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Break the bias: International Women's Day

8th March 2022

08:15 UTC

Online

How can we break the bias and forge a gender equal world?

Join us on 8 March at 8:15 UTC for a live conversation with female leaders working in higher education to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022. This year’s International Women’s Day theme is ‘Break the bias’ and prompts us to imagine a gender equal world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination.

Hear from Cheryl de la Rey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Barbara Kasumu, Director of Membership, Programmes and Business Development at the ACU and Chinyere Okunna, Professor of Mass Communication at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Nigeria as they reflect on breaking the bias in higher education and beyond.

Watch the live in real-time on one of the following platforms:

Time zones

Wellington, New Zealand

21:15

London, UK

08:15

Lagos, Nigeria

09:15

Johannesburg, South Africa

10:15

Mumbai, India

13:45

Sydney, Australia

19:15

​Speakers


Cheryl de la Rey

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Barbara Kasumu

Director of Membership, Programmes and Business Development at the ACU

Professor Chinyere Okunna

Former Mass Communications Professor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria and current Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Paul University Awka, Nigeria