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Global Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment amid COVID-19: Supply Chains, Bottlenecks, and Policy Implications

4 June 2020
This presentation discussed the unprecedented excess demand for PPEs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to domestic and international PPE supply chain disruptions and put frontline healthcare workers at risk. It also discussed various trade barriers to PPE supply, how governments ramped up PPE…

Enhancing Women-focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience (WfIR)

3 June 2020
This presentation shared key findings of a recent publication that calls for women-focused investments in resilience to meet the gender and climate targets of ADB's Strategy 2030.

Video: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) 2020: Bridging the LGBTI Inclusion Data Gap

20 May 2020
To commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) 2020, Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank collaborated to organize a series of virtual events. The joint…

Fighting the Gendered Impact of Corruption

26 March 2020
Women, especially poor women, are disproportionately impacted by corruption at the point of access for basic public services, justice, and security. This presentation shows new data and key figures that demonstrate how some forms of corruption disproportionately affect women.

High-Speed Rail Systems Deployment and Megacity Formation: The MITO and ROSA Case Studies in Italy

18 March 2020
Examining the case of high-speed rail (HSR )serviced city pairs of Milano-Torino and Roma-Salerno in Italy, this paper attempts to understand and explore the relationship between megacity formation and High-Speed Rail deployment. The paper proposes a model to explain the mechanisms through which…

Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL)

9 December 2019
WePOWER partner, Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) Bangladesh, shares their activities to support the objectives of the network.

Pakistan Gender-Based Violence Court: Handbook and Training Manual for Prosecutors

9 December 2019
This training manual contains the presentations corresponding to each module of the Gender-Based Violence Court: Handbook and Training Manual for Prosecutors. Additionally, it provides ready reference to the international treaties, human rights instruments, national laws, and global and domestic…

Closing Gender Gaps - Ethiopia Energy Sector

21 November 2019
Ministry of Water, Irrigation, and Energy - Ethiopia shares their activities to support the objectives of the network.

ADB Deep-Dive Training Program for Energy Sector Utilities (South Asia)

21 November 2019
This presentation shares the latest trends and emerging industries in the power sector driven by technological innovations which provide more opportunities for the employment of women.

Mainstreaming Gender in the Energy Sector: An Integrated Approach

21 November 2019
This presentation tackles ensuring sustainability of gender equality measures in policies and programs of energy sector institutions in public and private sector to foster women’s participation, retention, and leadership within their workplaces and within the projects and communities they serve.