What is it like to be Hindu and queer? Trishanka Smaal knows all about it and recently she came to UWC Maastricht, as part of Spectrum Week, for a guest lecture and shared her story! National Dutch television show 'Iedereen Verlicht' made an episode about Trishanka,...
In the week of International Women's Day, we celebrated our Female Empowerment Network! Thanks to this network, girls from the Middle East and North Africa can study at UWC Maastricht and develop into resilient, self-supportive, critical role models, ready to change the world for the...
Meet Carla (on the left)! She moved to The Netherlands from Brazil only recently and got to know UWC via her daughters. Like many others, she noticed that the discussions changed over dinner after her girls have joined our education for peace and a sustainable...
Two of UWC Maastricht's ambassadors gave guest lectures! Maria van der Hoeven, former Minister of Education, and Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen, chair of the Advisory Board of SER Top Women, addressed our students about Leadership, Diversity and Energy Transitions Implications. At UWC Maastricht we strive to let our...
UWC is proud to announce a partnership with Medtronic: a global leader in medical technology, services and solutions. Medtronic will be particularly involved in our Female Empowerment Project to support girls from the Middle East and North Africa to embark on the two last years...
Female leadership, inclusivity and the power of education were on the menu during our United Women Conference. For the second time, business representatives, alumni, staff and students (f/m/x) joined our event full of cross generational and cross cultural exchange! An afternoon focused on investing in...
UWC is proud to announce a partnership with DHL! The world's leading logistics company. UWC's education for peace and sustainability strongly resonates with DHL and its purpose: connecting people and improving lives. The company will be particularly involved in our project to support girls from the...
How inclusive is the company you work for or the club that you are running? How can we discuss issues concerning race, ethnicity and gender while being mindful of sensitivities and different realities? On 2 June UWC Maastricht is taking you through best practices, challenges, successes and failures....
Floortje Dessing, famous television host in the Netherlands, visited Belize in one of her recent episodes of 'Floortje naar het Einde van de Wereld' (Floortje to the End of the World). There she met Tati, who resides with her parents, living in a house which...
We celebrated International Women's Day this week! Our students organized a Femme Fight Conference. And together with students and members of the school's Female Empowerment Network we discussed fashion norms and values and how they are perceived differently in regions, tribes and countries. Also Youssra...
