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Oct
20
2022
10:00—11:15 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)/ 2:00 -3:15pm GMT/ 3:00 – 4:15pm British Summer Time (BST)
October 01, 2022
While worldwide demand for care is increasing, there is limited data on the extent that care-related services are provided at communal, national, and international levels, as well as context-specific data on the economic and social benefits that investments in the care sector could yield. This event...
Nov
9
2021
10:00—12:45 PM EASTERN TIME (US AND CANADA)
October 25, 2021
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, ...
Nov
4
2021
2:00—3:00 PM EASTERN TIME (US AND CANADA)
October 18, 2021
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the importance of development approaches that center on the unique needs and constraints of women and girls. As countries, with the support of international financial institutions, seek to rebuild post-pandemic, there’s an opportunity to make gen...
Jan
19
2021
9:00—10:00 AM ET
January 11, 2021
Before COVID-19 hit, women’s labor force participation, access to finance, pay, and advancement were all already unequal to men’s, and the pandemic and global recession are predicted to exacerbate these gaps. The World Health Organization reports that two-thirds of 103 countries surveyed cited initi...
Dec
2
2020
VIRTUAL
11:00—12:15 PM ET
November 17, 2020
The Birdsall House Conference on Women identifies and highlights leading research and scholarly findings on women’s empowerment in the field of development economics. Past conferences have focused on contraception as a tool for economic empowerment, the intersection of early childhood development an...