Michelle Harding Keywords gender equality Read more about Michelle Harding Michelle Harding is a senior economist and Head of the Tax Data and Statistical Analysis Unit at the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. She leads the OECD’s work on tax policy and gender and is also responsible for the OECD’s Global Revenue Statistics Initiative, the calculation of effective tax rates on labour income, the Tax Database, Corporate Tax Statistics, and the OECD’s recent report on Taxing Virtual Currencies. Prior to her current role, Michelle’s work focussed on environmental taxation and climate change, including the taxation of energy.
Progress Report: Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (Phase 1) Read more about Progress Report: Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (Phase 1) This presentation presents a progress report on the Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (FCFWI), including challenges, opportunities, and immediate next steps.
Ketevan Chkheidze Keywords gender gender equality Read more about Ketevan Chkheidze Ms. Ketevan Chkheidze is a gender specialist/consultant for ADB. Based in Georgia, Ketevan is implementing ADB Regional Technical Assistance Program ‘Strengthening Gender-Inclusive Growth in Central and West Asia’ in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, under which she assists in the preparation of gender-sensitive project designs and pilot projects, supports project teams, provides capacity building for project implementation, and keeps abreast of country-level and sub-regional studies and issues.
ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Livable Cities—Integrated Urban Action Plans for Balanced Regional Development, Georgia Read more about ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Livable Cities—Integrated Urban Action Plans for Balanced Regional Development, Georgia The presentation discusses various entry points for gender issues as an integral part of inclusive planning of urban development projects.
ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Urban Governance Infrastructure Improvement Project in Bangladesh Read more about ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Urban Governance Infrastructure Improvement Project in Bangladesh The presentation describes how an urban development project (Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project)—supported and financed by ADB—is addressing key gender issues, resulting to increased women's participation and leadership, women's economic empowerment, and women-friendly infrastructure and public spaces in a select number of pourashavas (secondary towns) in Bangladesh.
How gender budgeting contributes to urban planning Read more about How gender budgeting contributes to urban planning The presentation includes discussion on: (i) the importance of taking gender into consideration in urban planning; (ii) an overview of the concept of gender-responsive budgeting (GRB); (iii) how GRB is linked with urban planning; (iv) actors and stakeholders in the GRB process; (v) some experiences from South Eastern Europe on GRB application and its impact; (vi) challenges and lessons learned while applying GRB.
Trends in global travel behaviors, indicators, and their use in urban transport planning in Indian cities Read more about Trends in global travel behaviors, indicators, and their use in urban transport planning in Indian cities The presentation includes discussion on: (i) an overview of the work being done by ITDP, particularly in the area of sustainable and equitable transportation; (ii) statistics on the usage of urban transport; (iii) a framework for how city streets should be designed; (iv) detailed discussion on the gendered nature of travel and how this should be taken into consideration in the design of transport systems to make them more inclusive and safer, more comfortable and more convenient for women and girls.
Opening Session on Smart Grid Technologies and Implications for Inclusive Development in Sri Lanka Read more about Opening Session on Smart Grid Technologies and Implications for Inclusive Development in Sri Lanka How can smart grid technologies and systems contribute to reducing poverty, addressing social inclusion, and improving gender equality and women empowerment? This session features welcome remarks from representatives of ADB and the Government of Sri Lanka, followed by a discussion of the workshop objectives.
Tbilisi Transport Company’s actions to give equal opportunities to women Read more about Tbilisi Transport Company’s actions to give equal opportunities to women The presentation discusses gender equality improvement program implemented by the Tbilisi Transportation Company, including an overview of the company's gender equality policy, and related benefits, training, and awareness-raising campaign.
Gender Challenges and Opportunities for Tbilisi City Hall Read more about Gender Challenges and Opportunities for Tbilisi City Hall The presentation discusses the integration of gender quality issues in Tbilisi City Hall's priorities, legislations, governance structure, strategies/action plans, budgeting, programs, and projects.