December 01, 2022
10:30—12:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
In early 2021, CGD launched the COVID-19 Gender and Development Initiative with two objectives: increase the importance of gender equality on the policy agendas of global decision-makers in COVID response and recovery, and generate resources to ensure their decisions are evidence-based. Since then, our initiative’s research has focused on three questions: How has the COVID-19 crisis exacerbated pre-existing gender inequalities? To what extent have donor institutions and policymakers considered these effects in their response efforts? And what else is needed to ensure women and girls don’t get left behind in COVID recovery?
Now, nearly a year later, through CGD’s 7th Annual Birdsall House Conference on Women, we invite researchers, practitioners, investors, and advocates to discuss the latest evidence on COVID’s gendered impacts and contribute to proposing and enacting a shared agenda for an inclusive recovery.
Full agenda and list of speakers can be found at this link.
Opening Remarks
Amanda Glassman, Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow, CGD
Session 1: COVID-19’s Gendered Impacts: What Does the Data Tell Us?
Presentation: Shelby Bourgault, Gender Research Assistant, CGD
Moderator: Charles Kenny, Senior Fellow, CGD
Panel:
Ben Leo, CEO and Co-Founder, Fraym
Karen Garcia-Rojas, Head of the Differential and Intersectional Statistics Unit, DANE
Amy Oyekunle, Lead Consultant, Monii Development Consult
Isadora Quay, Gender in Emergencies Coordinator, CARE
Session 2: Integrating Care, Cash, and Data into Crisis Response Efforts
