International Women's Day 2022 - Webinar Series, 8 March 2022

Women in Leadership in Higher Education: Global and Regional Perspectives
Tuesday, 8 March | 13:30 – 15:00 UTC

 

Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA), European Women Rectors Association (EWORA) and the International Association of Universities (IAU) have organized a webinar for International Women Day 2022 to launch a global conversation on women in leadership in education, with a special focus on Europe and Africa. The focus of this initial conversation was gender-sensitive institutional structures and policies.

 

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[Download the ESSA Women Leading Workshop Report]

 

Program

Welcome and introduction by ESSA, EWORA and IAU

• Pam Fredman, President, IAU President
• Lucy Heady, CEO, ESSA
• Gulsun Saglamer, President, EWORA

Setting the scene:

• Pam Fredman, IAU President,
• Carmen Fenol, Vice President EWORA
• Jennifer Udeh, Head of Programmes and Partnerships, ESSA

Panel discussion

Moderator:

• Mwenda Ntarangwi, CEO, Commission for University Education, Nairobi, Kenya

Speakers:

• Inga Žalėnienė, Rector, Mykolas Romeris University
• Folabit Lena Novel, Global Student Forum Steering Committee Member
• Mary Okwakol – Executive Director of the National Council for Higher Education, Uganda and a Founding Member, Forum for Women Vice Chancellors in Africa (FAWoVC)
• Pam Fredman, IAU President and former Rector GU, Sweden

Q&A