Women in Academia Matter: Indigenous Worldviews and Women Movements Activism

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Author(s): Taima Moeke-Pickering (Laurentian University, Canada)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 20
Source title: Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Taima Moeke-Pickering (Laurentian University, Canada), Sheila Cote-Meek (Brock University, Canada)and Ann Pegoraro (Laurentian University, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3618-6.ch001

Keywords: Gender and Diversity / Information Science Reference / Political Science / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Empowering women in academia matters. As women academics, we need to unleash our leadership power if we want to make a change. Colonization sexualized, subjugated, and dehumanized women and girls and unfortunately continues in the academy today. This is evidenced by pay, hiring, racism, and leadership inequity. This chapter shares the meaning and value of Indigenous worldviews, women movements in social media, and why systemic strategies for sustained equity, diversity, and inclusivity in the academy matters. This is a huge responsibility and commitment. The author's experience working with women academics is that they take their role seriously, they use instinct, they defend when they need to, they are creative, they spend a lot of time on the whys, they use diplomacy and often put their own feelings aside to make sure that equity goals for women are achieved.

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