Almas Jiwani, President of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women Canada – National Committee) will deliver the keynote address at the conference hosted by the African Students’ Association (AFSA) at the University of Alberta, Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Exploring the Multi-dimensional Discourses on ‘Development’, on Friday February 10, 2012.
“We are delighted and honoured that Ms. Jiwani has accepted our invitation to deliver the keynote address at the 2012 Conference. Her great work around the world embodies the plight of gender equality,” expressed Conference Chair and Convener Nathan Andrews. He further added that “Ms. Jiwani embodies women’s rights in Canada and we could not have a better representative to raise awareness of these issues at this year’s conference, which focuses on the multi-dimensional discourses of development in the state of Africa.”
AFSA extends an invitation to students, scholars, professionals, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and community members interested in all aspects of African development to this conference scheduled for February 10-11, 2012. The complexity of Africa’s development from a multi-disciplinary standpoint, against the backdrop of the idea of “development” from an economic, political, cultural, social and infrastructural will be discussed.
African Students Association – University of Alberta (AFSA): http://www.afsaualberta.org/2#!__2/conference
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