Makerere University SWGS Gender Identity Week Kicks off
In the run up to this year’s International Women’s Day, Makerere University School of Women and Gender Studies (SWGS) in Partnership with the Embassy of Sweden has organised a Gender Identity week starting on Monday 2nd March to Saturday 7th March 2020. The five-day event will take place at the CTF 2 Auditorium, College of Business and Management Sciences, 8am-1:30pm.
Drawing from this year’s International Women’s day celebrations theme: I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights, the Gender Identity week will focus on Generational Equality, with an aim of drawing strategies to involve and create ownership of the women's movement by young people.
This year’s edition of the Gender Identity week is one of several gender identity week editions the School has held in the past years to demonstrate the different ways gender inequalities can be addressed through creating platforms to discuss critical gender issues. The School will facilitate dialogues among University staff, students, development partners, the media and other stakeholders on gender and empowerment under different subthemes as below:
Monday 2nd: Different Shades of Empowerment in Uganda
Tuesday 3rd: Women in Leadership in higher Institutions of Learning
Wednesday 4th: Strategies for Ending Sexual Harassment in Higher Institutions of Learning
Thursday 5th: Differences of University Empowerment: Femininity and Masculinity
Friday 6th: Gender Spaces
Saturday 7th: Wikipedia and Women
Key speakers shall be drawn from the Central Government, Buganda Kingdom, Music Industry, Academia, Civil Society and Religious Institutions. Among these is Namasole (Queen mother) of Buganda Kingdom, Florence Lwanga from Nnabagereka Foundation, and Performing Artiste Joanita Kawalya.
The School held a press conference to this effect. See media coverage for details.
http://https://news24.co.ug/makerere-to-put-young-women-at-the-centre-of-gender-identity-week/