On Tuesday 22 October 2024, the CSC Alumni Team invited Commonwealth Alumnus Sylivia Ichumar to deliver a webinar on ‘How do we ensure that girls meaningfully gain from investments in Education?’.
This webinar addressed the CSC development theme of, Access, inclusion and opportunity.
The CSC’s Development in Action webinar series aims to highlight the work and research of Commonwealth Alumni across a range of development impact areas.
About the speaker
Sylivia Ichumar currently works as the Social Development Policy and Education Officer at the British High Commission Kampala, Uganda. In her role, she supports the Government of Uganda on policy development around access, equity, and quality of education. She also works jointly with other partners to deliver global programmes in Uganda such as the Global Partnership for Education and the Education Cannot Wait programmes.
Sylivia Ichumar is a 2021 Commonwealth Shared Scholar from Uganda. She completed an MA in Gender and Development from the University of Sussex.
Developing policies on girls’ education in Uganda
In this webinar, Sylivia Ichumar highlighted the challenges faced by girls in Uganda in accessing education.
Sylivia discussed her work in engaging the government to focus on key education priorities and providing technical support to in-country global programmes. She also explained her personal motivation of advocating for girls’ education and her voluntary involvement at various organisations.
Her webinar highlighted the challenges faced in policy work including limited resources, resistance from patriarchal systems, and limited political commitment to advance girls’ education.
This webinar presentation was followed by an interactive Q&A session with Commonwealth Scholars and Alumni. A recording of this webinar is available to view on the CSC’s YouTube channel where you can also watch previous events in the series.
Post-webinar, attendees were invited to network with fellow attendees to further discuss the webinar topic, exchange ideas and knowledge, seek out collaborators for their own work, and promote their research.
Join future Development in Action webinars
The CSC’s Development in Action webinars take place each month and are open to all Commonwealth Scholars and Alumni.
To find out about upcoming webinars, please visit the CSC’s events webpage.
