Capacity development on gender responsive economic policies for inclusive development in... ECA_OFFICIAL: Africa
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning in collaboration with The United Nations Development Program Regional Service Center for Africa , and the financial support of the Government of Canada has organized in Dakar, a face-to-face training on"Gender-responsive economic policy management within the context of the post-COVID19 recovery”, from 08Twenty-three participants of which ten women from all the five subregions of the continent attended the training.
Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane, the IDEP Director, underlined that “multiple crises and COVID have differently impacted women, men and young people and that it is important to do an analysis of the situation in order to develop appropriate gender related policies for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals ".
The course was designed in the framework of the Gender and Economic Policy Management Initiative , initially launched by UNDP in 2010 in cooperation with IDEP and other international organizations. The training is anchored on the appreciation of evidence that investing in gender equality such as increasing women’s access to health care, employment and credit, can accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty, and that persistent gender inequalities reduce prospects for economic growth.
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