Roundtable: Re-thinking the academic environment for increasing gender-balance and inclusion

Venue: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana

The roundtable is open to the public. For onsite participation at the Nketia Conference Hall at IAS, no registration is required. 

The roundtable is in English. Online participation offers to choose between English and French.

For virtual participation via Zoom, please follow this link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84792421486

This roundtable considers how to increase and promote female academic leadership at universities across the African continent. First, it asks, what kind of leadership we wish to promote in order to support gender equality and an inclusive working environment. Second, it addresses the issue of structural challenges and inequalities in the distribution of resources which characterises the academic environment and how we may have to address this thoughtfully in our research endeavours. And finally, the roundtable raises the question of which role pan-African networks play and can play for strengthening female academic careers in Africa.

Speakers:

• Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo, University of Ghana
• Prof. Fatoumata Keita, University for Social Sciences and Humanities, Bamako
• Prof. Clementina Baptista de Jesus Furtado, University of Cape Verde

The public roundtable takes place as part of the seventh MIASA Female Academic Careers in Africa Workshop, organised in collaboration with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP) and the Center for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA) at the University of Ghana, Legon campus, Accra. The organizing team is comprised of:

• Dr. Susann Baller, Centre Marc Bloch
• Prof. Grace Diabah, MIASA, University of Ghana
• Dr. Deborah Atobrah, CEGENSA, University of Ghana
• Dr. Abena Kyere, CEGENSA, University of Ghana
• Prof. Charlotte Wrigley-Asante, Department of Geography, University of Ghana
• Eleonora Marchioni, German Historical Institute Paris