BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14037-6479173fdd81ade5f02a55dfa7d89d70@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260710T083521Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T170000 SUMMARY:WGSS Speaker Series: Wanjiru Kareithi DESCRIPTION:\n“Women’s Leadership and Antiracism: Challenges\, Opportuni ties\, and African Perspectives”\n\nThis talk\, based on my postdoctoral research\, examines the critical role of women in leadership in advanci ng antiracism within higher education and industry\, with a focus on sys temic barriers faced by women from marginalized communities. Drawing fro m over twelve years of experience as a human rights lawyer and academic\ , I will share insights on how these challenges shape leadership traject ories while emphasizing the unique contributions of African and Black wo men leaders.\n\nThe presentation highlights the complementarity of Afric an leadership models\, which emphasize community and collective empowerm ent\, alongside other approaches to women’s leadership. Together\, these perspectives provide innovative solutions for addressing systemic inequ ities and fostering equitable spaces. Participants will gain practical s trategies to support women leaders\, create inclusive environments\, and inspire collaborative progress toward more socially just institutions.\ n\nWanjiru Kareithi is a human rights advocate and scholar from Nairobi\ , Kenya\, with over twelve years of experience championing the rights of marginalized communities globally. She serves as a postdoctoral scholar in the Office of Access and Equity at Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture\, where her work focuses on equity\, inclusive leadership\, and advancing antiracism in higher education and industry. In addition\ , she teaches in the women\, gender\, and sexuality studies (WGSS) progr am. She holds advanced legal qualifications\, including a doctor of laws (LLD)\, a master of laws (LLM) in public international law\, and a bach elor of laws (LLB). She is also an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.\ n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/wgss-wanjiru-kareit hi/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Women’ s Leadership and Antiracism: Challenges, Opportunities, and African Pers pectives”

This talk, based on my postdoctoral research, e xamines the critical role of women in leadership in advancing antiracism within higher education and industry, with a focus on systemic barriers faced by women from marginalized communities. Drawing from over twelve years of experience as a human rights lawyer and academic, I will share insights on how these challenges shape leadership trajectories while emp hasizing the unique contributions of African and Black women leaders.

The presentation highlights the complementarity of African leadershi p models, which emphasize community and collective empowerment, alongsid e other approaches to women’s leadership. Together, these perspectives p rovide innovative solutions for addressing systemic inequities and foste ring equitable spaces. Participants will gain practical strategies to su pport women leaders, create inclusive environments, and inspire collabor ative progress toward more socially just institutions.

Wan jiru Kareithi is a human rights advocate and scholar from Nairo bi, Kenya, with over twelve years of experience championing the rights o f marginalized communities globally. She serves as a postdoctoral schola r in the Office of Access and Equity at Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture, where her work focuses on equity, inclusive leadership, a nd advancing antiracism in higher education and industry. In addition, s he teaches in the women, gender, and sexuality studies (WGSS) program. S he holds advanced legal qualifications, including a doctor of laws (LLD) , a master of laws (LLM) in public international law, and a bachelor of laws (LLB). She is also an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.

Fo r more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/wgss-wanjiru-kareithi/

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