Launch of the Francophone Observatory for Gender Inclusive Development (OFDIG)

Published on 04/03/2022 | La rédaction

08
Mars

On the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, March 8, 2022, the Rector of the Université du Québec à Montréal, Magda Fusaro, and the Rector of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Slim Khalbous, will officially launch the Observatoire francophone pour le développement inclusif par le genre (OFDIG). The event will be held in Montreal, Quebec, and will be broadcast online at 10:00 a.m. (Montreal time); 4:00 p.m. (Paris time).

OFDIG's mission is to promote gender equality internationally and to empower women and girls in three critical sectors of inclusive development: economic environments, education systems, and higher education.

Program

10:00 am (Montreal time)/4:00 pm (Paris time) - Press conference

10:45 a.m. (Montreal time) / 4:45 p.m. (Paris time) - Roundtable"State of the art of gender inclusive development and the situation of gender equality in the Francophonie. "

Sariette Batibonak
Information and Communication Technologies University (ICT-University), Cameroon
Aicha Bouchara
Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco
Caterine Bourassa-Dansereau
UQAM, Quebec, Canada
Linda Cardinal
University of French Ontario, Canada
Namizata Fofana Binaté
Université Félix Houphouët Boigny de Cocody and CIRES, Ivory Coast
Marie Langevin
ESG UQAM, Quebec, Canada
Thérèse St-Gelais
Institute for Feminist Research and Studies, UQAM, Quebec, Canada

11:30 a.m. (Montreal time)/ 5:30 p.m. (Paris time) - Closing remarks with the Honourable Michèle Audette, Canadian Senator.