Gender Economic Equity and the SDG 2030 Agenda: Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
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We are within the final decade of the SDG 2030 Agenda and far short of attaining the targets. Since Goal 5 – Women’s economic empowerment cuts across all of the SDGs, “We will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals if there is no accelerated action to empower women economically” (United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, March 2017).
The challenge therefore is to identify and implement policy solutions to address gender inequities, since “eliminating gender inequities can lead to faster economic growth” (IMF, 2017) and improve social, health, and political outcomes for T20 countries and globally. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic is sharply increasing income gaps and structural inequities across the globe with devastating economic and social implications for women and girls. The goal of this session is to highlight the inter-sectionalities and importance of gender economic equity across the SDGs, particularly as we work on policy responses to address the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this context, the discussion will identify key issues, propose solutions, and draw from lessons of experience where relevant.
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Keynote
Thoraya Obaid
W20 Chair
Panel
Toyin Abiodun
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Merike Blofield
Institute of Latin American Studies at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Mayra Buvinic
Data2X
Barbara Orser
University of Ottawa
Perspective Statement
Amanda Shaw
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Policy Recommendations, Policy Briefs and Articles
Policy Briefs on G20 Support for SDGs and Development Cooperation
Policy Briefs contain recommendations and visions and cover policy ares that are of interest to G20 policymakers. The majority of the Policy Briefs has been developed by a corresponding T20 Task Force.
T20 Recommendations Report: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Compiled by Katharina Lima de Miranda (IfW Kiel), Juliane Stein-Zalai (IfW Kiel) and Simon Wolf (Global Solutions Initiative)
Advancing Enterprise Education for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among MENA Countries
By Dinah Bennett, Margo Thomas, Barbara Orser, Haya Al-Dajani and Khulood A. Rambo (Women’s Economic Imperative)
Improve Handwashing Access to Combat COVID-19
By KE Seetha Ram and Roshan Shrestha (ADBI)
A Gender-Sensitive Response is Missing from the COVID-19 Crisis
By Jamila Razzaq (The Brookings Institution)
The Coronavirus as a Yardstick of Global Health Policy
By Félix Arteaga (Elcano Royal Institute)
The New Inequalities and People-To-People Social Protection
By Nora Lustig (IPSP) and Nancy Birdsall (Center for Global Development)
Disease, Like Poverty, Does Not Stay at Home
By Yonas Adepto, Karim El Aynaoui, Thomas Gomart, Paolo Magri, Greg Mill, Karin von Hippel, and Guntram Wolff (ISPI)
Politics of Pandemic: Public Health Can No Longer Wait
By Pooja Tripathi (ORF)
Harnessing Digitalization in Financing of the Sustainable Development GoalsPolitics of Pandemic
By the United Nations Secretary-General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals
With or without you – Global Solutions Journal
Smart implementation of complex change processes – Global Solutions Journal
Implementing the SDGs – Global Solutions Journal
Raising compliance with G20 commitments – Global Solutions Journal
Gender equality for a sustainable future – Global Solutions Journal
Making gender equality a reality – Global Solutions Journal
Vas-Y: Public-privatepartnership model for unlocking private investment for fragile states – Global Solutions Journal
A Letter to G20 Governments
By Erik Berglöf, Gordon Brown & Jeremy Farrar (Project Syndicate)
COVID-19 and Latin America
By Merike Blofield (Institute of Latin American Studies at GIGA)
Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs: A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for COVID-19 for Hawaiʻi
By Amanda Shaw (University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
Progress or pinkwashing: who benefits from digital women-focused capital funds?
By Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa)
Strengthening Ecosytem Supports for Women Entrepreneurs
By Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa)
Action Stategies to increase the Diversity of SME Suppliers to the Government of Canada
By Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa)
Recommendations to strengthen Ontario through Women’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation
By Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa)
Action Strategies to Support Canadian Women-owned Enterprises
By Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa)
Driving Africa’s industrialisation on the back of COVID-19
By Toyin Abiodun (Ministry of Trade, Rwanda; Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)
Women’s Economic Empowerment: Strengthening Public and Private Sector Impact through Accountability and Measurement (SDG 5)
Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative), Eleanor Carey (Data2X) et al.
Gender Mainstreaming: A strategic approach – Global Solutions Journal
Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative) et al.
Download the 2018 Edition of the Global Solutions Journal
Gender Economic Equity and the SDG 2030 Agenda: Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. Call to Action – the Voices of Women
By Toyin Abiodin, Barbara Orser, Merike Blofield, Mayra Buvinic, Kustisha Ebron and Margo Thomas