International Women's Day 2022

 

Upcoming Events Championing the Call to #BreakTheBias   Date: March 8, 2022  Time: 7:00-8:15pm GST / 10:00-11:15am EST Program Description: First celebrated in 1911, International Women’s Day (IWD) has long uplifted a message of women empowerment for the benefit of all. This March 8, the commemoration of IWD urges us as individuals and organizations to #BreakTheBias through a knowledge-driven and action-oriented combating of the prejudice that permeates our global society.  The Office of Inclusion and Equity is honored to host Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu, Race and Gender Justice Activist, founder of Nozizwe Consulting and daughter of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu for a discussion on the need to actualize an intersectional approach in the fight for women’s rights, our collective responsibility to cultivate strong gender coalitions and allyship across racial lines, and the role of dialogue and reconciliation in charting a brighter path forward.  This event is hosted in collaboration with the Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity and Strategic Innovation, the Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World and is a part of the NYU Women Lead initiative. REGISTER HERE DEADLINE EXTENSION: 2022-23 Africa House Student Research Fellowships Above: Final presentations and award ceremonies with past Africa House student fellows. NYU Africa House has been fortunate to receive external donor funding to offer research grants to current NYU undergraduate and graduate students seeking funding for short-term research opportunities focused on Africa. We are accepting applications for the 2022-23 Africa House Student Fellowships below through March 11, 2022! Africa House Thoyer Fellowship This fellowship of $2,500 is awarded to two (2) outstanding graduate students to support Africa-focused study and research in the fields of economics, political economy, and related disciplines. Fellowships may be used to cover travel costs, living expenses, tuition, books, research expenses, and other relevant expenses while studying or pursuing research at NYU. The Africa House Thoyer Fellowship is rooted in the idea that development is more likely to occur where there is sustained, sound management of the economy, and that such management is more likely where there is an active, well-informed group of development experts conducting policy-relevant research. Eligibility: Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate program at NYU, graduating no sooner than May 2023. Deadline: March 11, 2022 LEARN MORE Africa House/CTED Development Impact Fellowship This fellowship of $1,500 is awarded to two (2) students to cover costs associated with research activities linked to the search for innovative solutions that have the capacity to enrich the lives of people in the developing world. Fellowships support undergraduate and graduate students to cover costs associated with research projects undertaken in the Spring, Summer, or Fall of 2022, in the following Africa House/CTED research areas: Economic and Political Theory Economic Development and Technology Food and Agricultural Markets Migration and Diaspora Local Governance, Cultural Norms, and Development of Property Rights Eligibility: Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at NYU, graduating no sooner than May 2023. Deadline: March 11, 2022 LEARN MORE Call for Papers The Econometric Society (ES), Africa Region is the regional representation of Econometric Society for Africa. ES is an international society for the advancement of Economic Theory in its relations to statistics and mathematics. The goal of the regional branch of ES is to promote across the continent the culture of economic analysis based on state-of-the-art quantitative methods grounded in statistical and econometric theory. ES aims to foster a strong synergy among researchers on the continent as well as increase their exposure to peers from overseas. The Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) is hosting the 2022 regional conference of the Econometric Society virtually on June 1-4, 2022 in Addis Ababa. Deadline: March 30, 2022 LEARN MORE NYU Africa House Student Program Assistant (Research) NYU Africa House Student Program Assistant (Events) * The above jobs are open to NYU students matriculated in academic year 2023.