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Gender-based violence and COVID-19 — Working towards gender-responsive judicial systems

25 March 2021
COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated pre-existing conditions of violence against women and worsened gender inequalities. The discussion focused on some of the targeted initiatives for responding to increased gender-based violence in the region. The panelists discussed working with the judiciary on…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division

Catalyzing Innovations and Digitization for Safe, Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Water Management: Launch of e-Marketplace and Publications

15 to 19 March 2021
via Zoom An Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiative, the e-Marketplace is a dedicated venue and platform to bring together government officials, water services and management solutions providers, development professionals, academia, and the private sector from ADB’s developing member countries (…
Organizer: South Asia Department, Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

International Women’s Day Women and Leadership: Looking beyond disparities of the Pandemic

8 March 2021
In his opening remarks at a virtual celebration with staff on 8 March, President Masa reiterated his full commitment to placing gender equality at the center of ADB's COVID-19 response and stressed the importance of women's leadership for building back better. He also underscored our internal…
Organizer: Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department, Gender Equality Division

Joint FSG-SAPF Webinar: Specialized Institutions to Facilitate SME Financing

25 February 2021
via Zoom SME lending schemes in DMCs are designed to help promote their access to finance. SAPF and SDCC-FSG hosted a webinar on 25 February 2021 to discuss SME financing challenges and their effects, with a focus on the role of government-supported SME financing institutions such as the…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, South Asia Department

Webinar on Regulations and Policies on Credit Transfers of Online Courses

19 January 2021
Marito Garcia, PhD, Fellow at University of Virginia, USA, reviewed four country cases in Asia and Europe for credit transfers of online courses. Lessons learned were shared to develop enabling regulations and policies for new model of education delivery in COVID-19 crisis.
Organizer: South Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

ADB-UN Women Webinar: Promoting Gender Equality in COVID-19 Response and Recovery

10 September 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has hit the Asia-Pacific region hard, particularly the most vulnerable, and is deepening pre-existing inequalities — exposing vulnerabilities in social, political, and economic systems. A recent UN Women report found that women in the region, in both the formal and informal…
Organizer: Office of the Vice-President (Sectors and Themes), Gender Equality Division

Capacity Development through Udemy under COVID-19

2 July 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted several aspects of our lives, including the way we learn new things. Because of the health crisis, online learning has become part of the new normal. Udemy and ADB have been working together to introduce Udemy for Government courses under ADB technical…
Organizer: South Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Joint Gender Equity TG and Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management TG Webinar: Enhancing Women-Focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience

3 June 2020
Women are agents of change for resilient development. However, substantial gaps remain in building women’s capacity. In this webinar, Zonibel Woods and Arghya Sinha Roy shared key findings of a recent publication that calls for women-focused investments in resilience to meet the gender and climate…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Fighting the Gendered Impact of Corruption

26 March 2020
One hundred and sixty-two people tuned in to Fighting the Gendered Impact of Corruption, the first virtual Insight Thursday held on 26 March 2020. UN Women’s Gaelle Demolis discussed why women, especially poor women, are disproportionately impacted by corruption at the point of access for basic…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Gender Equality Division

The Second WePOWER Partnership Forum

20 to 21 November 2019
ADB's South Asia Regional Department, in collaboration with the World Bank’s South Asia Energy and Social Development Units and Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), organized the Second Partnership Forum of the Women in Power Sector Professional Network in South Asia– WePOWER – to…
Organizer: South Asia Department