Africa teachers webinar series: Improving educational opportunities for disadvantaged girls
The Africa Teachers Webinar Series continues with its 13th session, launching Unit 5 on Improving Education Opportunities for Vulnerable Groups. This opening session focuses on innovations in education for refugees and internally displaced persons.
Held in recognition of World Refugee Day, the session will explore innovative approaches to enhance foundational literacy and numeracy skills for refugee children, improve gender equality and social inclusion in refugee and internally displaced communities, and strengthen teacher capacity in crisis contexts.
Participants who attend all three sessions in the unit will receive a digital certificate of participation.
Speakers:
- Dr. Miki Sugimura, President, Sophia University
- Maria Lucia Uribe, Executive Director, Ethics Education, Arigatou International
- Rose Atieno Odhiambo, Programme Officer, FAWE Africa
- Dr. Naomi Lumutenga, Executive Director, Higher Education Resource Services–East Africa
- Alexander Towne, Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Filbert Idha Ajax, Education Technical Lead, Finn Church Aid
- Jasmine Turner, Education Research Team Lead, War Child Alliance
Organizers and Partners:
The webinar series is organized by UNESCO's International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa, which leads the GPE KIX Africa 19 Hub and is a partner in the European Union's Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (EU-RTIA). The series is co-sponsored by the African Union, the Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities, EU-RTIA, and the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange, a joint endeavour with the International Development Research Centre, Canada. This session is also held in partnership with the Government of Japan.
