User:Nanaafua63/Yvonne Idun

Yvonne Nana Afua Idun is an Environmental Policy Analyst at the United Nations University-Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, based in Accra, Ghana. Her previous working experiences include being a Programmme Officer at the United Nations University-International Leadership Institute in Amman, Jordan. She holds a BA in Law and French from the University of Ghana, a Certificate in French Language Proficiency from the Institut Supérieur Privé in France, an LLM in the Law of International Trade and a PhD in International Environmental Law and the Law of International Trade from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She has undertaken consultancy assignments with the UNDP offices in USA, Benin and Liberia, as well as the UNECA in Ethiopia. She has also lectured and conducted research at the Universities of Cape Town and the Witwatersrand in South Africa and Yale Law School in the USA. Her current activities include being a Co-founder and Director of the International Centre for Environmental Governance and Development NGO in Accra, Ghana, and a Founding Member of the Alliance for Migration, Leadership and Development NGO, Senegal and Switzerland. Yvonne is a member of the Réseau de Femmes Africaines et Espagnoles pour un Monde Meilleur, Canary Islands; the Population Environment Research Network, Columbia University, USA; and the monthly workshop discussions of the Iraq Institute for Economic Reform, Iraq. Yvonne has authored books and articles within the field of Gender, Trade and Environment.

Awards won by Yvonne Idun include those for:

Post Doctoral Research in International Environmental Law, Oliver Schreiner School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, 2004.

Harry Crossley Foundation, Post Doctoral Research in International Environmental Law, Wilfred and Jules Kramer Law School, University of Cape Town, 2004.

Wilfred Kramer and International Postgraduate Awards, PhD Studies in Law of International Trade and International Environmental Law, University of Cape Town, 2003 and 2004.

Publications by Yvonne Idun:

(a) Textbooks include:

Free Trade and Environmental Protection: Lessons for Formulating A Hazardous Waste Law in Developing Countries, United Nations University-International Leadership Institute, Amman (2007).

Leadership for Sound Waste Management, United Nations University-International Leadership Institute, Amman (2007).

Regulating Hazardous Waste Trade in South Africa, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire: A Comparative Review of Municipal Legislation, United Nations University-Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, Woeli Publications, Accra (2010).

The Role of African Regional Mechanisms in Controlling Toxic Waste Trade, United Nations University-Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, Woeli Publications, Accra (2010).

Articles include:

Chapter in Book, “The Role of UNU-INRA in Promoting Climate Change Adaptation Networks”, available in Higher Education for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation: Africa The United Nations University, Tokyo (2009) (Published Conference Proceedings).

“Promoting Women and Youth Leadership in Solid Waste Management: Recommendations for a Project in Jordan’s Weidhard Refugee Camp”, available at http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/ (17/12/2008).

“Côte d’Ivoire’s Probo Koala Tragedy (2006): Any Lessons for Africa?”, available at http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/ (7/12/2008); and http://www.blackafrica.net/tag/probo/

“Waste Management in Jordan: Any Lessons for Moving Ahead?”, available at http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/ (7/12/2008).

“Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom in African Universities”, UNU-ILI Newsletter (2007).

“Process of Amendment/Revision of Medical Waste Policies in South Africa”, BCRC-Pretoria (2005). (Based on paper presented at the Basel Regional Centre Pretoria’s Workshop on Injection Safety and Healthcare Waste Management, Pretoria, March 2005).

“General Legal Challenges in the Safe Injection and Safe Disposal of Hazardous Waste”, BCRC-Pretoria (2005). (Based on paper presented at the Workshop of the Basel Regional Centre-Pretoria on Injection Safety and Healthcare Waste Management, Pretoria, March 2005).

Selection of Conference/Workshop Papers:

“Youth Leadership, Waste Management and Climate Change in African Schools”, at Seminar Series on “Training Africa’s Youth in Waste Management and Climate Change”, UNU-INRA, Elmina, Cape Coast, Kumasi, Accra, 2010.

“Women’s Promotion of Climate Change Adaptation Methods in Rural and Urban Liberia”, at Workshop on “Women and Climate Change in Liberia”, Oxfam International, Monrovia, 2009.

“Free Trade and Environmental Protection: Lessons for a Hazardous Waste Law in Developing Countries”, at 4th International Conference on Law, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, 2007.

“Recommendations for a Model Law for Countries to Regulate Hazardous Waste Management”, at Workshop on “Strategies and Policies on the Management of Hazardous Waste”, UNEP-SBC, BCRC-Cairo, Cairo, 2007.

“Promoting Leadership for Sound Waste Management: The Approach of Latin America and the Caribbean”, at Workshop on “Leadership for Sound Waste Management”, UNU-ILI, Amman, 2006.

“Promoting Sound Waste Management in Leadership and Urban Planning”, at “5th Seminar on Training Lecturers”, Al Balqa/Dortmond University Winter School, Amman, 2006.

“A Review of Equatorial Guinea’s Policies in the Oil Industry”, at “Training Workshop for South African Ambassadors”, Africa Institute of South Africa, Pretoria, May 2005.