Asian Development Bank's Gender Equity Thematic Group organized an Orientation for New Gender Specialists and 2016 Gender Specialists' Consultation Meeting in conjunction with the Gender Equity Thematic Group Retreat. All of these fell under the Gender Community Exchange week which aims to discuss the bank-wide progress on the implementation of the Gender Equity and Women's Empowerment Plan 2013 - 2020. 

The knowledge sharing week aimed to help participants acquire new knowledge on emerging gender issues in the region, improve their ability to design gender-inclusive projects, and deliver gender equality results in their ongoing projects, among others.