The side event, part of the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum), aims to discuss the preliminary results of the joint research project of UNESCO IESALC (UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean) and UNESCO in Harare conducted across nine countries: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The study assesses women’s participation and representation in higher education in Southern Africa and identifies areas with gender imbalances. The key issues to be discussed include:
- Representation of women in decision-making and leadership bodies
- Female participation in teaching across different levels of seniority
- Women’s conditions of employment
- Women’s proportion in student enrolment at bachelor, postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels
- Female enrolment in STEM areas of study
The event is organized at the UN Headquarters in New York, on 4 May 2023, between 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST / 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm CEST.
WFEO Former President, 2017-2019, Dr Marlene Kanga AO will be a panelist.
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