2020-2022: Moroccan Virtual Exchange Project
Hassan II University of Casablanca and Kennesaw State University held a webinar event to kick off for their Women’s Leadership Virtual Exchange program on Oct. 28, 2020.
Scroll down to watch the video of the project launch webinar.
Women’s Leadership through Virtual Exchange: Youth Sharing Digital Stories (WLVE)
This initiative engages 100 undergraduate and graduate students from Hassan II University Casablanca with 100 undergraduate students from Kennesaw State University in a unique cross-cultural virtual exchange experience focused on better understanding women’s leadership through research, analysis, and digital storytelling. The virtual classroom-based project will collect biographical stories of successful women leaders in both countries written by the students and publish them online on Bokeh Focus.
The project provides participating students with a better understanding of the challenges and obstacles that exist towards increasing women’s rights and leadership roles in society. Students not only gain a learning experience around the topic of women’s leadership, but they also advance their abilities to work in international and intercultural contexts as they develop the intercultural competency needed in today’s global society.
Students who successfully complete the project will receive a Certificate of Completion from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) CIFAL Atlanta Office in recognition of their effective international collaboration, intercultural competence, teamwork, and problem-solving skills on issues such as achieving gender equality that are directly related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Below are links to the student projects.
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The Project Launch Webinar Video
The WLVE project is supported by the Stevens Initiative, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government, and is administered by the Aspen Institute. The Stevens Initiative is also supported by the Bezos Family Foundation and the governments of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
Bokeh Focus, as the official publishing partner for the Morocco project, will publish the written stories, photo essays and video stories of the students on our Instagram @Bokeh_Focus and this website. Our affiliated publications, Youth Today and the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) will also share social media posts on their Facebook and Twitter about each student’s work.
Follow us @Bokeh_Focus where you will find all the Moroccan Virtual Exchange Project stories and galleries, compete in our photo contests, and see all our new content.