A few upcoming events to be aware of!
Ensuring Economic Opportunities for Youth- Education, entrepreneurship and employment policy- A panel
Friday, April 7 @noon in Room 04 of Duke’s Sanford Building
In many developing nations, young people entering the workforce face a stark reality. While there are decent jobs available, youths often lack the skills to fill them. As a result, these young people are relegated to low-skilled jobs or unemployment, trapping them in poverty, reducing their nation’s economic growth, and sowing the seeds for political instability.
Please join us as experts in education and entrepreneurship explore the most effective ways to ensure meaningful youth employment and lasting prosperity. The talk is part of Duke-RTI Professors and Practitioners in Conversation series. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided, and parking passes are available.
Read more about the event or RSVP online at tinyurl.com/youth4717.
Bureaucratizing Feminism? The Gender Equality Commission's Work in South Africa
Friday, April 7th @12:15pm-1:30pm, Friedl 225
Hicks will provide a contextual framework for the role of the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), a Constitutionally established independent institution, in supporting democracy and gender equality. Using the CGE as an entry point, Hicks will both problematize it's effectiveness in discharging its mandate and present case studies of gender equality issues taken on by the CGE which suggest some measure of success in leveraging state accountability for gender equality. An overarching question will be: for the large majority of poor women in South Africa, is the CGE substantively advancing their struggle for equality, or is it merely a force to domesticate and bureaucratize it?
Learn more here
RSVP to Amanda Frederick here
Let's Innovate NC 2017 Conference has spaces open!
April 8th @ 10:30am-3pm, HQ Raleigh
The conference will feature workshops on customer delivery, UX/UI and human-centered design, budgeting, and other entrepreneurial skills, amazing keynote entrepreneurs, networking receptions among students and community members from all four universities, and a SHOWCASE where student entrepreneurs from Duke, UNC, NC State, and NCCU will pitch their startups! An amazing one-day event to meet students and people from the community, network, and get your innovative spirit moving.
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Sign up to be in the SHOWCASE here
Entrepreneurship in the Triangle
Wednesday, April 12, 6:30 p.m. at City Club Raleigh
“Entrepreneurship in the Triangle” featuring a four-person panel of local experts who will share insights and anecdotes about the
Triangle’s robust entrepreneurship ecosystem! Duke’s very own Tatiana Birgisson will be one of the panelists!
RSVP here