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Transforming Public Health through Strategic Taxation

31 March 2025
As the world deals with multiple public health and economic crises, innovative solutions are urgently needed. Health taxes, such as excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages, have emerged as a powerful tool to address these challenges. These taxes not only discourage the consumption…
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Justice for Women Fighting the GenderBased Violence Pandemic

27 November 2018
Gender justice is necessary to protect women’s physical integrity and rights and ensure that their voices are heard to challenge the social norms that perpetuate gender-based violence. One in three women in Asia and the Pacific region report having suffered some form of physical and sexual violence…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Office of the General Counsel

Conference on Gender in Urban Governance and Transport

24 to 25 April 2018
The purpose of the Conference is to: Give participants concrete examples of tools and strategies that are being used in different settings to mainstream gender into urban governance and planning, and initiate thinking on what more could be done in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia Highlight the…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Gender Equality Division

ADB Gender Month 2018 Celebration

1 to 31 March 2018
The dearth in women leaders is one of the main gender challenges in the Asia and Pacific region. The low representation of women in public and political spheres and processes has adverse consequences for both women as well as national development outcomes. This year, as ADB joins the international…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department

Transforming Leadership Second Program

28 to 31 March 2017
Designed as a multistakeholder dialogue process, this Leadership and Innovation Lab combines individual development with systemic and institutional change initiatives. "Transforming Leadership: Women, Men, Power, and Potential” is a Leadership and Innovation Lab targeting leaders and change agents…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Introduction to the Center for Global Development and Task Force

31 March 2025
This presentation gives an overview of the Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health's findings and recommendations, focusing on the effectiveness of health taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages as tools for improving public health and generating revenue, particularly in the context of post-…
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office