Now More than Ever: Promoting Equality of Opportunity in Times of Crisis

Today's rapidly changing world faces multiple and overlapping challenges, from conflict to climate change to the lasting economic and social impacts of the Covid pandemic. Such challenges not only threaten livelihoods and curtail equal access to economic opportunity for many, but they also put at risk the gains made in the empowerment of women and girls over the past decades.

 

In order to tackle these challenges, we need to harness innovation, ingenuity and initiative from all parts of society – including the young and old, women, those in remote regions and urban centres, and all others who may face barriers to fully realising their potential. It is this combined human capital and talent that helps create effective approaches and solutions to overcome current crises. We can already see examples, such as young entrepreneurs inventing green solutions to tackle climate change, female scientists who developed one of the first COVID vaccines, and policymakers who deploy digitalization technologies for more inclusive infrastructure and urban spaces.

 

This event brought together inspirational speakers from a diversity of backgrounds to discuss responses to global challenges. They explored the role of policymakers and the private sector, highlighted case studies and discuss innovative policy approaches to promote equality, which is needed now more than ever.

 

Discussion Panel:

 

Barbara Rambousek

Director for Gender and Economic Inclusion

EBRD

 

Kateryna Levchenko

Government Commissioner for Gender Equality Policy

Ukraine

 

Katarina Mathernova

Deputy Director General

European Commission

 

Olcay Silahli

Co-Founder & CEO

Fazla Gida

 

 

Done