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Special COVID-19 Webinars (2020)
This series of research-to-practice Webinars on the gender dimensions of COVID19 is organized by the Women’s Empowerment in Development (WED) Lab at ɬÀï·¬ in partnership with the Institute for the Study of International Development and made possible thanks to funding from the Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW 2) program, a multi-funder initiative by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Canada’s International Development Research Centre.
| Date | Title | Speakers | Other Materials |
| Aug 18, 2020 | Vera Songwe (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa) Carolina Trivelli (Former Minister of Development and Social Inclusion - Peru) Caren Grown (World Bank) Reneta Lambreva (Global Affairs Canada) | N/A | |
| Aug 4, 2020 | Rachel Kiddell-Monroe (ISID and MSF) Jane Linekar (Mixed Migration Centre) Celina de Sola (Glasswing) Stephanie McBride (WUSC) | ||
| Jul 23, 2020 | Dr. Syed Hashemi (Independent Researcher) Dr. Francesca Bastagli (ODI) Dr. Munshi Sulaiman (BRAC) Tatiana Rincon (Fundacion Capital) | ||
| Jul 14, 2020 | Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi (World Bank Group) Dr. Sonalde Desai (University of Maryland) Megan O'Donnell (CGD) Tracey Evans (AKFC) | ||
| Jul 2, 2020 | Professor Kathryn Yount (Emory University) Wilson Hernandez (GRADE) Dr. Chi Chi Undie (SVRI) | ||
| Jun 23, 2020 | Professor Sarah Brauner-Otto (ɬÀï·¬) Dr. Agnes Quisumbing (IFPRI) Caroline Kwamboka (EPF) | ||
| Jun 11, 2020 | Dr. Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo (APHRC) Jessica Hum - Antonopoulos (OXFAM) Sabrina Habib Margaret Kakande (Ministry of Finance, Uganda) | ||
| May 28, 2020 | Professor Ashwini Deshpande (Ashoka University) Dr. Mary Njeri Kinyanjui (University of Nairobi) Dr. Laura Alfers (WIEGO) Dr. Lorena Alcazar (GRADE) |
Women’s empowerment in development research-to-practice training seminars (2019)
Thanks to funding from Canada's International Development Research Centre and funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, WEDLab hosted a series of seven research-to-practice training seminars in 2019 for students, scholars, practitioners and policymakers on state of the art research in core areas of women’s empowerment in development.
| Date | Title | Speakers | Other Materials |
| Dec 10, 2019 | Bipasha Baruah (University of Western Ontario) (Facilitator) Joanne Lebert (IMPACT) Patience Singo (IMPACT) Françoise Nduwimana (Global Affairs Canada) Laurent Jodoin (Econoler) | ||
| Oct 24, 2019 | Franque Grimard (ɬÀï·¬) (Facilitator) Bouba Housseini (International Development Research Centre) Carl Asuncion (MEDA) | ||
| Sep 24, 2019 | Social Norms and Women's Empowerment | Kathleen Fallon (Stony Brook University) (Facilitator) Martha Melesse (International Development Research Centre) Doris Buss (Carleton University) Diana Sarosi (Oxfam Canada) | |
| Sep 9, 2019 | Rebecca Tiessen (University of Ottawa) (Facilitator) Jana Garay (Cuso International) Sheila Rao (University of Ottawa, Postdoc) Jessica Cadesky (University of Ottawa, Doctoral Candidate) Pascale Saint Denis (University of Ottawa, Undergraduate) Rika Mpogazi (University of Ottawa, Undergraduate) | ||
| Jun 14, 2019 | Sonia Laszlo (ɬÀï·¬) (Facilitator) Stephanie McBride (World University Service of Canada) Franque Grimard (ɬÀï·¬) | ||
| May 23, 2019 | Kate Grantham (ɬÀï·¬) (Facilitator) Martha Melesse (International Development Research Centre) Anne-Marie Lévesque (FinDev Canada) Edward Jackson (E.T. Jackson and Associates Ltd.) | ||
| Mar 31, 2019 | Women's Economic Empowerment: What We Measure And Why It Matters | Sonia Laszlo (ɬÀï·¬) (Facilitator) Arjan de Haan (International Development Research Centre) Francois-Philippe Dubé (Global Affairs Canada) Lindsay Mossman (Aga Khan Foundation Canada). |