Girls’ education research symposium: Approaches to developing life skills for girls
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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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Agenda
Fireside Chat
Tina Tchen
Assistant to President Barack Obama
Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama Executive Director - White House Council on Women and Girls
Rebecca Winthrop
Co-director - Center for Universal Education
Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development
Empowerment approaches to skills development for adolescent girls
Rebecca Winthrop
Co-director - Center for Universal Education
Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development
Tahsinah Ahmed
Director - Skills Development, BRAC
Ganga Gautam
Associate Professor of English - Tribhuvan University
Echidna Global Scholar - Brookings Institution
Judith-Ann Walker
Managing Director - Development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC)
Nonresident Fellow - Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution
Lunch
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Christine Apiot Okudi
Director of Academics - Bridge International Academies Uganda
2016 Echidna Global Scholar - The Brookings Institution
Eugenie Mukanoheli
National Coordinator - FAWE Rwanda
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Roger-Mark de Souza
Director - Population, Environmental Security, and Resilience, The Woodrow Wilson Center
Allison Anderson
Former Brookings Expert
Ellen Chigwanda
Country Office Gender Focal Point - CARE International
2016 Echidna Global Scholar - The Brookings Institution
Marcia Odell
Senior Director - Strategy Implementation and Gender Equality, Plan International
Reception
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