JOB POST: Lecturer in Sign Language Linguistics or Deaf Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
IMMIDIATE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
• POSITION: Expatriate Lecturers (2)
• Sign Language & Deaf Culture
Position needed: – Lecturer in Linguistics (with expertise in sign language linguistics and/or deaf studies)
Addis Ababa University’s Department of Linguistics has launched the Bachelors of Arts degree in Ethiopian Sign Language and Deaf Culture this academic year (2008-2009). It is the first BA degree course in Sign Language provided in the African continent.
The main objectives of the BA program are to encourage and train:
• sign language teachers in teaching sign language courses at secondary and tertiary levels
• sign linguists in conducting research on Ethiopian Sign Language in order to promote the use, status and function of Ethiopian Sign Language.
• sign language interpreters in the interpreting profession
The program is to:
• Promote collaborative research on Ethiopian Sign Language in conjunction with other institutions of higher learning at local, regional and international levels.
• Provide advisory services to organizations, schools, institutions that work to promote Ethiopian Sign Language and Deaf culture, organize short-term trainings for people involved in Sign language and Deaf Education, compilation of Sign language dictionary etc.
It is a three year regular university program which gives modules focusing on sign language, linguistics, Deaf Culture. Some of the modules the Lecturer is expected to be familiar with are:
• Sign language and Society
• Sign language literature and performance
• Trends in Deaf Education
• The sociology of signing family
• Sign language interpretation and translation
• Deafness in broader perspectives,
• Communication Support for Deaf People (i.e. note-taking, interpreting etc)
We may require the expatriate lecturers (if given sufficient skills needed) to assist us in doing a feasibility study into setting up the African Centre for Deaf Studies and Sign Language Studies at our university.
Contractual time:
The Department of Linguistics and Philology seeks to employ two full-time Lecturer positions. The minimum contractual time is two years as of March 2009 with the possibility of extending the contract.
Requirement:
• Good sign language skills, preferably in American Sign Language
• Postgraduate diploma in Sign linguistics, Deaf Studies, or related field or qualification;
• Knowledge of Deaf history and culture;
• Extensive experience in working with the Deaf community;
The ideal candidates for the position should be a self-starter, detail-oriented, and able to handle multiple assignments and operate in team work and an intense environment.
Salary: details given upon requesting
Application:
Interested candidates are required to send or email a letter of application stating their interest, their curriculum vitae and two letters of references from academics to:
Eyasu Hailu Tamene
Ethiopian Sign Language Program Coordinator
Addis Ababa University, Department of Linguistics
P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
For further information, please email Eyasu Tamene at: tusaye11@gmail.com
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )CALL FOR PAPERS on Water and Sanitation Deadline Extended
Thanks to the many of you who have submitted papers for the 34th WEDC International Conference on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Sustainable Development and Multisectoral Approaches which is to be held 18th – 22nd May 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. These are currently being reviewed.
We have received numerous requests to extend the deadline, and we have considered our review and production processes accordingly. As a result, we have extended the deadlines as follows:
– Refereed papers (to be refereed by the International Scientific Committee): 5 Dec 2008
– Reviewed papers (to be reviewed by WEDC): 5 Jan 2009
– Poster presentations and alternative formats (to be reviewed by WEDC): 5 Jan 2009
Please note that the later papers are submitted, the tighter the timescale that authors will have for making revisions to meet the reviewers’ comments as we will not be able to alter the final deadline for this. You are therefore advised to submit your paper as soon as possible.
Please see http://www.wedcconference.co.uk/index.php for further details.
With best regards
The WEDC International Conference Team
Thank you to the WEDC team for passing along this announcement. Note that this deadline extension refers to a Call for Papers previously posted at We Can Do at https://wecando.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/call-for-papers-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-conference-may-18-22-2009-addis-ababa-ethiopia/. However, as always, any queries, applications, or submissions should be directed to the conference organizers, NOT We Can Do. See their web site at http://www.wedcconference.co.uk/index.php
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Call for Papers: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene CONFERENCE, May 18-22, 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[Note to We Can Do readers: you will note that this conference is not specifically disability focused. But it could be an opportunity to submit papers that could help enlighten colleagues who might otherwise forget to account for the needs of people with disabilities in accessing clean water and sanitation. If your disability-oriented paper is accepted at the WEDC International conference, I hope you will consider also submitting it for publication at We Can Do.]
34th WEDC International Conference : CALL FOR PAPERS
The Call for Papers for the 34th WEDC International Conference is now available. For further information, please see http://www.wedcconference.co.uk/call_for_papers.php or email wedc.conf@Lboro.ac.uk
The Conference will be held at the United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa from 18 to 22 May 2009, by invitation of the Ministry of Water Resources, Ethiopia and WEDC, UK.
The title of the Conference will be
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Sustainable Development and Multisectoral Approaches.
The WEDC International Conference is a week long, practitioner and research focused conference, exchanging knowledge and experiences in the water and sanitation sector. Papers are invited for review or for refereeing by the International Scientific Committee, and there will also be poster presentations, discussion sessions and side events.
Sponsorship Opportunity:
The 34th WEDC International Conference would also like to offer the opportunity for international organisations to sponsor the conference. For further details, please contact S.Sargent@lboro.ac.uk or see
http://www.wedcconference.co.uk/sponsorship.php
With kind regards
Ian Smout (Chair of Conference Advisory Committee)
Julie Fisher (Conference Manager)
I received this announcement via email from Julia Fisher. Inquiries related to the call for papers, or to the conference in general, should be directed to the conference organizers, NOT We Can Do. This includes inquiries regarding what accommodations they are prepared to make for participants with disabilities.
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TRAINING: New Ethiopian Sign Language & Deaf Culture University Degree
Press Release – Ethiopian Sign Language degree
No. 1/08
The Department of Linguistics, Addis Ababa University, organized and conducted a one day consultative workshop on a Draft syllabus of a BA program in Ethiopian Sign Language (ESL) and Deaf Culture on March 14, 2008 in Addis Ababa. The purpose of the workshop is to evaluate the draft syllabus with the presence of stakeholders who are working in the area of sign language and Deaf Education. The participants are mainly teachers of Deaf schools, Deaf Students, representatives from Deaf Association, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, NGOs, various relevant government offices and the university officials.
Ethiopia’s first BA program in ESL and Deaf Culture has the following main objectives:
- Train Deaf teachers and Deaf sign linguists,
- Promoting the growth and enrichment of the ESL and,
- Promote collaborative research on ESL.
It was told by the participants that such initiatives taken by the university is encouraging to minimize the shortage of teachers of deaf students all over the country. This three years BA program is hopefully to be launched in October 2008. Besides, the department has a future plan to set up a Regional Sign Language Center. Therefore, the department invites professionals to support our effort in the improvement of Ethiopian Deaf Education and for the development of Ethiopian Sign Language.
Currently, the department gives a non-credit, free of charge, awareness raising course on ESL and Deaf Culture for the University community. There are about 250 students attending this course in six (6) classes and will be certified on June 2008.
Inquiry about the Sign Language Program in Addis Ababa University can be made to the following addresses:
Dr. Hirut WoldeMariam, Chairperson, Dep’t of Linguistics, AAU
Email- hirutwoldemariam@yahoo.com
Dr. Moges Yigezu, ESL and Deaf Culture Project Leader,
Email- mogesyigezu@yahoo.com.au
Eyasu Hailu, ESL and Deaf Culture Project Coordinator
Email- tusaye11@gmail.com
Department of Linguistics
Addis Ababa University
April 2008
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4th All Africa Wheelchair Congress Report Available Online
In low-income countries, the overwhelming majority people who need wheelchairs don’t have one. This has a profound impact on their ability to lead independent lives–or even leave their own homes. Participants in a recent conference in Africa exchanged ideas and knowledge on how to address this challenge.
The 4th All Africa Wheelchair Congress Report (PDF format, 446 Kb) can now be downloaded for free on-line. The report summarizes a series of remarks, panel discussions, and other conference sessions on how to promote appropriate wheelchair services across the African continent. The report also presents a list of resolutions made on the last day of the Congress. The 4th All Africa Wheelchair Congress was held in September 2007 in Tanzania.
The Pan Africa Wheelchair Builders Association (PAWBA) and the Tanzanian Training Centre for Orthopaedic Technologists (TATCOT) facilitated the congress. Co-funders included the World Health Organisation, ABILIS, Motivation Africa, Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM), and SINTEF. The 116 participating members came from Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, UK, Norway and USA.
The previous three All Africa Wheelchair Congresses were held in Zambia (2003); Kenya (1998); and Zimbabwe (1995). Each congress was a landmark in developing appropriate and affordable wheelchair products and services in Africa in allowing participants to exchange knowledge across the continent. PAWBA was formed at the 2003 Congress.
You can download the full, 47-page 4th All Africa Wheelchair Congress report in PDF format (446 Kb) at:
http://www.independentliving.org/docs7/pawba-tatcot200709.pdf
We Can Do learned about this report by browsing the AskSource.info database on health, disability, and development. I gathered further detail by skimming the report itself.
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CASE STUDIES: Disabled Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia
Women with disabilities in Ethiopia and many other countries can face enormous obstacles in becoming economically independent. But some Ethiopian disabled women do become successful entrepreneurs.
A publication from the International Labour Organization (ILO), entitled Doing Business in Addis Ababa: Case Studies of Women Entrepreneurs with Disabilities in Ethiopia, presents 20 stories that describe how women with various disabilities have established their own small businesses in Addis Ababa and the Tigray region in Ethiopia. The women have a range of disabilities including visual impairments, hearing impairments, mobility impairments; and some have had leprosy. Two stories also describe how mothers of children with learning difficulties became entrepreneurs.
All the stories depict both the challenges faced by disabled women in Ethiopia and also the range of possibilities that can be open to them when they have access to the right skills, training, and opportunities. Many of the disabled women entrepreneurs in these case studies are able to use their income to support their families and children.
Read an abstract and download the publication in PDF format at:
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/gladnetcollect/189/
We Can Do learned about this publication by browsing through Siyanda, an on-line database for publications and research related to gender and development.
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NEWS: World Association of Sign Language Interpreters Conference Report
The email further below comes from the secretary of the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI) regarding their recent conference in Spain. Some sign language interpreters from developing nations were among the participants.
At the WASLI web site (http://www.wasli.org), you can see a daily newsletter from the conference (in English at top, in Spanish if you scroll down the page). You will also find text on topics such as developing a code of ethics for interpreters (see the link to the code of ethics in Kenya); mentoring sign language interpreters; links to information about deaf interpreters; and more.
Their “WASLI Country Reports 2007” (PDF format, 2.8 Mb) presents recent information about the situation of sign language interpreters or Deaf/deaf people generally in dozens of both industrialized and developing nations around the world. Some of the developing nations represented include: Botswana, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Cambodia, India, Peru, and Mexico.
WASLI also published a similar report two years earlier, WASLI Country Reports 2005 (PDF format, 1 Mb). The low- and middle-income countries represented in this report include: Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Nigeria, Palestine, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Limited summaries of the WASLI website is available in other languages in PDF format by clicking on “About this website in other languages” WASLI’s left-hand navigation bar. Languages include Arabic, Brazialian Portuguese, Italian, Kiswahili, Japanese, Thai, French, Cantonese, Indonesian, Spanish, and Russian.
Email From WASLI Secretary
From: Zane Hema WASLI Secretary
To: secretary@wasli.org
Subject: WASLI
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 00:44:55 -0000
WASLI is committed to developing the profession of sign language interpreting world wide
Greetings Friends
2007 has been an important year for WASLI primarily because it was the year that the 2nd WASLI Conference took place in Segovia, Spain 13-15 July 2007.
WASLI Conference 2007 – UPDATED WEBPAGE
The WASLI 2007 page on the website has been devoted to the WASLI 2007 Conference in Segovia. It has been updated to include:
A photo gallery,
Minutes of the General Membership meeting,
Scenes from Segovia (Conference Newsletter)
Messages of Greetings
Countries Report
Update on the WASLI 2007 Conference Proceedings
… with more information to follow
WASLI Conference 2007 – OFFICIAL STATISTICS
Total number of participants – 255 (197 women and 58 men) from 41 different countries. (This figure does not include working interpreters, companions and an individual from Press purposes)
159 were members of an interpreter association.
20 delegates were sponsored (8 people who were sponsored did not come)
Spain had the highest number of participants at 102
Regional Representation
Africa – 6 countries represented
North America – 3 countries represented
Europe – 14 countries represented
Balkans – 3 countries represented
Australasia & Oceania – 2 countries represented
Asia – 8 countries represented
Transcaucasia & Central Asia – 1 country represented
Latino America – 4 countries represented
More news to follow shortly …
Zane HEMA
WASLI Secretary
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )CALL FOR PAPERS: Conference on UN CRPD
The deadline for submitting paper abstracts is October 22, 2007; the conference itself will be held May 19-22, 2008, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. If interested, then go to http://www.lcint.org/conference2008 and download the Word document forms to apply. I am not associated with Leonard Chesire International (LCI) or with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) or with this conference. Inquiries should go directly to the conference organizers by following the above web link.
CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a Call for Action on
Poverty, Lack of Access and Discrimination
19-22 May 2008
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organized by UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Leonard Cheshire
International (LCI)
Deadline for submission of abstracts: Monday 22 October 2007
The conference will support governments’ efforts to ratify the UN Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and seek to ensure that the
process of implementation is transparent, meaningful and fully inclusive. The
meeting will examine what changes are required to combat the poverty, lack of
access and discrimination that people with disabilities face. It will also draw
up a global call for action to ensure that persons with disabilities have full
and equal enjoyment of all human rights.
The conference is the second in a series of joint UN Regional Commiss ion and LCI
global meetings on disability. It will provide a platform for debate on
policies, barriers to inclusion, best practice and the formulation of concrete
strategies for the implementation of the UNCRPD.
Panel sessions and workshops will explore good practice and identify strategies
for the implementation of the new Convention to combat the challenges of
poverty, lack of access and discrimination.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Conference Secretariat is now open for abstracts for proposed papers
concerning disability and poverty, lack of access or discrimination. These
closely linked and interdependent themes constitute lines of action that flow
throughout the articles of the Convention. Within each theme, it is suggested
that papers could approach the theme from one or more of the following
perspectives:
1. Innovative policies
2. Good practice
3. Catalysts for change
4. Situational report on research and the availability of data
More information on the conference themes and the abstract submission form are
available at http://www.lcint.org/conference2008.
Fiona McConnon
International Co-ordination Manager
Leonard Cheshire
30 Millbank
London SW1P 4QD
UK
Tel: +44 (0)207 802 8217
Fax: +44 (0)207 802 8275
Email: fiona.mcconnon at lc-uk dot org
(Substitute @ at sign for “at” and a . dot for “dot” and delete all spaces.)
This announcement is taken from http://www.lcint.org/conference2008; people interested in submitting abstracts or learning more about the conference should follow the link to download their forms.
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