Friday 27 March 2026, 11:30-13:30 GMT
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You are warmly invited to the final symposium of the RSE-funded project Gender Equality: Transforming Women’s Global Leadership. The overarching project aims to understand more about the facilitators and barriers to women’s career advancement and senior leadership across three sectors (higher education; industry; and politics) and across three countries (Ghana, India and UK). It was developed in response to the conclusions of the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, that while some progress has been made, there is still no country across the globe which has achieved gender equality. During the symposium, the project team will share early findings and participants will be asked to reflect on, and help co-create a manifesto for change.
Speakers include: Professor Grace Diabah (MIASA, University of Ghana), Professor Jyotsna Jalan (Centre for the Study of Social Sciences, Kolkata, India), Dr Omolabake Fakunle (University of Edinburgh), Professor Fiona MacKay (University of Edinburgh).
Programme (All times GMT)
· Chair for first session: Professor Grace Diabah
11.30-11.40: Welcome from the Chair and overview of the symposium
11.40 – 12.10: Early findings from the project and introduction to the draft manifesto
Overview of findings: Professor Lesley McAra
Reflections on implications of findings: Professor Jyotsna Jalan
Introduction to the manifesto and the small group discussion: Professor Lesley McAra
12.10 – 12.25 : Small group discussion of the draft manifesto
12.25 – 12.35: Co-creation activity
12.35 – 12.45: Break
· Chair for second session: Dr Omolabake Fakunle
12.45 - 12.55: Report from the small group discussion (aggregate ranking and summary of free text)
Professor Lesley McAra
12.55 – 13.20: Panel reflections on the draft manifesto and results of the ranking
Panellists: Professor Sharon Cowan
Professor Grace Diabah
Professor Fiona MacKay
13.20 – 13.30: Closing, next steps and votes of thanks
Professor Lesley McAra