Every year, on 11 October, the International Day of the Girl Child highlights the need for more opportunities for girls and increases awareness of gender inequality faced by girls worldwide.
#COL4D’s Empowering Women and Girls project @EWG_23, with funding from Global Affairs Canada @GAC_Corporate, are investing in girls’ empowerment, gender equity and skills training through open and distance learning in five Commonwealth countries. This year’s theme, ‘Girls’ Vision for the Future’, celebrates the power, potential and rights of girls around the globe. Read the full COL blog, here: www.col.org/news/girls-vision-for-the-future-giving-girls-a-voice/
#GenderEquality #DayOfTheGirl #CHOGM2024 #Resilience #GirlsInspire #EducationForAll #SkillsForGirls #WomenEmpowerment #InclusiveEducation #GirlsEducation
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#COL4D and its regional partner, Concerned Youth Organization (CYO), are implementing the EWG project in Malawi’s Neno and Blantyre districts. With funding from Global Affairs Canada @GAC_Coprporate, COL initiated a three-year EWG project in 2023 with the goal of improving the realisation of human rights for women and girls from marginalised and underserved communities in selected areas of five Commonwealth member countries, including Malawi. EWG and its partners in Malawi are targeting 549 women and girls in various skills training programmes.
Ms Frances Ferreira of @COL4D met with the Office of the District Commissioner for the Neno District and updated her on the work of COL. Who praised COL for its work in uplifting communities in the district and recognized EWG and CYO's commitment and cooperation with the District office.
#CHOGM2024 #Resilience #GlobalAffairsCanada #EmpowerWomenAndGirls #EducationForAll #GenderEquality #DayOfTheGirl
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PCF11: Call for abstracts and proposals
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) #COL4D and the Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Botswana, represented by Botswana Open University (BOU), will co-host the Eleventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF11) in Gaborone, Botswana, from 10 to 12 September 2025 at the Gaborone International Convention Centre.
Academics, researchers, technology innovators, development practitioners, administrators, stakeholders and partner institutions are invited to submit abstracts and proposals.
Deadlines
- Last date for submission of Abstracts and Proposals: 30 January 2025
- Notification of proposal approval: 1 March 2025
About the Pan-Commonwealth Forum
The Forum takes place every three years and is considered one of the world’s leading international conferences on open and distance learning. The theme of PCF11 is Innovative Open Education: Fostering Resilient Societies for Sustainable Economic Development.
The event will continue to provide the rich in-person experience that delegates have come to expect while also allowing virtual attendees to access a mix of live, on-demand, and interactive content.
To ensure the Forum is accessible to as many delegates as possible, this will be a hybrid event.
The submission and review process will be managed through the Easy Chair platform. Please create your account here easychair.org/account2/signin?l=7008831588800097801 and then submit your proposal.
Only authors of accepted abstracts/proposals will receive the link for submission of full papers.
For more information, please visit: pcf11.org/call-for-proposals/
#CHOGM2024 #Resilience #PCF11 #botswanaopenuniversity #openeducation
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