Elin Andersdotter Fabre Keywords gender equality Read more about Elin Andersdotter Fabre Elin is managing the Her City initiative at UN-Habitat’s (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Global Public Space Programme.
Tanu Priya Uteng Keywords gender equality Read more about Tanu Priya Uteng Tanu Priya Uteng (Ph.D.), senior researcher at the Institute of Transport Economics (TOI) in Oslo, Norway, holds a PhD degree in Transport Planning and has worked extensively across a host of cross-cutting issues in the field of urban and transport planning in the past 18 years. Her areas of expertise include: inclusive cities, mobilities, transport-related social exclusion, travel behaviour studies, evaluation and gender studies. Dr.
Bimbika Sijapati Basnett Keywords gender equality disability Read more about Bimbika Sijapati Basnett At ADB, Bimbika coordinates and contributes to the mainstreaming of gender in ADB operations in the Central West Asia region, focusing on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the South Caucasus.
Faryal Khan Keywords gender equality gender Read more about Faryal Khan Faryal Khan, Ed. D., is the Programme Specialist for Education at the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific and leads the Quality team, focusing on NEQMAP, Global Citizenship Education, and Education for Sustainable Development amongst other areas. Dr. Khan earned her doctorate in Educational Administration, Planning, and Social Policy (concentration: International Education) from Harvard University (2005). She has two masters’ degrees in Education: from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (1989), and Harvard’s Graduate School of Education (1995).
Jayati Ghosh Keywords economics gender equality Read more about Jayati Ghosh Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for nearly 35 years. She is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA. She has authored and/or edited 20 books. Recent books include“The making of a catastrophe: Covid-19 and the Indian economy”, Aleph Books forthcoming 2021; “When governments fail: Covid-19 and the economy”, Tulika Books; “Women workers in the informal economy”, Routledge 202
[VIDEO] Time of Opportunity: Gender Equality in Future Economies Read more about [VIDEO] Time of Opportunity: Gender Equality in Future Economies This session will focus on how we can achieve a better balance and rethink an economic system that works for women, ensures that they get their fair share of benefits, and how in times of disruption, women can be supported to participate in changing economies on an equal footing. This is a time for disruption but an opportunity to deliver on gender equality.
[VIDEO] Making Economies Work for Women: Skills, Jobs, and Care Read more about [VIDEO] Making Economies Work for Women: Skills, Jobs, and Care Women face many challenges which prevent their full integration in the global economy: limited access to education and skills training, gender wage gaps, and unequal distribution of domestic care work. This good practice session will highlight the importance of investing in STEM education for girls, women’s entrepreneurship, actions to reduce women’s care work, and maximizing women’s participation in the future of work.
[VIDEO] Addressing Gender Norms to Increase Financial Inclusion: Designing for Impact—CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) Read more about [VIDEO] Addressing Gender Norms to Increase Financial Inclusion: Designing for Impact—CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) Join this knowledge lab to learn how you can address gender norms to increase women’s financial inclusion and economic empowerment. Drawing on CGAP’s Technical Guide: Addressing Gender Norms to Increase Financial Inclusion: Designing for Impact the lab helps participants deepen their understanding of how some gendered social norms pose barriers to women’s ability to access, use, and benefit from financial services.
CPAG Keywords gender equality financial inclusion Read more about CPAG CGAP is a global partnership of more than 30 leading development organizations that works to advance the lives of poor people, especially women, through financial inclusion. Using action-oriented research, we test, learn and share knowledge intended to help build inclusive and responsible financial systems that move people out of poverty, protect their economic gains and advance broader development goals. We research and experiment to achieve proof of concept and extract lessons that can be built to scale by our partners, who apply our insights in the
[VIDEO] Gender-Based Violence & Environmental Action: Understanding Links, Taking Action—IUCN/TNC Read more about [VIDEO] Gender-Based Violence & Environmental Action: Understanding Links, Taking Action—IUCN/TNC The climate crisis is not gender neutral. Climate change impacts—such as prolonged drought, sea level rise, natural resource degradation, and cyclones—are exacerbating conditions that drive gender-based violence (GBV), which predominantly affects women and girls. Nearly 1 in 3 women experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. Learn more about the links between GBV and the environment and hear directly from experts on how we can minimize and mitigate risk in this session hosted by IUCN and The Nature Conservancy. Speakers: