BISHOP STUART UNIVERSITY PROPOSED ACTION PLAN
OUR TARGET
- Capacity building for GERA champions
- Sharing experience with other institutions to embed GERA activities within our institutions
- Communicating GERA objectives to different stakeholders within the institution
- Establish a department for gender studies
| Gender issue/ gap at the institution
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GAP | Goal
(what you want to achieve) |
Activities
(how you will achieve the goal) |
Who will be responsible?
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Timeline
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Teaching time tabling
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Lectures start at 7;30AM (This is too early for breastfeeding mothers, students who make breakfast for themselves and those that walk from their places of residences). More to that, over the weekend lectures stretch up to 8:00PM (This is too inconveniencing to those that need more time to reach to their homes and prepare dinner) and even risky to females | Get favourable time that caters for both students and lecturers | Engaging students, subject coordinators, Heads of departments and Faculty deans, AR to device means on how to complete the course outline. For example, using on-line teaching for very early and very late lectures | -University GERA focal person
-Academic Registrar -Deans of Faculties -Heads of Departments |
1 years |
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Maternity leave
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60 days are few | 120 days of maternity leave | Getting views and ideas from female staff | -GERA Focal person
-Human resource officer. -University Secretary -Chairperson Academic staff Association |
6 Months |
| Paternity leave | It is silent | Provide and Increase on paternity leave to 14 days given to male staff | Creating awareness that paternity leave exists at BSU and male staff should utilize it. | -University GERA focal person
-Human resource officer. -University Secretary -Chairperson Academic staff Association |
6 Months |
| Day care centre | Documented but not in operation | An equipped and operational day care centre in a secure environment | Sensitizing the University management on the urgent need of an operational day care centre. | -University GERA focal person
-Human resource officer. -University Secretary |
1 year |
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Sexual harassment
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The policy is Silent | Sexual harassment free learning environment | Sensitizing both the students and staff about the importance of the policy. | -Guild minister of gender
-Quality assurance -The University Secretary -University counsellor -University Human Resource |
6 months |
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Enrolment
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More male students in science and law courses than females.
More females in arts courses |
Gender Balanced enrolment across all courses | Sensitizing BSU community about mindset change.
Massive publicity, and advertising of university programs on radios, local televisions and newspapers |
-The Academic registrar
-PRO -GERA focal person -Deans of Faculties -Heads of departments |
1 year |
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Drop out
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Some students both males and females drop out due to drug abuse, alcoholism, unplanned pregnancies, gambling activities, relationship failures | 100% Completion | Conducting “Complete the course campaign” among students.
Guidance and counselling sessions. Parents’ sensitization |
-Students’ liaison committee
-Dean of students -Guild minister of education -The Academic Registrar -University Counsellor -University Chaplain -PRO -GERA focal person
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6 months |
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Ethical code of conduct
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Unfair hearing and non-uniform judgement | Fair application of ethical code of conduct
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Creating awareness among students and staff about what entails the code of conduct. | Quality Assurance officer
University Secretary University Human resource GERA Focal person Deans of faculties Dean of students |
6 months |
| Management |
Majority females are in low administrative positions and in support staff. There are more males in top administrative positions. |
Gender balance in top, low administrative positions and in academic staff positions | Gender balanced vacancy advertising and recruiting process | -GERA focal person
-University secretary -Heads of Departments
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1 year |
| Gender department and Platform | Not in place yet. | Establishment of Gender studies department and platform | Requesting for an office space
Developing gender-based programs |
-GERA focal person
-Regional Coordinators -Deans of Faculties -Academic Registrar |
1 year |
