Strategies to Promote Gender Equity in Developing Countries: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Inter-American Foundation present a half-day conference to share perspectives, experiences, and lessons regarding the best ways to promote gender equity and increase development effectiveness.
Conference Agenda
Panel 1: 8:30am-10:00am
- The Evolution of Strategies to Promote Gender Equity
Jane S. Jaquette, Occidental College
- The Effectiveness of Gender Mainstreaming Efforts
Aruna Rao, Gender at Work
- Moderator: Miryang Youn, Office of North-South Dialogue, Ministry of Unification, Republic of Korea
Panel 2: 10:15am-11:45am
- Gender Equity in a Global Workplace
Cathy Feingold, International Programs Department, AFL-CIO
- The Other Half of Gender
Andrew Levack, Men as Partners, EngenderHealth
- Grassroots Efforts to Promote Gender Equity
Angelina Aspuac, Asociación Femenina para el Desarrollo de Sacatepequez, Guatemala
- Overcoming Legal Obstacles
Lyn Beth Neylon, Women's Legal Rights Initiative
- Moderator: Rosemarie Moreken, Inter-American Foundation
Keynote Address: 12:00pm-1:00pm
- Promoting Gender Equity: Remaining Challenges and the Way Forward
Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda, East and Horn of Africa Regional Office, UNIFEM
Speakers
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Urban Sustainability Laboratory
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Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
Africa Program
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Indo-Pacific Program
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Latin America Program
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