Malala Fund Webinar on Girls’ Education and Climate Change Read more about Malala Fund Webinar on Girls’ Education and Climate Change via Zoom
Closing Remarks: Promoting Gender Equality in COVID-19 Response and Recovery Read more about Closing Remarks: Promoting Gender Equality in COVID-19 Response and Recovery Bambamg Susantono, Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development of Asian Development Bank delivered the closing remarks. He talked about the four priority areas for ADB And UN Women joint collaboration from 2020 to 2024.
Opening Remarks: Promoting Gender Equality in COVID-19 Response and Recovery Read more about Opening Remarks: Promoting Gender Equality in COVID-19 Response and Recovery Masatsuga Asakawa, President of Asian Development Bank, delivered the opening remarks expressing commitment to ensuring that gender equality is at the heart of ADB’s response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. He discussed how ADB’s support directly addressed one of the pandemic’s devastating consequences—the increased rates of gender-based violence. He mentioned that ADB has worked with its DMCs to provide resources for gender-based violence support programs.
ADB-UN Women Webinar: Promoting Gender Equality in COVID-19 Response and Recovery Read more about ADB-UN Women Webinar: Promoting Gender Equality in COVID-19 Response and Recovery
[VIDEO] A Bit of Salt, A Trace of Life: Gender Norms and The Impact of a Salt Iodization Program on Human Capital Formation of School Aged Children Read more about [VIDEO] A Bit of Salt, A Trace of Life: Gender Norms and The Impact of a Salt Iodization Program on Human Capital Formation of School Aged Children
Five Ways to Close the Gender Gap in Anticorruption Programs Read more about Five Ways to Close the Gender Gap in Anticorruption Programs Gaelle Demolis, Programme Specialist for Governance, Peace and Security at UN Women, shares strategies that development organizations can take to ensure that anticorruption programs promote gender equality.
Gaelle Demolis Keywords gender adb gender approach gender equality women empowerment Read more about Gaelle Demolis
Rosie Wheen Keywords WaterAid Australia human rights gender equality universal access to water sanitation and hygiene Rosie Wheen Read more about Rosie Wheen Rosie is a passionate advocate for human rights, gender equality, and universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. She has over two decades of international development experience, having lived and worked in Indonesia for six years before joining WaterAid Australia at its inception in 2004. She was Director of International Programs prior to becoming Chief Executive in 2016. Rosie’s leadership manifesto focuses on being an authentic servant leader who always pushes herself beyond her comfort zone—this is where Rosie believes she learns most and performs at her best.
Fighting the Gendered Impact of Corruption Read more about Fighting the Gendered Impact of Corruption 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.
Gender Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Read more about Gender Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Justice Robyn Layton shared an ADB project that she has been working on with Dr. Mary Picard. This project analyzes the climate change and disaster risk management policies and the green jobs market for women in Fiji, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Mongolia. It includes the crafting of a good practice gender inclusive legislative framework to strengthen women's resilience to climate change and disaster risk.