BIOGRAPHY OF DR. RICHMOND TIEMOKO

Richmond Tiemoko is the Director of the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC). He has worked extensively in the area of reproduction, family dynamic, and health and migration in West Africa. Dr. Tiemoko's research interests include sexuality, reproduction, children, family dynamics, migration, and social change. Prior to joining ARSRC, Dr. Tiemoko was a research fellow at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research at the University of Sussex in Brighton, United Kingdom. His research focused on migration and health outcomes of children, and family impact on migration and development. Dr. Tiemoko also worked at the Institut de Formation et de Recherché Démographiques (IFORD) in Yaounde, Cameroon. While there, he contributed to various research projects and consultations on gender, reproduction, HIV/AIDS, family planning, population dynamic, and development.

Dr. Tiemoko has over ten years teaching experience at undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional levels at IFORD, University of Sussex, and the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands. He holds a Ph.D. in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, an M.Sc. in Demography from IFORD, and a B.Sc in Statistics and Applied Economics from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. He is also an alumnus of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa's (CODESRIA) Gender Institute. Some of his publications include:

Tiemoko, R. 2003. Coffee, Children, and Family Relations: Understanding Reproductive Change in Western Côte d'Ivoire. Shaker, Maastricht.

Tiemoko, R. 2001. "The Gender Age Gap: Marriage and Rights in the Côte d'Ivoire." In: Development. London. 44 (2): 104-106