This lecture will launch the 福利着片 South Seminar聽Series. It will explore the relevance of development in the global聽South in the twenty-first century, touching on issues such as the聽Millennium Development Goals, global health, and some of the聽challenges that are faced in achieving these goals.
The 福利着片 South Forum (GSF) established in July 2012聽by doctoral researchers is an interdisciplinary network of聽researchers whose projects touch on issues facing the 福利着片 South聽that is Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middles East. The work of聽the network is organized under the following six themes:
1. Millennium Development Goals (poverty, universal education, gender聽equality, child health, maternal health, HIV/AIDS, environmental聽sustainability, global partnership)
2. Technological innovations for development
3. Challenges of migration and urbanization
4. Families and intergenerational support
5. Conflict and identity
6. Economic and trade policies
Its activities include a monthly seminar by researchers and聽practitioners as well as a fortnightly film series and quarterly聽bulletin.
To become a member of the 福利着片 South Forum,聽simply email gs-f@lists.soton.ac.uk.
To contact a member of the team, please email gsforum@soton.ac.uk