Conference 2025
5th Annual Somali Women in Higher Education, Research and Academia Conference
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“Lifting Each Other: Somali Women’s Voices in Learning, Research, and Leadership”
Building on the positive outcomes of the last four years, the Somali Gender Hub (SGH) in partnership with the Mawazo Institute is organizing the 5th Annual International Knowledge Exchange Conference on Somali Women in Higher Education, Research, Academia on Thursday 20th November 2025 at the Maa Hotel & Suites, Hurlingham in Nairobi, Kenya.
The conference will be hybrid and aims to create a supportive space where Somali women in higher education, research, and academia can come together to share their stories, challenges, and achievements. Specifically, it aims to;
- Amplify the voices of Somali women in higher education, research, and academia.
- Facilitate academic exchange through research presentations and dialogue.
- Provide mentorship and coaching to early-career researchers on writing and publishing.
- Build networks and foster interdisciplinary collaboration among Somali women scholars.
- Influence institutional and policy frameworks to better support Somali women in academic spaces.
The Hub invites you to attend our upcoming knowledge exchange conference. Registrations can be submitted through this Registrations Form. Only registered participants will be allowed to enter the venue.
Check the concept note and programme agenda for more information.
Stay in touch
If you have any queries, please email director@somaligenderhub.org. We will post updates on our website as well as on our social media platforms at;
The hashtag for the conference is #WomenHEConf25. And other hashtags we will use are #WomenInAcademia #WomenInResearch.
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Submitting guidelines and deadline
- Abstracts should be written in Somali or English and be 250-300 words;
- Interested authors should send a one-page bio and contact details;
- Submissions should indicate the theme under which the abstract falls;
- All papers will be reviewed, and authors will be invited to present a paper;
- Selected papers will be notified and later published.
- Deadline for abstract submission is 30 July 2025
- Full papers must not exceed 6000 words are due by 30 September
- Abstracts should be sent to director@somaligenderhub.org with a copy to info@somaligenderhub.org. Or you can submit it via the form on this page.
Pre-Conference Coaching and Writing Support
If you are interested in the Pre-conference coaching and writing support, please indicate so. A team from the hub will provide capacity-building sessions for selected scholars to refine their research papers before the conference.