Women in Leadership in Higher Education: Global and Regional Perspectives

@IAU_AIU @ESSA_Africa @EWORA @WomenRectors

On International Women Day 2022 , Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA), European Women Rectors Association (EWORA) and the International Association of Universities (IAU) to launched a global conversation on women in leadership in education. With special focus on Europe and Africa, the initial conversation addressed: gender sensitive institutional structures and policies.

// During the webinar evidence and data from research was shared, including findings from the :

// ESSA The State of Women Leading Report,
https://essa-africa.org/womenleadingr...

// European She figures 2021 - Statistics on Gender in Research and Innovation by EWORA, and
https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-law-an...

// Information from the IAU World Higher Education Database (WHED).
https://iau-aiu.net/World-Higher-Educ...

University leaders and organisations from Europe and Africa will present on gender equality issues in higher education and research. This will set the scene for a panel discussion on gender sensitive institutional structures and policies to support female leadership development in education.

//PANEL

// 0:00:00 Pam Fredman, IAU President

// 0:02:06 Lucy Heady, ESSA, CEO

// Hilligje Vant’Land, IAU, Secretary-General

// 0:05:10 Gulsun Saglamer, President EWORA and ESSA representative

// 0:18:51 Jennifer Udeh, Head of Programmes and Partnerships, ESSA

// 0:28:12 Carmen Fenoll, EWORA

// 0:46:12 Mwenda Ntarangwi, CEO, Commission for University Education, Nairobi, Kenya

// 0:49:22 Mary Okwakol – Busitema, Executive Director, National Council for Higher Education, Uganda, Founding Member FAWoVC

// 1:03:45 Inga Žalėnienė, Rector, Mykolas Romeris University

// 1:03:00 Folabit Lena Novel, Global Student Forum Steering Committee Member

// 1:11:00 Q&A session with the participants