The Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre (JNLC) is set to host a three-day Presidential Lecture Series (PLS) to highlight the systemic changes needed for women to become transformative leaders to effectively shape inclusive, equitable societies that humanity needs and deserves.
Theme: Celebrating Women, Pan-Africanism and Community.
Keynote Speaker: Her Excellency Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, Former Vice-President of The Gambia.
This year’s PLS consists of three events starting with a Media Roundtable on Tuesday 6th June 2023, followed by a Cross-generational Fireside (Ekyooto) conversation between the Keynote Speaker and female student leaders on Wednesday 7th June 2023 and a Keynote Address on Thursday 8th June 2023. The Presidential lecture series for 2023 is presented in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and The School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University.
About the Presidential Lecture Series (PLS)
The PLS is an annual event that exposes students and the broader community to inspiring ideas, courageous leadership and models of civic engagement and civil discourse. It brings prominent speakers, great leaders and thinkers across a wide variety of disciplines to Makerere University as a premier center of scholarly leadership for thought-provoking conversations. Speakers are chosen for their eloquence as well as the impact of their actions, both within their respective industries and throughout the country and the world. The series is open to students, faculty, and staff, as well as the general public. The aim of the lecture series is to encourage cross-generational dialogues that mentor present and future leaders for effective and accountable leadership.