Date: 22/10/2024
Time: 14:00 – 15:00 (UK time)
Location: Online
How do we ensure that girls meaningfully gain from investments in Education?
In this webinar, Commonwealth Alumnus Sylivia Ichumar will discuss strategies for promoting social inclusion in various policy and practice areas. She will highlight the critical need for intentional and sustained efforts to embed social inclusion in policy and practice by sharing her experience working with local and international stakeholders.
In particular, Sylivia will highlight the importance of integrating marginalised communities in decision making processes and ensuring equitable access to education.
Education fosters inclusive societies by promoting equity and encouraging active participation in social and economic life. Education for girls, refugees, children from poor backgrounds, and disabled children ensures they all have a competitive advantage in life.
This webinar will address the CSC development themes, Access, inclusion and opportunity. The webinar will last for approximately one hour, including a Q&A session.
The CSC’s Development in Action webinar series provides an opportunity for Commonwealth Scholars and Alumni to present on their work and contribution to development across a range of contemporary global challenges and provide insight into ongoing research and action.
Open to all Commonwealth Scholars and Alumni, the monthly webinars will address one of the CSC’s six development themes and provide an opportunity for attendees to engage in real-time Q&A discussion on the topic presented.
You can watch previous webinars on the CSC’s YouTube channel.
Sylivia Ichumar is the Social Development Policy and Education Officer at the British High Commission Kampala, Uganda. She supports the Government of Uganda on policy issues regarding access, equity and quality of education for children, especially those from poor backgrounds, girls, disabled, and refugee children. 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.
Prior to this, she has worked at international organisations including UNICEF and Save the Children, focusing on social inclusion and inclusive education.
Sylivia Ichumar is a 2021 Commonwealth Shared Scholar from Uganda. She completed an MA in Gender and Development from the University of Sussex.
