Yale and the World

We recently launched a new webinar series, Leading for Change: A Fireside Conversation" hosted by Eddie Mandhry, Director for Africa and the Middle East at Yale. The first webinar took place on October 23, 2020. Eddie Mandhry was joined by Simidele Adeagbo, the first Nigerian Winter Olympian and the first African and black woman to compete in Skeleton at the Olympics. This series features inspirational speakers from across Africa and diaspora to create space for conversations about leadership. Visit the Yale and Africa website for more information: africa.yale.edu

The third in our series of "African Women as Pillars of Resilience," public webinars, took place on 16 November 2020. The focus of this webinar, conducted in both English and French, was "Mitigating the Economic Impacts of the Pandemic on African Women." The event was moderated by Stephanie Busari, member of the Yale World Fellows Class of 2020 and journalist and editor at CNN Worldwide, and the panelists were Martha Karua, former minister of justice and current presidential candidate for Kenya, Maria Kiwanuka, senior advisor to the Ugandan president on finance, and Fafa Benzerouki Sid Lakhdar, former chairwoman of the National Human Rights Council for Algeria. Visit the Yale and Africa website for more information: africa.yale.edu

The second webinar in the Yale and Africa 'Leading for Change' conversation series took place on March 20, 2021.The event featured Oulimata Sarr, Regional Director UN Women West and Central Africa. The conversation was moderated by Yale's Eddie Mandhry and Ifeoluwa Adeogun, the vice-president of the Yale African Student Association. Read more about the 'Leading for Change' conversation series and the Yale and Africa Initiative at: Africa.yale.edu

The third webinar in the Yale and Africa 'Leading for Change' conversation series took place on April 16, 2021.The event featured Márcio Burity, Fmr. Senior Advisor to the President of the United Nations General Assembly and was co-moderated by Eddie Mandhry and Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs graduate student Resla Wesonga. Read more about the 'Leading for Change' conversation series and the Yale and Africa Initiative at: Africa.yale.edu

The Yale African Leaders Forum Lecture, ‘Botswana’s Vision for a Knowledge Based Economy’ by His Excellency Dr. MokgweetsiMasisi,President of the Republic of Botswana, took place on September 22, 2021 on the Yale campus in New Haven, Connecticut. The event featured a Q&A session moderated by Eddie Mandhry, Yale’s Director for Africa and the Middle East. Read more about the Yale Africa Initiative by visiting our website: africa.yale.edu

The Yale MacMillan Center Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Fox International Fellowship Program, and Program on Peace and Development are delighted to welcome the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, to deliver a talk titled, “Strengthening Democracy in Latin America: Progress on Peace and Development.” The talk is followed by an informal conversation between the Secretary General and Yale scholars and students. This event is part of the Latin American Policy Leader Series, which welcomes leading figures in Latin American government and civil society to visit the Yale campus and engage in conversation with the Yale community about the region.

Yolanda Kakabadse, Former President of World Wildlife Fund International (WWF) spoke on the topic of 'The Impact of Climate Change in Latin America’ as part of theLatin American Policy Leaders series.This series is generously supported by the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture Fund in International Studies at the Yale MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies and is co-sponsored by the Yale MacMillan Center’s Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, Fox International Fellowship, Program on Peace and Development, and the Yale Office of International Affairs. To learn more about Yale and Latin America, please visit our website: This event is in Spanish. Please click the CC button for English translation.

The Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at Yale University hosted María-Noel Vaeza, Regional Director of UN Women for Latin America and the Caribbean, for a talk and discussion on May 4, 2022. Her talk, titled “Diversity, Equality, and Gender,” explored how UN Women is seeking to bridge public and private sphere to bring about greater equality for women in Latin America.

As part of CLAIS’s Latin American Policy Leader Series, President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Ricardo Pérez Manrique, delivered a talk entitled “Human Rights and Freedom of Expression in Latin America” on April 19, 2022. The event was introduced by CLAIS Chair Claudia Valeggia (Yale) and moderated by Claudia Flores (University of Chicago and Yale). This talk is presented in Spanish. For the English translation, use the CC button.

Monkeypox is a rare infectious disease first discovered in 1958 after outbreaks occurred in monkeys kept for research. It is a more benign version of smallpox that is endemic in parts of Central and West Africa. During this panel conversation, we will discuss what is monkeypox, how concerned we should be in the U.S. and around the world, and measures that state, national, and international organizations are taking to monitor and address this issue.