Programme

Monday 26 August 2013

'Enhancing Gender Equity in the Leadership and Management of Higher Education'

MORNING

09:30h

Formal Opening

Speakers:

• Professor George Magoha, Vice-Chancellor, University of Nairobi
• Ms Dorothy Garland, Director of Professional Networks, The ACU
• Dr Marie-Christine Gasingirwa, Rector, Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Rwanda

Keynote Address:  Professor Olive Mugenda, Vice-Chancellor, Kenyatta University and ACU Council Member

11:00h

Refreshments

11:30h

Status of Women in Commonwealth Universities - a statistical overview

Speaker: Dr Jasbir Singh, Consultant to the ACU’s Gender Programme

ACU’s Response to the Issues: an Introduction to ACU’s Gender Programme

Speaker:  Ms Dorothy Garland, Director of Professional Networks, The ACU

12:30h

Lunch

AFTERNOON

14:00h

Gender Mainstreaming Universities - Continuing Issues and Challenges

Speaker 1: Professor Maithree Wickramasinghe, Head of the Department of English and Director of the Centre for Gender Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Speaker 2:  Ms Catherine Kanabahita, Director, Gender Mainstreaming Directorate, Makerere University, Uganda

Followed by Q&As

15:30h

Refreshments

16:00h

Plenary Panel

Chair: Professor Wanjiku Kabira, Director, Centre for Africa Women's Studies, University of Nairobi

Panellists: Professor Jane Onsongo, Commissioner, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Kenya

Professor Nyokabi Kamau, Director, Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training, Kenya

Professor Rose Odhiambo, Secretary/CEO, National Gender & Equality Commission, Kenya

Professor Winnie Mitullah, Director, Institute for Development Studies and Director, Gender Affairs, University of Nairobi

17:00h

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