Global Education
Giving girls wings to fly: Tools to empower adolescent girls in rural communities in India
On November 8, the Center for Universal Education at Brookings (CUE) hosted the 2017 Girls’ Education Research and Policy Symposium: Reaching the Most Marginalized. Each year, CUE convenes policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders in the girls’ education arena to discuss the most pressing issues as identified by the Echidna Global Scholars, a group of global leaders in girls’ education who spend 5 months in-residency at Brookings. The day was marked by a series of thematic conversations that explore approaches to ensuring that the most marginalized girls receive a quality education.
The panel discussions included brief presentations from the Echidna Global Scholars’ research on girls’ education in their home countries of India, Kenya, Jamaica, and Mexico, followed by a moderated discussion with other experts in their thematic areas. Each session ended with a Q&A, leaving time for panelists to take questions from the audience.
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Morning Sessions
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Afternoon Sessions
Agenda
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November 8
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Introduction and Opening Remarks
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Christina Kwauk Former Brookings Expert, Head of Climate and Education - Unbounded Associates @CKwauk
Gene Sperling American Rescue Plan Coordinator and Senior Advisor to the President - The White House, Founder - Center for Universal Education @genebsperling
Rebecca Winthrop Director - Center for Universal Education, Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development @drrebeccawinthrop -
Fireside Chat: Working with Maasai leaders to promote girls’ education in Maasailand
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Moderator
Panelist
Damaris Seleina Parsitau 2017 Echidna Global Scholar - The Brookings Institution, Board Member - World Bicycle Relief, Founder - Let Maasai Girls Learn @dparsitau -
Addressing girls facing the quadruple burden: poverty, rurality, indigeneity and gender
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Moderator
LTLyric Thompson Director, Policy and Advocacy - International Center for Research on Women @lyricthompsonPanelist
María Cristina Osorio Vázquez Georg Forster Research Fellow - University of Siegen, Affiliated Researcher - Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability (CSTM), University of Twente, 2017 Echidna Global Scholar - The Brookings InstitutionSZSofiya Zahova Researcher - Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages, University of Iceland -
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10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Moderator
Panelist
TKETheresa Kaka Effa Nigeria Country Representative - Rise Up
Dasmine Kennedy Acting Regional Director - Ministry of Education and Youth, Jamaica, 2017 Echidna Global Scholar - The Brookings Institution @dasmine_kennedy -
Networking Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
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Presentation: Translating competencies to empowered action
1:30 pm - 2:00 am
Christina Kwauk Former Brookings Expert, Head of Climate and Education - Unbounded Associates @CKwauk -
Thinking beyond the girl in life skills approaches for empowerment
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Moderator
Christina Kwauk Former Brookings Expert, Head of Climate and Education - Unbounded Associates @CKwaukPanelist
ABAbigail Bucuvalas Senior Director, Educational Programs for International Social Impact - Sesame WorkshopADAissatou Diallo Program Manager, Girls' Initiatives - BRAC
Armene Modi Founder - Ashta No Kai, 2017 Echidna Global Scholar - The Brookings InstitutionYSYukiko Sakurai Chief, Adolescent Development and Participation - UNICEF Nepal -
Closing Remarks
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Rebecca Winthrop Director - Center for Universal Education, Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development @drrebeccawinthrop -
Reception
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
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