“AMMACHI Labs is the most creative way of empowering women. Of all of the projects which the UN funds around the world this is the one dearest to our heart. It’s the one we're most proud of and it's the one that we intend to take to the rest of the world so that they can learn from what you have achieved.” Mrs. Lise Grande, Head of United Nations in India in 2014
✦✦✦ After the presentations by the UNESCO Chairs, Dr. Tarek presented one of the main outcomes from the Summit: the signing of a joint declaration to reaffirm the willingness of the Chairs to work together, along with academics and other gender-related stakeholders, and explore potential collaborations together. Dr. Tarek read the draft declaration. Several Chairs already agreed with the text, which would be then circulated among the Chair Holders for further discussion and finalization. Dr. Bhavani Rao concluded the day by expressing again her gratitude for the addresses and presentations of the day and for all participants attending the event.
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Day 2
“The one critical way to survive in a changing environment is to make sure that you have the skills to survive in a changing environment. So we need to either continuously update our skills or acquire new skills to survive in this kind of environment. We are a multi-disciplinary group of close to 100 people. We have engineers, artists, artisans, videographers, social scientists, field workers, volunteers and exchange students from around the globe and all working to understand India's complex social problems and together build solutions.” Dr. Bhavani Rao, UNESCO Chair for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Dr. Joost Monks, moderator, warmly welcomed all Chairs and participants for this second day, emphasizing the quality of the presentations conducted the day before, with a very rich diversity that resonates strongly with the ambition of this conference of trying to promote collaboration, cross-fertilization across the various Chairs in the world.
Highlights: Day 2 : P l e n a r i es o f T h e m at i c a n d A p p l i e d R es e a rc h Master of ceremonies and moderator: Dr. Joost Monks, Lecturer at the University of Geneva and Dr. Tarek Rashed Opening Session: Day 2 began with an introductory video illustrating the work that the host UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been doing, through two sister research labs - the Center for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality and AMMACHI Labs:
Round 3 of UNESCO Chair presentations ▶ Two parallel sessions with concrete case studies and areas for collaboration ▶ Plenary session with all present to share learnings from the breakout rooms ▶ Concluding remarks and next steps by the host Chair. ▶
Dr. Bertil Emrah Oder, Chair on Gender Equality and Sustainable Development, KOC University, Turkey, Istanbul. The Chair has been established in 2016 as the leading Gender Equality research center in Turkey. It now serves as an inclusive and interdisciplinary platform in close collaboration with the Center on Gender Studies, covering a wide network 13
