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SUMMARY: Science\, Academia and Politics: Lessons from the Honourable Dr. A
 meenah Gurib-Fakim
DESCRIPTION: Join us on Nov 25th for our final installment of our African W
 omen's Leadership series as we speak with Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim about her
  extraordinary life as an academic and political leader in Mauritius.
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 /></p><p><strong><i>African Women's Leadership Series: Resilience\, Intelli
 gence and the Bedrock of Development</i></strong></p><p><b>Science\, Academ
 ia and Politics: Lessons from the Honourable Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim</b></p
 ><p><em>This event has been completed. Thank you to those who attended. A r
 ecording can be found below.</em></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;"><s
 trong>Date:</strong> November 25\, 2022</span></p><p><span style="font-weig
 ht: 400\;"><strong>Time:</strong> </span><span style="font-weight: 400\;">9
 :00-10:00AM PST| 9:00-10:00PM MUT| 5:00-6:00PM GMT </span></p><p><strong>Lo
 cation: Zoom Webinar</strong></p><p><strong>Event Recording:</strong></p><p
 >https://youtu.be/CyTbLYMr6wU</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">This i
 s the final event part of the African Women’s Leadership Series where for t
 he past year we hosted events to celebrate African women’s outstanding cont
 ributions and examined the prevailing challenges that still require intensi
 fied investments for change to empower women. </span></p><p><span style="fo
 nt-weight: 400\;">Join us for our final installment as we speak with </span
 ><a href="https://eatforum.org/person/dr-ameenah-gurib-fakim/"><span style=
 "font-weight: 400\;">Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim</span></a><span style="font-we
 ight: 400\;"> about her extraordinary life as an academic and political lea
 der in Mauritius. Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was the first female president of
  Mauritius\, serving from 2015 to 2018. As a biodiversity scientist\, profe
 ssor\, politician\, entrepreneur\, author and mother she has excelled in ma
 ny domains\, and will share lessons learned along her journey. This event w
 ill be moderated by Liliane Pari Umuhoza\, a current UBC MPPGA student.</sp
 an></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">This event is brought to you on 
 behalf of the </span><a href="https://www.linaubc.ca/"><span style="font-we
 ight: 400\;">Liu Institute Network for Africa (LINA)</span></a><span style=
 "font-weight: 400\;">\, and the </span><a href="https://orice.ubc.ca/progra
 ms/research-collectives/"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Collective for G
 ender+ in Research</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400\;">\, hosted at 
 the University of British Columbia’s Office for Regional and International 
 Community Engagement (UBC ORICE)\, all within the UBC School of Public Poli
 cy and Global Affairs (UBC SPPGA).</span></p>
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