Veronica Mendizabal Joffre Keywords Gender and Development ADB-ITF gender analysis Read more about Veronica Mendizabal Joffre Veronica leads ADB’s gender program for the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia. She manages regional and country-level technical assistance on gender equality and social inclusion and works with loan processing teams ensuring that gender equality is an integral part of ADB operations. Veronica has authored various publications on gender and labor force dynamics in East Asia, gender and the energy transition, and gender-based violence in Mongolia. She has also written on the impact of economic crises on vulnerable populations in South-East Asia.
ITF’s Experience on Gender in Transport Statistics Read more about ITF’s Experience on Gender in Transport Statistics In this presentation, Mario Barreto shared ITF current experiences on gender in transport statistics.
Mario Barreto Keywords ADB-ITF transport sector gender analysis gender equality transport statistics Read more about Mario Barreto
ITF's Gender Analysis Toolkit for Transport Policies Read more about ITF's Gender Analysis Toolkit for Transport Policies In this presentation, Wei-Shieun Ng presented the ITF's gender analysis toolkit for transport policies project.
Wei-Shieun Ng Keywords ADB-ITF gender equality gender analysis toolkit gender analysis Read more about Wei-Shieun Ng Dr. Wei-Shiuen Ng is Advisor on Sustainable Transport and Global Outreach in the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She has a background in environmental science, transportation engineering and urban planning, and leads the development of transportation and climate change policy dialogue, gender research, and activities in Asia at the ITF.
ADB-ITF: Consultations on Gender Equality in the Transport Sector Read more about ADB-ITF: Consultations on Gender Equality in the Transport Sector The International Transport Forum (ITF) is expanding its work in the area of gender and transport and is developing a new gender analysis toolkit for transport policies for its member countries and beyond. ITF and ADB are exploring potential overlapping areas in their respective work on gender in transport and this consultation meeting is organized to explore possible synergies for joint work.
Karin Schelzig Keywords ADB poverty and social protection specialist social policy development program multidimensional poverty analysis poverty targeting graduation approach early childhood basic education gender analysis Read more about Karin Schelzig Dr. Karin Schelzig is a poverty and social protection specialist with more than 25 years of multidisciplinary human and social development (HSD) experience in East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including 20 years with the Asian Development Bank. Karin manages a regional HSD team that designed and delivered more than $2.4 billion in new education, health, and social protection financing in 2023 and implemented a large portfolio of ongoing operations and policy dialogue in 22 countries.