Gender dimensions of the financial and economic crisis Sibel Selcuk

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Gender dimensions of the financial and economic
crisis Sibel Selcuk
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Gender equality implications of the current
financial and economic crisis

• How this crisis is different from the previous
  ones
• Origins
• Scope
• Impact

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Gender equality implications of the current
financial and economic crisis

• Disproportionate impact on women and girls
• Unemployment and vulnerable employment
• Unpaid work
• Existing constraints and challenges women face in
  accessing resources
• Increased risk of reductions in allocations to
  commitments on gender equality and womens
  empowerment
• Underrepresentation of women at all levels of
  economic decision-making

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Addressing the gender perspectives of the crisis-
the view from the United Nations

• Commission on the Status of Women
• Economic and Financial Committee of the General
  Assembly
• Doha International Conference on Financing for
  Development to Review Implementation of the
  Monterrey Consensus (2008)
• Conference on the World Financial and Economic
  Crisis and its Impact on Development (24-26 June,
  2009)

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Policy implications

• Gender-responsive stimulus packages
• Adequate levels of funding for commitments on
  gender equality and womens empowerment
• Full and effective participation of women in
  economic decision-making processes at all levels

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Addressing the gender perspectives of the crisis-
United Nations resources

• WomenWatch portal
• www.un.org/womenwatch
• Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality
  (IANWGE)
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
  against Women (CEDAW)

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Opportunities in 2010

• 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing
  Platform for Action in the Commission on the
  Status of Women March 2010
• Economic and Social Council- Annual Ministerial
  Review and Development Cooperation Forum in July
  2010