Objectives
- Improve the effectiveness of female higher education institutions through inter-university cooperation and make the best use of limited resources, whereby institutions can share expensive equipment, library resources, technical expertise, student exchange, and other resources through mutually beneficial arrangements
- Establish the fact that women universities have specific requirements and tend to operate in a specific socio-cultural framework. Therefore, in higher education systems, women universities should be dealt with accordingly
- Secure government funding and other funding for the development of consortia members
- Jointly put forth issues and challenges of women universities to policymakers and government officials for better participation
- Facilitate policy-making regarding women's participation in societal development
- Identify new opportunities for cooperation for skill and capacity development of human resources
- Explore joint research projects and areas of collaboration
- Promote joint seminars/workshops/training and development plan conferences