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Friday
20
September
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Afghan Women: Empowerment Through Education Abroad

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Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and online

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The Rector of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Tiziana Lippiello
The Director of the Geneva Graduate Institute, Maria Laure Salles
The President of the Arghosha Faraway Schools Committee, Marco Niada

Have the pleasure to invite you to the presentation of the project Afghan Women: Empowerment Through Education Abroad.

The mobility programme will start in 2025 along with other projects as a result of the Memorandum of Understanding between Ca' Foscari University and the Geneva Graduate Institute.

A round table will discuss topics such as education and research facilities available to the Afghan feminine population. This will also be the occasion to present the first scholarships for a Master’s degree sponsored by the Arghosha Faraway Schools Committee in memory of Maria Rosario Lazzati Niada (1954-2022). 

Programme

  • Tiziana Lippiello, Rector Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
  • Marie-Laure Salles, Director, Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID)
  • Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • Chiara Saccon, Vice-Rector for International Relations Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
  • Caterina Carpinato, Full Professor Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
  • Marco Niada, President, Arghosha Faraway Schools Committee
  • Alessandro Monsutti, Professor of Anthropology, Geneva Graduate Institute
  • Khadija Abbasi, Assistant Professor SOAS University of London
  • Suraya Yosufi, Recipient of a Maria Rosario Lazzati Niada scholarship
  • Sara De Vido, Rector's Delegate for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

You can attend the event remotely by using the following link (meeting ID: 851 5824 2291)

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