Report on activities conducted in 2023

Overview of activities:

• Master Course start
  The new master program Women’s Children’s and Nature’s Rights in Environmental Governance starts 5 October 2023.
  You find the program for the Introduction here. Read the welcome speech here.

• Core courses 1st year:

  • First semester:

    • Applied Research Methodology in Women, Children and Nature Rights in Environmental Governance (outline here)

    • Women rights in Environmental Governance (outline here)

    • Nature’s Rights in Environmental Governance (outline here)

    • Environmental Governance (outline here)

  • Second semester:

    • Children’s Rights in Environmental Governance

    • Justice for Women, Children and Nature

• Elective courses 1st year second semester:

  • Indigenous Knowledge and Customary Practices in Environmental Governance

  • Urbanization for Sustainability

  • Marine and Ocean Governance

  • Sustainable Biodiversity and Equality

  • Soil and Land Governance

• In March 2023 the Faculty of Law at the University of  Nairobi submitted Regulations and Syllabus for the Degree in Master of Arts in Women, Children and Nature Rights in Environmental Governance to the University of Nairobi for approval. The regulations and syllabus was approved by the University Board in June the same year. Regulations and syllabus.

• From  20th to 25th March the Department of Public and International Law at the University of Oslo hosted a planning seminar for WCNREG Master program with focus on curriculum development and online teaching methods with inputs from the Norwegian Center of Human Rights the Center for Exellency in Legal Education (CELL). Program.
• Faculty of Law, Ehancellor College, arranged a Partner's workshop and PhD seminar 26th June - 30th June. Program.

• 35 master scholarships in the WCNREG program for participants from Malawi, Kenya and Zimbabwe was awarded in June.