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February
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2026
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On December 7, the Center for Universal Education at Brookings (CUE) hosted the Girls’ Education Research Symposium: Approaches to Developing Life Skills for Girls. This series of thematic conversations explored approaches to girls’ life skills development based on the research of the 2016 Echidna Global Scholars, which covers a variety of topics in girls’ life skills development such as girls’ empowerment programming, the role of teachers and mentors, and building resilience to climate change.
The panel discussions will include brief presentations from the Echidna Global Scholars on their research on girls’ education in their home countries of Kenya, Nepal, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, followed by a moderated discussion with other experts in their thematic areas. To conclude, questions will be taken from the audience.
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Empowerment approaches to skills development for adolescent girls
Uncovering teachers' potential to improve girls' learning outcomes through mentoring
Fostering resilience for climate change adaptation through girls’ education
Agenda
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December 7
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Fireside Chat
9:30 am
Tina Tchen President and CEO - TIME'S UP Foundation and TIME'S UP Now, Former Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama @TinaTchen
Rebecca Winthrop Director - Center for Universal Education, Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development @drrebeccawinthrop -
Empowerment approaches to skills development for adolescent girls
10:30 am
Moderator
Rebecca Winthrop Director - Center for Universal Education, Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development @drrebeccawinthropPanelist
TATahsinah Ahmed Director - Skills Development, BRAC
Ganga Gautam Associate Professor of English - Tribhuvan University, 2016 Echidna Global Scholar - Brookings Institution @gangagautam
Judith-Ann Walker Executive Director - Development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) -
Lunch
12:00 pm
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Uncovering teachers' potential to improve girls' learning outcomes through mentoring
1:30 pm
Panelist
Christine Apiot Okudi Vice Chairperson - Forum For African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Uganda, 2016 Echidna Global Scholar - The Brookings Institution @ChristineApiot
Joyce Kinyanjui Director and Head of Research - ziziAfrique, 2016 Echidna Global Scholar @jwkinyanjuiEMEugenie Mukanoheli National Coordinator - FAWE Rwanda -
Fostering resilience for climate change adaptation through girls’ education
3:00 pm
Moderator
RdSRoger-Mark de Souza Director - Population, Environmental Security, and Resilience, The Woodrow Wilson CenterPanelist
Allison Anderson Former Brookings Expert
Ellen Chigwanda Senior Technical Advisor, Education and Climate Change - CARE Zimbabwe, Project Director - CARE Zimbabwe - Center for Universal Education Collaborative Research Partnership on Education and Climate Change, 2016 Echidna Global Scholar - The Brookings Institution @EllenChigwandaMOMarcia Odell Senior Director - Strategy Implementation and Gender Equality, Plan InternationalMOMarcia Odell Senior Director - Strategy Implementation and Gender Equality, Plan International -
Reception
4:30 pm
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