Birdsall House Conference on Gender Equality

This annual event identifies and highlights leading research and scholarly findings on women’s empowerment in the field of development economics. Past conferences have focused on family planning as a tool for economic empowerment, the role of the private sector in improving the lives of women and girls, and high-impact donor interventions such as cash transfers to women. The conference series is named after CGD’s founding president Nancy Birdsall.
 

More from the Series

Nov

2

2016

HYBRID
Washington, DC
11:00—5:00 PM

The Birdsall House Conference on Women: Beyond-Aid Approaches to Promoting Gender Equality

Charles Kenny
et al.
September 30, 2016
The Birdsall House Conference Series on Women seeks to identify and bring attention to leading research and scholarly findings on women’s empowerment in the fields of development economics, behavioral economics, and political economy.

Nov

18

2015

HYBRID
Washington, DC
9:00—6:00 PM

Small Changes, Big Impact: Creating Conditions for Women and Girls to Thrive
Mayra Buvinic
November 05, 2015
How can we bridge the gap between what we know and what we do when investing in women and girls? The Birdsall House Conference Series on Women brings leading researchers on women’s empowerment in the fields of development economics, behavioral economics, and political economy together with policymak...