Programme – More Women in Research, Vietnam
24-02-25
Programme: More Women in Research 2025, Vietnam
The world is facing immense challenges that call for new knowledge and innovative solutions. High quality research from both natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities is pivotal. We must thus not only work with ensuring that we have enough researchers but also that we have the right researchers. Here, gender diversity makes a difference.
Across the globe, women are increasingly educated and obtaining university degrees on a postgraduate level. However, less than 30% of the world’s researchers are women, and in academic management, women are also underrepresented.
With this workshop we aim to strengthen the position of women researchers and push for more women in research.
Find the detailed programme HERE.
Overview Programme:
8 April / Arrival: Arrival at Hanoi Club
19:00 – Informal dinner at Hanoi Club
9 April / Day 1: Breaking the Glass Ceiling? – Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Research
07:00 – 8:00 Breakfast at Hanoi Club (Participants with accomodation at Hanoi Club)
8:00 Departure from Hanoi Club to the Danish Embassy in Hanoi (Participants with accommodation at Hanoi Club)
8:30 Arrival at the venue and registration: Danish Embassy in Vietnam, 7th Floor, BIDV Tower, 194 Tran Quang Khai Street.
09:00 – Welcome and introduction
Setting the scene: Background, purpose, hopes for the seminar, and some practicalities – by Danida Fellowship Centre.
Introductory remarks: The importance of this seminar – more women in research – by Katrine Risgaard Pedersen, Sector Counsellor, Royal Danish Embassy, Hanoi
Interlude: Moment of reflection: Why are we here? – by Lily Lindegaard, Senior researcher, DIIS, Denmark.
9:50 – Keynote: “Empowering Women in Research: Driving Change for Gender Equality in Academia” – by Huong Thu Nguyen, PhD, Department of Anthropology, VNU- USSH. Read her bio here.
10:35 – Break (including refreshments)
11:00 – Project presentations by participating researchers
12:00 – Plenary: More Women in Research Manifesto (from the More Women in Research Africa seminar, 2024) – by Sylvie Namwase, Lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda.
12:45 – Lunch
13:45 – Panel discussion: Being a woman researcher – perspectives from Asia, Africa, Europe – by Phuong Nguyen (Senior, Faculty Rural development, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam), Sylvie Namwase (Lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda), Christina Vinter (Researcher, Clinical Associate Professor, Denmark). Facilitator: Ardeth Thawnghmung, Professor of Political Science at UMass Lowell.
14:45 – Plenary: How funders think – supporting women and gender-sensitive research – by Helene Kyed, Senior Researcher, DIIS, Denmark
15:30 – Break (including refreshments)
16:00 – Plenary and group discussion: Gender sensitivity in research projects – by Hoang Tu Anh, PhD, founder and Director of the Center for Creative initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP). Read her bio here.
17:30 – Wrap up day 1
Transport to Hanoi Club (all participants)
18:00 – Dinner (all participants)
10 April / Day 2: How to Support Women – as Colleagues, Research Participants, and Community Members
07:00 – 8:00 Breakfast at Hanoi Club (Participants with accomodation at Hanoi Club)
8:00 Departure from Hanoi Club to the Danish Embassy in Hanoi (Participants with accommodation at Hanoi Club)
8:30 Arrival at the venue: Danish Embassy in Vietnam, 7th Floor, BIDV Tower, 194 Tran Quang Khai Street.
09:00 – Keynote: Overcoming barriers against women in research and in academia: The roles of mentorship and networks – by Ardeth Thawnghmung, Professor of Political Science at UMass Lowell.
09:45 – Panel discussion: supporting women in research – on mentorship, hierarchical practices, and communities of support – Thang Sorn Poine (Senior researcher, Nyan Corridor, Research, Myanmar), SON Thi Thanh Dang (Senior Researcher, National Institute of Vet. Research), Gulshan Ara (Junior Researcher, Department of Nutrition Exercise and Sports, Copenhagen University, Bangladesh), Lily Lindegaard (Senior researcher, DIIS, Denmark). Facilitator: Helene Kyed (Senior Researcher, DIIS, Denmark).
10:45 – Break (including refreshments)
11:15 – Parallel sessions: Getting your message across – how to publish and communicate your research – by Dr. Pham Thi Bich Ngoc (Director of the Research Center for Marine Studies and Climate Change, Vietnam) and Ardeth Thawnghmung (Professor of Political Science at UMass Lowell)
12:15 – Lunch
13:15 – Plenary and group work Pushing for change – next step (follow up on manifesto) – by Sylvie Namwase, Lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda.
14:45 – Mentoring salon (including refreshments) – by Ardeth Thawnghmung (Professor of Political Science at UMass Lowell), Helene Kyed (Senior Research, DIIS, Denmark).
16:15 – Closing session (incl. small evaluation) – by Danida Fellowship Centre.
