SDCC Director General Bruno Carrasco opened the Sector Training on Gender Mainstreaming (Transport-Water-Energy): Transforming Women’s Lives Through Infrastructure. He emphasized quality infrastructure as a means to positively impact the lives of people and the importance of designing projects intentionally for gender equality. Hosted by the Gender Equality Thematic Group alongside Transport, Water, Energy, and Urban Sector Groups, the training included sector and gender experts in ADB and from external resource speakers. Approximately 200 HQ and RM staff and consultants participated in the event from 4–7 October. Participants learned about persistent gender inequalities and shared good practices and entry points for gender-inclusive and sustainable transport, water, and energy projects and policy engagement.
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| DAY 1 - OVERVIEW |
VIDEO: DAY 1 Transforming Women's Lives through Infrastructure Sector Training on Gender Mainstreaming
The 4-day gender training is targeted at staff in ADB HQ Sector Divisions and Resident Mission Operations Departments to ensure a better…
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| Opening Session | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Bruno Carrasco |
| Session 1: OP2: “Accelerating Progress on Gender Equality” |
Roadmap to Achieve OP2’s Transformative Gender Agenda
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Samantha Hung, Keiko Nowacka |
| Q&A and Interactive Polling | ||
| Session 2: Setting the Context | Transforming Women’s Lives Through Infrastructure: Can We Do Better? | |
| Moderator | Susann Roth | |
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VIDEO: Gender Dialogues: Road to Equality by UNOPS
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Transforming Lives through Infrastructure for Women
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Samantha Stratton-Short | |
| Looking to the Future: Time for a Paradigm Shift | ||
| Moderator | Samantha Hung | |
| Panelists |
Jamie Leather Neeta Pokhrel Priyantha Wijayatunga Manoj Sharma |
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| Closing Session | Wrap Up and Closure | Samantha Hung |
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| DAY 4 - Energy |
VIDEO: Day 4 Transforming Women's Lives through Infrastructure - Energy
Day 4 will (i) elaborate on gender inequalities linked to systemic and structural issues in the energy sector; (ii) share gender design entry points…
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| Facilitator | Zonibel Woods | |
| Session 1: Framing the Discussion | Opening Remarks | Priyantha Wijayatunga |
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Key Issues: Breaking Down Barriers for Inclusive and Sustainable Energy
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Celia Garcia Baños Lopez | |
| Q&A and Interactive Polling | ||
| Session 2: How Can We Do Better? |
Entry Points for Gender-Inclusive Energy
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Zonibel Woods |
| Case Studies of Gender-Inclusive Energy | ||
| Gender-inclusive Measures in Centralized Energy Systems | ||
| Panel Discussion | ||
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Nepal: Power Transmission and Distribution Efficiency Enhancement Project
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Meeta Acharya | |
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World Bank Experiences with Gender-Inclusive Energy Projects
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Anne Kuriakose | |
| Discussant | Keiju Mitsuhashi | |
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Lessons Learned from South Asia: Moving from Centralized to Decentralized Energy Systems
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Francesco Tornieri | |
| Gender-inclusive Private Sector Investments in the Energy Sector | ||
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VIDEO: Indonesia: Power to Empower: Improving Lombok Women’s Lives by Investing in Clean Energy/Vena Energy
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Indonesia: Eastern Indonesia Renewable Energy Project
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Anne Valko Celestino | |
| Session 3: Putting Knowledge to Practice | Interactive Exercise on application of gender mainstreaming in the energy sector using various online tools | |
| Closing Session | Wrap Up, Closure, and Evaluation | Samantha Hung |
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Event Coordinator/s
- Ma. Celia Guzon
ADB Organizer/s
- Gender Equality Division
Topics
- Gender Equality
- Transport
- Energy
- Water