Date: May 26, 2020 @ 15:00 CEST
Location: Online
Description: In this Green Growth Knowledge Partnership webinar, experts from the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO) and UN Women discussed key questions on gender equality and COVID-19.
- How do crises and economic downturns impact women?
- Why do we need gender disaggregated data?
- How does gender equality and women’s empowerment support sustainability and resilience?
- How can we promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the COVID recovery? What could happen if we fail?
The speakers for this webinar were:
- Christine Lins, Executive Director of the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET)
- Anita Bhatia, Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director at UN Women
- Bridget Burns, Director of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
- Sonia Maria Dias, Specialist at Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO)
- Rodolfo Lacy, Director of the Environment Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Moderated by Frank Rijsberman, Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Watch the webinar recording here.
