From November 25 to December 10, the UvA participated in Orange the World, the UN led international campaign to end violence against women and girls. During those 16 days of activism, the UvA’s Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Team, in partnership with the College van Bestuur, lit up the bridge at Roeterseiland in orange. During this … Continue reading Retrospective on Orange the World at the UvA
The University of Amsterdam is participating in the international Orange the World campaign. Our university supports the fight of ending violence against girls and women. The Chief Diversity Officer team is the proud initiator of UvA’s participation in the campaign, and we are hosting multiple events during the campaign. Orange the World is a UN … Continue reading Orange the World: UvA says no to violence
This is a statement by the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Team of the University of Amsterdam condemning the violent racist attack on 8 November 2019 against Kick Out Zwarte Piet (KOZP) members and volunteers at the KOZP congress in The Hague. In the last two weeks, the silence has been deafening. We call on politicians, … Continue reading Speak out against racism
What is the Gender Summit? The Gender Summit is a two day conference held on different continents every year, with the aim of making gender equality the norm in research. The Gender Summit 17th edition was the first one hosted by the Netherlands, and the next one will be in June 2020 in Kenya. The … Continue reading Our Bodies Our Voice at the Gender Summit 17
UvA's Academic Diversity Programme (ADP) is a mentoring programme in which students are supported by senior students during their first year at the university. Applications are now open for the upcoming academic year! So, what exactly is ADP, and why is it called a diversity mentoring programme? What has the programme done for the participants, … Continue reading Sign up for the Academic Diversity Programme
Thanks to our partnership with the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Team of the UvA, we are preparing for an exciting year of workshops and trainings for staff, students and board members of student & study associations. Last academic year (2018/2019), we conducted a pilot of 10 workshops with the bachelor program Politics, Psychology ,Law and … Continue reading Achievements & Updates OBOV
Two UvA students have been nominated for the finale of the ECHO Award 2019: Sahar Afzal (Conflict Studies) and Ahmed Bayoumy (Medicine). On September 26 it will become clear whether one of the UvA-students wins the coveted ECHO Award, at Loyens & Loeff in Amsterdam. Students who are eligible for the ECHO Award are successful … Continue reading Two UvA-students nominated for ECHO Award 2019
‘Get Ready’, a three-day summer school pilot programme for students seeking additional background information and tools to truly feel at home within the UvA, was organized for the first time at the end of August. This programme aims to give these students the extra preparation they might need for a great start to their degree … Continue reading Pilot summer school for first-generation students was a succes
As CDO team we are honored to co-host Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw at the University of Amsterdam on June 11, 2019. Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia Law School and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics 2016-2018. Crenshaw will be speaking at a special event at the University of … Continue reading Civil rights advocate Kimberlé Crenshaw to speak at the UvA
By Alfrida Martis. Recap of the UvA’s Accessibility Symposium on January 24, 2019 Photos by Fatima Kamal. How can accessibility of the UvA be improved? In January the UvA organized a very important symposium on accessibility, titled “Heeft iedereen het recht om te studeren aan de UvA?” (Dutch for: “Does everybody have the right to … Continue reading Recap of UvA’s Accessibility Symposium
