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— Graduate Women
International news —
Graduate
Women International delivers a panel at WSISThe World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is the world’s
largest annual event on Information Communications Technology for Development
(ICT4Dev) held by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Geneva,
Switzerland. Graduate Women International (GWI) hosted a panel on 2 May 2016 at
WSIS on Harnessing ICTs for Greater Access to Education for Girls and
Women with panelists from Orange Device Group, UNESCO and the University of Geneva. GWI
advocates for ICT as a means to increase access to education for girls and women
and accelerate uptake of training opportunities in both formal and non-formal
education contexts. Please click here to download the GWI WSIS recording. See here for more information on how our education projects work towards gender equality and
empowerment of girls and women.
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GWI member
in Uganda is moving forward on Teachers for Rural Futures Project
The Uganda
Association of University Women (UAUW) has just completed the community
engagement component of the Teachers for Rural Futures Project. This
phase is an information – sharing opportunity and a chance for the UAUW project
team to interact with community members. It also serves to identify candidates
for the next intake of undergraduates. This is a chance to raise awareness on
the positive benefits of girls’ completion of secondary education and beyond,
and challenges traditional discriminatory norms. Establishing links between the
schools, parents and individuals fosters good relations and sustainability of
the project. Support us to train more girls as women teachers and encourage
more girls in rural areas to complete secondary school.
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Syrian academics in exile- reconstructing the
future
The research sharing platform newresearchvoices.org has recently published a volume of
research by and collection of interviews with Syrian academics in exile. The
publication aims to create awareness of the work Syrian academics are doing in
exile in the West and also hopes to provide a platform for the academic talent
that will be needed to reconstruct the country in the future. Follow this link to the publication. Additional information on a
project to deliver online university courses to Syrian refugee students in
Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan (The Jamiya Project) is also available in the
publication.
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Call for
applications —
Mama Cash
receiving applications for grants Mama Cash supports
ambitious feminist and women's rights organisations and initiatives led by and
for women, girls and transgender people. Groups wishing to apply should consider
the Mama Cash selection criteria and priorities. The Letter of Interest format is
available here. Mama Cash also supports women’s funds. For more
information about the criteria and priorities for women’s funds, please check
their section for women's funds. The deadline is 31 May
2016.
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Membership —
Give the gift of membership! Do you know a graduate woman who
would like to join the leading women’s international organisation that works to
empower girls and women through access to lifelong, quality education and
training? Give the gift of membership to join a global community of some
20,000 members in 80 countries, either as a GWI independent member or national
member of one of our National Federations and Associations
(NFAs).
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