, on Tuesday 21st November 2023. The colloquium was held in partnership with the Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) and the Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN). The event brought together a diverse panel of experts, including legal scholars, theologians, and anthropologists, to shed light on the complex interplay between tradition, religion, and human rights.

The department successfully held the 9TH African Association for the Study of Religions in Africa Conference in Africa at the University of Nairobi Towers from 2nd  to 4th of August 2023

The 9th meeting of the AASR was hosted by the University of Nairobi, from August 2 to August 4.

Here are links to picture galleries from each day of the event:

Pictures from Day 1

Pictures from Day 2

Pictures from Day 3

The University of Nairobi will host the 9th African Association for the study of Religions Conference in Africa at the UoN Towers in August 2-4, 2023. 

Mrs Rebecca Murigu Lecturer at the department, and also the Chairperson Nairobi School Board of Management, receiving the President Dr. William Ruto at Nairobi School. The president was laying foundation to the school science complex and the the commissioning of a dormitory.

Dr. Mwende presented a paper; Lets do it together : rethinking gender in the mediation and resolution of natural resources conflicts in a changing climate in East Africa, at conference held on 17-21 May 2023 in Trinidad and Tobago 

Prof. Peter Mumo and Dr. Patrick Nyabul from the department attending a two day workshop (2nd and 3rd may 2023) organised by the Capacity Training Institute (Kakamega) at Eagles hotel, Tala

Erasmus+ Program in the Czech Republic