Naomi Lumutenga is the Executive Director, and Co-Founder, HERS-EA, with extensive experience and expertise in higher education leadership and gender equity initiatives. Lumutenga has held leadership roles in educational and religious institutions and is a champion of equity, diversity, and inclusion of minoritized communities for development.Margaret Khaitsa is a professor of Veterinary Epidemiology at Mississippi State University, USA, with a distinguished career in academia in Uganda and USA for over 30 years winning several awards and honors. As Founder and Board Chair HERS-EA Khaitsa is passionate about advancing gender equity in Sub-Saharan Africa and globally for development.

An invaluable resource for Higher Education managers, especially vice-chancellors of universities and heads of other tertiary institutions in Africa. This book gives live examples of empowering women leaders in higher education after decades of marginalization in this important sector. As a vice-chancellor of a premier university in Africa, who has led the struggle for women empowerment, this book has energized me, and it has given me tips on how to improve fairness, inclusivity and equity in higher education in Africa.Barnabas NawangweVice Chancellor, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

• DedicationForewordJulie JordanIntroduction Margaret L. Khaitsa, Naomi W. Lumutenga, & Judith S. White Section I: Instigating Innovative Women Leadership Through Inclusive EngagementChapter 1 - Higher Education Resource Services-East Africa: A Women Leadership Model for Inclusive Engagement and Institutional Change Margaret L. Khaitsa and Naomi W. LumutengaChapter 2 - Reimagining Women’s Leadership Through Feminist Instigation and Inclusive Excellence: Drawing on HERS Foundations Judith S. WhiteSection II: Contextualizing Cultural and Family Barriers to Gender Equity in East AfricaChapter 3 - Quality Education: A Pathway to Leadership for Women in AfricaMartha R. L. Muhwezi, Teresa Omondi-Adeitan, Rose Atieno Odhiambo, and Shem Osomo Ongai Chapter 4 - The Role of the Family in Shaping Women Leaders: Insights about Positive Fathering and Male Role Models in UgandaDeborah Kaddu-SerwaddaChapter 5 - Breaking Barriers Using Education for Empowerment: A Case of Ethiopian Women in Academic LeadershipGennet Zewide Section III: Interrogating Current Interventions for Gender Equity in Higher Education InstitutionsChapter 6 - Promoting Gender Equity in Higher Education Through a Gender Mainstreaming Strategy: An Autoethnographic Review of Progress at Makerere UniversityEuzobia M. Mugisha Baine Chapter 7 - "Normalizing" Inequity: The Case for East African Higher Education Institutions to Change Their Culture—Not the WomenRhoda K. Wanyenze Chapter - 8 Engendering Change Through Critical Academic DevelopmentDina Zoe Belluigi and Tom Parkinson Section IV: Catalyzing Leadership for Institutional Change in Higher EducationChapter 9 - "Through us You are Changing Many Lives":　　HERS-EA Academy, An Innovative Platform for Institutional and Community Transformation Naomi W. Lumutenga Chapter - 10 Engaged Instigators: Evidence-Based Strategies for Inclusive Scholars and Institutional Transformers in STEMMargaret L. Khaitsa Chapter 11 - Inclusive Governance Using the Principles of Consensus Building: Elevating Women’s Voices in Higher EducationMeghan MilleaChapter 12 - Advocacy and Allyship: Concepts and Models for Men Faculty Pursuing Gender Equity in East African UniversitiesDr. Kevin BrooksSection V: Modeling Inclusive Women Leadership for Engaged Community DevelopmentChapter 13 - Advancing Engaged Scholarship with the HERS-EA Multi-tier Model: A Case Study of the HERSpad InitiativeNaomi W. Lumutenga and Caroline Kobia Chapter 14 - Applying the HERS-EA Multi-tier Model of Leadership to Empower Women Through Poultry Production and Flexible Education Margaret L. Khaitsa and Naomi W. LumutengaConclusions: Lessons Learned, Looking ForwardMargaret L. Khaitsa and Naomi W. Lumutenga