Due to the speaker's unexpected scheduling conflict, this talk has been moved from Tuesday 9/25 to Monday 10/1.
Speaker: Dr. Urvashi Sahni, Founder and CEO of Study Hall Educational Foundation; and Non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC
Dr. Urvashi Sahni is a leading expert in school governance, curriculum reform and teacher training with a special focus on girls education and the use of technology in education. Study Hall Educational Foundation aims to bring the benefits of education to all levels of society throughout India by establishing primary and secondary schools, teacher training institutions, open school classes, vocational training programs and adult literacy programs. Dr. Urvashi has been recognized by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship as the 2018 Social Entrepreneur of the Year.
Join Dr. Sahni as she discusses her work with boys in her Prerna School in India. She will talk about how teachers can work to develop boy's feminist consciousness using critical feminist pedagogy so that boys learn to re-think patriarchy and the gender injustice inherent in its structure.
Sponsored by Economic and Political Development Concentration, Gender and Public Policy Specialization, Education Collaborative, and South Asia Association.
