
Zainab Mai-Bornu
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10-11-2010 12:06:07
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Dr Zainab Mai-Bornu Zainab Mai-Bornu, Uni of Leicester; Professor Fidelis Allen, Uni of Port Harcourt, Nigeria; and Bridget Osakwe Bridget Osakwe, West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Nigeria Online and Fielding Johnson Council Rooms - FJ CS R1, Fielding Johnson Building.

#TheGoodMothers: 'Disney+' groundbreaking drama tries to tell the stories of women in the mafia but important pieces of the puzzle are missing'. Read more from PoLIS - Bath's Professor Felia Allum for The Conversation 📺 ⤵️ bit.ly/43PMOT1


Vulnerable #women are often recruited into #crime as bait. Are they perpetrators, victims, or both? Felia Allum joins #brlsi to explore the culture of #criminalgangs through the medium of #graphicart. #Feminism UN Women UK Tues 19 Sep 7:30 - 9pm 🎟£3– £6 brlsi.org/whatson/graphi…

@erica_baffelli Aura Di Febo The University of Manchester 私的京都産業大学 UTokyo | 東京大学 @PaulaKolata Ioannis Gaitanidis Religious Studies The issue also includes a book review by Zainab Mai-Bornu on a monograph from a different context - Nigeria. She reviews Rage and Carnage in the Name of God: Religious Violence in Nigeria by Abiodun Alao African Leadership Centre, published by Duke University Press tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

It was great having Dr Zainab Mai-Bornu Zainab Mai-Bornu with us on Friday to deliver PoLIS' annual Athena Swan lecture. An insightful talk on #gender and #conflict in the #NigerDelta and why women's voices matter.


This APSA, Zainab Mai-Bornu and I are division co-chairs for African Politics Conference Group. It’s so exciting seeing the quality of submissions this year. Can’t wait to welcome folks to Philly.


So pleased that we can carry on talking about 'Mafia women' & their agency with CinemaItaliaUK 😎 In 2024 16-17 March Riverside Studios - London 23-24 April Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution - 🛁 Bath! There will be some great films & discussions! The Leverhulme Trust PoLIS - Bath University of Bath Enrico Cecconi

In Special issue #GreenCriminology Voices from #Africa Zainab Mai-Bornu Green criminology in the Niger Delta of Nigeria - Why African women’s voices matter #NigerDelta #gender #ecocide Annette Hübschle 🔗doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd…




So far #organisedcrime has been presented as a male-only affair with women being overlooked. The 3 films to be shown Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution CinemaItaliaUK in Bath on 23-24 April will highlight the different aspects of women's agency in mafia contexts. Beware of the #malegaze! The Leverhulme Trust


Today I was at a Shoutout UK event - Disarming Hate:Promoting Peace in West Africa. Exhilarating! The highlight is the recording of the Media Minded Live Podcast on strategies, challenges and opportunities in developing CSOs capabilities on violent extremism Zainab Mai-Bornu


We travelled to Nigeria to host a two part event helping equip people with the skills to combat violent extremism 🇳🇬 🙌 A massive thanks to the GEC @statedept and Zainab Mai-Bornu at the University of Leicester for making this event possible 👏 #podcast #MediaMinded #Nigeria


Congratulations to our wonderful colleagues @DrAngelaMuir and Dr Zainab Mai-Bornu on their promotion to Associate Professor! And to Dr Kellie Moss on her promotion to Senior Research Associate! College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities History at Leicester Centre for Regional and Local History Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies



@nicolelizwilson Nikolaos Frantzeskakis Alecia Ndlovu Lynn Reiners The election for our new treasurer will soon take place, so please send your nominations to the Nomination Committee. We look forward to seeing you at ASA 2024! Zainab Mai-Bornu Rachel Sigman