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16 to 17 March 2022
Highlights
The pandemic has had a deep and profound impact throughout Southeast Asia. Many of the region’s hard-won gains in reducing poverty, creating jobs, and enhancing health and well-being have been reversed, with the poor and vulnerable particularly hard-hit.
While countries continue to…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department
11 March 2022
As part of ADB’s Gender Month celebrations, the Gender Equality, Climate Change, and Environment thematic groups hosted a session entitled, “What will it take to tackle climate change?”. SDCC Director General Bruno Carrasco, in his opening remarks, reiterated that as Asia and the Pacific’s…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
9 to 10 March 2022
Asian Development Bank’s Central and West Asia Department and the Gender Equality Thematic Group of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department commemorated International Women’s Month through a virtual subregional workshop of ADB partners in Central and West Asia entitled “…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Gender Equality Division
9 March to 5 April 2022
This webinar sought to engage with flood managers, decision-makers, technical specialists, and ADB program professionals for an exchange of ideas and experiences directed toward strengthening the practice of flood management across Asia.
The webinars were conducted in a series of five 90-minute…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
8 March 2022
President Masa on 8 March opened the International Women’s Day celebration for ADB and reiterated the bank’s commitment to accelerating gender equality and women's empowerment. In his remarks, he underscored that women's knowledge, skills, and leadership are some of the most significant resources…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division
4 March 2022
The webinar presented results from a representative survey of firms in in Lahore, Pakistan—a metropolis of over 10 million—to shed light on how comfortable workspaces in Lahore currently are for women and the extent to which they can be made more favorable, both for women who are currently…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Economic Research and Development Impact Department
3 March 2022
ADB’s Women in Energy Program for Central and West Asia is the first targeted initiative to advance women in the energy sector in the region. The goal is to make the principles of EQUAL by 2030 the modus operandi in the region’s energy industry, making equal opportunity, equal pay, and equal…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division
1 to 31 March 2022
Empowering women to participate fully in economic and social life is essential to building strong economies, establishing stable and just societies, and improving the quality of life for men, women, and our communities.
Under ADB’s Strategy 2030, gender equality is one of seven operational…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division
23 February 2022
Across the Pacific, 71% of Islanders have access to basic sanitation services (JMP 2020, excluding PNG). Lack of safe sanitation access is not only a major health concern but also affects educational and health outcomes, as well as Pacific island country overall development. As the contexts and…
Organizer: Pacific Department
26 to 28 January 2022
How can technology and finance protect our oceans, increase resilience, and accelerate the growth of sustainable blue economies?
The ADB Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum aimed to promote and share innovative technologies, good practices, case studies, and practical solutions to protect and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department