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Women in higher education institutions (HEIs) in East Africa and elsewhere face unique challenges in the workplace. These women need to be equipped with the right tools to succeed in both their professional and personal life while also lifting other women at multiple levels of society.
This book delves into the mission and accomplishments of the Higher Education Resource Services-East Africa (HERS-EA), an organization dedicated to advancing gender parity in leadership roles within higher education and significantly increase the number of girls and women completing their education.
The authors discuss barriers faced by women in higher education that limit their progress to career advancement and leadership positions and offer innovative solutions for addressing the challenges using evidence-based strategies for reimaging leadership for sustainable community engagement and development.
List of contents
Dedication
Foreword
Julie Jordan
Introduction
Margaret L. Khaitsa, Naomi W. Lumutenga, & Judith S. White
Section I: Instigating Innovative Women Leadership Through Inclusive Engagement
Chapter 1 - Higher Education Resource Services-East Africa: A Women Leadership Model for Inclusive Engagement and Institutional Change
Margaret L. Khaitsa and Naomi W. Lumutenga
Chapter 2 - Reimagining Women's Leadership Through Feminist Instigation and Inclusive Excellence: Drawing on HERS Foundations
Judith S. White
Section II: Contextualizing Cultural and Family Barriers to Gender Equity in East Africa
Chapter 3 - Quality Education: A Pathway to Leadership for Women in Africa
Martha R. L. Muhwezi, Teresa Omondi-Adeitan, Rose Atieno Odhiambo, and Shem Osomo Ongai
Chapter 4 - The Role of the Family in Shaping Women Leaders: Insights about Positive Fathering and Male Role Models in Uganda
Deborah Kaddu-Serwadda
Chapter 5 - Breaking Barriers Using Education for Empowerment: A Case of Ethiopian Women in Academic Leadership
Gennet Zewide
Section III: Interrogating Current Interventions for Gender Equity in Higher Education Institutions
Chapter 6 - Promoting Gender Equity in Higher Education Through a Gender Mainstreaming Strategy: An Autoethnographic Review of Progress at Makerere University
Euzobia M. Mugisha Baine
Chapter 7 - "Normalizing" Inequity: The Case for East African Higher Education Institutions to Change Their Culture-Not the Women
Rhoda K. Wanyenze
Chapter - 8 Engendering Change Through Critical Academic Development
Dina Zoe Belluigi and Tom Parkinson
Section IV: Catalyzing Leadership for Institutional Change in Higher Education
Chapter 9 - "Through us You are Changing Many Lives": HERS-EA Academy, An Innovative Platform for Institutional and Community Transformation
Naomi W. Lumutenga
Chapter - 10 Engaged Instigators: Evidence-Based Strategies for Inclusive Scholars and Institutional Transformers in STEM
Margaret L. Khaitsa
Chapter 11 - Inclusive Governance Using the Principles of Consensus Building: Elevating Women's Voices in Higher Education
Meghan Millea
Chapter 12 - Advocacy and Allyship: Concepts and Models for Men Faculty Pursuing Gender Equity in East African Universities
Dr. Kevin Brooks
Section V: Modeling Inclusive Women Leadership for Engaged Community Development
Chapter 13 - Advancing Engaged Scholarship with the HERS-EA Multi-tier Model: A Case Study of the HERSpad Initiative
Naomi W. Lumutenga and Caroline Kobia
Chapter 14 - Applying the HERS-EA Multi-tier Model of Leadership to Empower Women Through Poultry Production and Flexible Education
Margaret L. Khaitsa and Naomi W. Lumutenga
Conclusions: Lessons Learned, Looking Forward
Margaret L. Khaitsa and Naomi W. Lumutenga
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An invaluable resource for Higher Education managers, especially vice-chancellors of universities and heads of other tertiary institutions in Africa. This book gives live examples of empowering women leaders in higher education after decades of marginalization in this important sector. As a vice-chancellor of a premier university in Africa, who has led the struggle for women empowerment, this book has energized me, and it has given me tips on how to improve fairness, inclusivity and equity in higher education in Africa. Barnabas Nawangwe Vice Chancellor, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
