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Special presentation on Gender Equality in the Economy

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Organized by the Department of Economics in collaboration with the WORLD Policy Analysis Centre at the University of California Los Angeles

As part of activities planned in commemoration of the University’s 75th Anniversary, the Department of Economics in collaboration with the WORLD Policy Analysis Centre at the University of California Los Angeles, invites members of the University community to a hybrid event for a special presentation on Gender Equality in the Economy.

TOPIC:
USING NEW LEGAL DATA ON LAWS AND POLICIES THAT MATTER TO GENDER EQUALITY IN THE ECONOMY ACROSS 193 COUNTRIES

Presenter: Amy Raub

The event is scheduled as follows:

Date & Time: WEDNESDAY 19TH APRIL 2023, 11:00-12:30 (GMT)

Venue: Seminar Room 3, Cedi Conference Centre & ONLINE

Zoom link:
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https://wacren.zoom.us/j/63864599175

Meeting ID: 638 6459 9175

Abstract:

Well into the twenty-first century, achieving gender equality in the economy remains unfinished business. Across Africa and worldwide, women’s employment, income, and leadership opportunities lag men’s. This seminar will highlight new, freely downloadable data from the WORLD Policy Analysis Center on how far we’ve come and how far we have to go in adopting laws and policies to close gender gaps in all 193 UN countries. Spanning topics including girls’ education, employment discrimination of all kinds, sexual harassment, and caregiving needs across the life course, this session will highlight progress in Africa and globally toward laws that lay the foundation for gender equality. It will show how online tools and downloadable data can be used to identify gaps in legislation that perpetuate gender inequality. Finally, it will share examples of how these legal indicators can be used to better understand the impact of changing laws on women’s economic empowerment.

Presenters Brief Bio:

Amy Raub is Principal Research Analyst at the WORLD Policy Analysis Center at the University of California Los Angeles, and co-author of the book Equality within Our Lifetimes: How Laws and Policies Can Close – or Widen – Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide.”

All are cordially invited