12 May 2021 - Wits University
Wits University today launched a programme that seeks to change the gender and racial profile of leaders in academia.
The Female Academic Leaders Fellowship (FALF) is the brainchild of the Wits Chancellor and leading businesswoman Dr Judy Dlamini. The FALF targets African and coloured women in academia who are underrepresented in high structures of knowledge production and leadership.
Dlamini has expressed disappointment at the national figures adding that: âThe proportion of women graduates, in South Africa, has increased over the past 20 years, making up 60% of graduates at junior and honours level; at Masters level the proportion has increased to 44.6% and at Doctorate level to 58.2% enrolment. In spite of these positive changes, women in leadership within institutions of higher learning are still underrepresented in South Africaâ.