Inspiring Inclusion: 2024 International Women’s Day
MARCH 3, 2024
The UN had designated March 8th to be celebrated annually as the International Women’s Day (IWD). Globally, the day is used to focus on issues that affect women and their roles in society;
– gender and reproductive rights,
– violence and abuse against women and the
– ‘invisible barriers’ that assail women as they journey through family life, career progression and social engagements.
Also, the Day offers opportunities for celebrating the successes of females irrespective of all prevailing challenges.
The African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) would use that day to celebrate the impact and successes of two distinguished female Librarians in Africa as well as explore how they were able to overcome the visible and invisible barriers for womenfolk in Africa and how to better inspire inclusion for younger women who wish to attain their heights career-wise.
Are you female?
Are you an African?
Are you in the library and information science sector?
Then we highly recommends this engagement for you!
Date: Friday, 8th March, 2024
Time: 10:30am GMT | 11:30am WAT | 12:30pm CAT | 1:30pm EAT
Registration details
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Speakers
Rosemary Shafack is a Professor of Library and Information Sciences, in the Faculty of Education of the University of Buea-Cameroon. She has been the IFLA Africa Section secretary from 2012 to 2014 and chair of the IFLA African Section, from 2014 to 2019. She is one of the leaders of the IFLA Leadership programme first cohorts and has been a trainer for the IFLA, Action for Development Through Libraries Programme(ALP) and the Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) Programme. She has been the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) Regional Coordinator from 2019 to 2020, Vice president of the same association from 2021 to May 2023 and currently she is the AfLIA president since May 2023. She is a recipient of some awards worthy of note is the Award of Female Academic Excellence by the Ministry of Higher Education of Cameroon in 2017 and AfLIA Award in 2023. She has written and published many book chapters, a book and over 40 articles in the areas of Library, Archival and Information Sciences. She is an external assessor for three international universities and a curriculum developer from which over five institutions have benefitted in the areas of Library, Archival and Information Sciences. She is married with children.
Dudu Dlamini is from the Kingdom of Eswatini, Southern Africa. She works for the Eswatini National Library Services (ENLS) as the Director. She is responsible for the overall management of both the Public and National Library. She has been in the library space for a total of 33 years. She had started as a Junior Library Assistant and steadily climbed the ranks to the position of Director. She is deeply passionate about promoting life-long learning, the importance of libraries, Information Literacy, user engagement, digital technologies, Indigenous knowledge systems, children and youth literature. She is actively involved in the Eswatini Library and Information Association (ESWALA) activities. She holds a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of the Western Cape and is currently enrolled for a PhD with the University of South Africa.
Technical requirements
Upon registration, reminders will be sent to all registrants periodically. This webinar will be hosted on Zoom Conferencing Platform. Participants, who do not have Zoom on their mobile devices and or computers, need to download, install and create an account on Zoom ahead of time (CLICK TO DOWNLOAD). Webinar attendees are encouraged to join early, preferably 15 minutes before the start of the webinar, as one may need time launch the application. The speaker will use a webcam to connect with attendees. Audio and video for the session will be streamed over computer speakers. Attendees are therefore encouraged to connect with a headset or earpiece for maximum utility.
Webinar materials
A list of resources and further information will made be available at the end of the webinar, to enable thorough engagement with the webinar content. All registrants will have access to the presentation slides. The webinar recording will be uploaded on AfLIA Youtube Channel soon after the webinar to facilitate continuous engagement with the webinar content by webinar attendees and non-attendees. Please note that this webinar does not involve certificate of participation.
Queries
For further enquiries and any assistance relating to the webinar, contact us at afliacomm@aflia.net.