Awino Okech
Awino Okech | |
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Nationality | Kenyan |
Alma mater | University of Cape Town |
Occupation | Academic |
Awino Okech is a Kenyan academic, based at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where her "teaching and research interests lies in the nexus between gender, sexuality and nation/state making projects as they occur in conflict and post-conflict societies". Okech has also taught at the , based at King's College London, and is a member of the editorial advisory board of Feminist Africa.
Early life[]
Awino Okech grew up in Kisumu Kenya, where her mother was an educator.[1] Okech has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, followed by a master's degree and a PhD from the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town.[1]
Career[]
Okech taught at the , based at King's College London, where she was the co-convener of the Gender Leadership and Society module, which formed part of the MSc in Security, Leadership and Society.[2]
Okech is now based at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), in the , where her "teaching and research interests lies in the nexus between gender, sexuality and nation/state making projects as they occur in conflict and post-conflict societies".[2]
Okech is a member of the editorial advisory board of Feminist Africa, a peer-reviewed journal from the African Gender Institute, based at the University of Cape Town.[3] Okech is a member of the , a pan-African scholars and policy advocates network focused on security sector reform.[3]
Selected publications[]
Okech's publications include:[4]
- Women and Security Governance in Africa, ed. Funmi Olonisakin & Awino Okech. Oxford: Pambazuka Press, 2011. ISBN 9781906387891
- Gendered security: Between ethno-nationalism and constitution making in Kenya (2013) * Dealing with Asymmetrical Conflict: Lessons from Kenya (2015)
- Boundary Anxieties and Infrastructures of Violence: Exploring Somali Identity in Post-Westgate Kenya (forthcoming)
- Protest and Power: Gender, State and Society in Africa (forthcoming)
References[]
- ^ a b "Awino Okech - African Gender Institute". agi.ac.za. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Dr Awino Okech - Staff - SOAS University of London". www.soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Visiting Senior Research Fellows: Awino Okech". kcl.ac.uk. kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Awino Okech - JASS (Just Associates)". justassociates.org. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- Living people
- Kenyan feminists
- University of Cape Town alumni
- Academics of King's College London
- Kenyan expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Feminist studies scholars
- Kenyan women writers
- 21st-century women writers
- 21st-century Kenyan women writers
- Academics of SOAS University of London