International Perpectives: Global Voices for Gender Equity

A symposium to explore how women create change.

The symposium will provide policy-makers, scholars, and practitioners an opportunity to explore how women have used their education to address four key global issues,especially in emerging nations:

Literacy improvement
Peace education and conflict resolution
Governance
Education for people with disabilities

Interactive presentations, which will include panel discussions, demonstration/poster sessions, and dialogues, will enable participants to fulfill five primary objectives of the symposium:

Exchanging information and ideas on the ways in which women are making an
impact on the world
Identifying new research, policy, and program strategies to advance education
for women and girls
Establishing a forum for reporting on current programs and projects that
highlight women's progress in the four key areas
Strengthening the network of emerging and established scholars who can
build on dialogues begun at the symposium and collaborate on research
activities across national boundaries
Cultivating discussion of issues addressed in the first international
symposium, International Perspectives: The Political, Social, and Economic
Impact of Education for Women and Girls.

Topics will include women's roles in literacy, higher education, and economic development; the role of women's nongovernmental organizations; and women in leadership and decision-making positions.

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