[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:
[VIDEO] Sustainable and Scalable Women Entrepreneurship Programmes in Renewable Energy—EmPower Read more about [VIDEO] Sustainable and Scalable Women Entrepreneurship Programmes in Renewable Energy—EmPower When we see renewable energy and women's entrepreneurship projects, the question arises - what is the best way to design these? How to start? What is the best approach to design and implement such projects? Who are the critical stakeholders for such projects? In this interactive session, the presenters will walk through the step-by-step process of designing and implementing a renewable energy and women entrepreneurship project full of examples and links to several resource materials. Speakers:
[VIDEO] Shaping an Equal, Greener, and More Resilient Future for Women and Girls Read more about [VIDEO] Shaping an Equal, Greener, and More Resilient Future for Women and Girls
Sima Bahous Keywords gender equality UN Women Read more about Sima Bahous Ms. Sima Sami Bahous became UN Women’s third Executive Director on 30 September 2021. A champion for women and girls, gender equality, and youth empowerment, as well as a keen advocate for quality education, poverty alleviation, and inclusive governance, Ms.
[VIDEO] Women on the Move: Transforming Transport in Asia—GIZ Read more about [VIDEO] Women on the Move: Transforming Transport in Asia—GIZ Transport is largely still seen as a field for men, with only ~20% of the workforce being women despite knowledge that women make up half of the population and have different travel patterns and considerations. This underrepresentation inevitably leads to gaps in how mobility services are delivered – an issue we would like to tackle by ensuring that gender is mainstreamed in our work.