United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
warmly welcomes you to join the International Women's Day special event of Think WIDER
- New perspectives on development
<https://www.wider.unu.edu/think-wider-webinar-series-%E2%80%93-new-perspectives-development>
webinar series. This event series features a line-up of eminent researchers and
development specialists who present their work and discuss new perspectives to the topic
of global development.
8 March 2022 | 16:00-17:00 Helsinki time | Register for the event
here<https://www.wider.unu.edu/event/ashwini-deshpande-and-janneke-piete…
This International Women's Day, UNU-WIDER hosts a special webinar on women's work.
The speakers, Ashwini Deshpande and Janneke Pieters are the editors of a forthcoming
Journal Special Issue in World Development to feature pioneering research from
UNU-WIDER's project Women's work - Routes to social and economic
empowerment<https://www.wider.unu.edu/node/187593> which assesses the importance of
different supply-side and demand-side determinants of women's economic wellbeing in
the Global South.
The gender gaps in pay and labour force participation are real and persistent worldwide.
Women often occupy the worst-paid jobs with the least protection, while gender-related
social norms often hinder women's access to better opportunities. How do the processes
of economic development and social change affect women's labour market outcomes? What
forces can bring about opportunities for women's work that truly enhance their
economic empowerment? And, what development agendas are most likely to improve gender
equality and bring about the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal #5?
The webinar will be chaired by UNU-WIDER Director Kunal
Sen<https://www.wider.unu.edu/node/172761>61>.
Register for the event
here<https://www.wider.unu.edu/event/ashwini-deshpande-and-janneke-piete…rk>.
Leeni Varis
Communications Team Assistant
United Nations University World Institute for
Development Economics Research
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