COVID-19 Impacts and Transforming the Role of Women in the Post-Pandemic Era
August 19th – 20th, 2021
The W36 Global Summit is a 2 day event, hosted virtually from India, which aims to discuss the challenges currently faced by women and girls all across the world because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and how to address them. This Summit is open to anybody interested in these topics, including UNESCO Chairs, but also academics, researchers, students, and any organization or stakeholder.
Day 1 will give an opportunity to all Gender-Related UNESCO Chairs to present their Chair, mission and activities, to the other Chairs, but also to a wider public, as an open event.
Day 2 will focus on specific themes during smaller group sessions (Science & Technology; Education & Skill Development; Society, Culture & Legal Rights; Health & Nutrition, Safety & Security, Environment & Sustainability; Finance & Economics; Communication & Leadership). Academics, researchers, students, or anybody having worked or conducted a research or project in one of these areas is welcome to participate. Please register to send us your suggestions.
Timings: 16:00 Hrs to 20:00 Hrs (GMT+5:30).
Please use this link to view the event in your local time zone.
- UNESCO Chair on Women, Sciences and Technology Professor Gloria Bonder, La Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Sede Académica Argentina
- UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Development Isabel Roseli Ribeiro and Vera Lúcia de Miranda Guarda, Université fédérale d’Ouro Preto-UFOP, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- UNESCO Chair in Cultural Diversity, Gender and Border Territories IProf Damião Duque de Farias, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Brazil
- UNESCO Chair on Women, Gender, Sciences, Society and Sustainable development Prof Karifa Bayo, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- UNESCO Chair in Media and Gender Dr. Liu Chang, Communication University of China
- UNESCO Chair for the promotion of Gender Equality Antonio Roveda Hoyos, Universidad del Rosario, Columbia
- UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Decision-making Prof Euphrasie Hortense Yao Kouassi, Université de Cocody, CIRES, Côte d’Ivoire
- UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Decision-makingDr. Mary Koutselini, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
- UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Governance Francisco T. Rodriguez, Instituto Global de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Sociales (IGLOBAL), Dominican Republic
- UNESCO Chair on the Empowerment of Women through Science and Technology Prof Boshra Mossaad Awad, Ain Shams University, Egypt
- UNESCO Chair on the Women and Science Prof Elyès Jouini, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, France
- UNESCO Chair on Women, Peace and Security: Building Capacity and Resilience through Education and Research Dr. Fotini Bellou, University of Macedonia, Greece
- UNESCO Chair on Gender and Vulnerability in Disaster Risk Reduction Support Prof Alexander Ronni, Kobe University, Japan
- UNESCO Chair in Women and Community Health Prof Bahemuka Judith, University of Nairobi, Sociology department, Kenya
- UNESCO Chair on Youth Leadership in Science, Health, Gender and Education Prof Marleen Temmerman, Aga Khan University, Kenya
- UNESCO Chair in Communication Technology for Women Dr. Yunkeum Chang, Sookmyung Women’s University, Republic of Korea
- UNESCO Chair in Gender, Leadership and Equity Dra. Elia Marum Espinosa, The University of Guadalajara, Mexico
- UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Decision-making Dr. Asma El Kasmi, Université Al Akhawayn d’Ifrane, Morocco
- UNESCO Chair on Women and RightsProf Khalid Berjaoui, Université Mohammed V, Morocco
- UNESCO Chair on Gender and Digital TechnologiesNamibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia
- UNESCO Chair on Gender and Digital TechnologiesDr. Patricia Ruiz Bravo and Aranxa Pizarro, The Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru
- UNESCO Chair in Women, Society and DevelopmentProf. Renata Siemienska, University of Warsaw, Poland
- UNESCO Chair in Policies on Gender and Equal Rights between Women and MenProf. Virginia Maquieira d’Angelo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
- UNESCO Chair on Women, Development and CulturesDr. Sandra Ezquerra, Université de Vic/Université de Barcelone, Spain
- UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality Policies in Science, Technology and InnovationDr. Sandra Ezquerra, Université de Vic/Université de Barcelone, Spain
- UNESCO Chair on Appropriate Technologies for Human DevelopmentProf. María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
- UNESCO Chair in Women, Science and TechnologyAbdelgadir Hassan, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
- UNESCO Chair in Women, Science and Reasoned Water Management in West AfricaProf. Isabel Glitho, Université de Lomé, Togo
- UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality and Sustainable Development Dr. Oder Bertil Emrah, Koç University, Turkey
- UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality and Culture Prof. Hülya Şimga, Maltepe University, Turkey
- UNESCO Chair in Gender ResearchDr. Sylvia Walby, Lancaster University, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing and a Culture of PeaceDr. Araceli Alonso, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- UNESCO Chair on Sustainable development, Early childhood, Inclusive Education and GenderGeorgetown University, Washington DC, USA
- UNESCO Chair in Women’s Empowerment and Gender EqualityDr. Bhavani Rao, CWEGE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
- New Chair as of June 2021 – UNESCO Chair on Women and Science for DevelopmentDr. Rose Michelle Smith, Institut des Sciences, des Technologies et des Etudes Avancées d’Haiti (ISTEAH), Haiti