Gender and development – project workshop

4 – 5 October 2016, Helsinki

Gender and development


This project workshop, organized by UNU-WIDER and University of Namur, brings together researchers to discuss joint work on gender and development. The workshop will be held in Helsinki on 4 – 5 October 2016.

During the workshop individuals selected through a call for papers issued in summer 2015, will present draft of the papers to the scientific committee in order to get detailed feedback.

Programme |  Participants list

About the project

Substantial progress toward gender equality and women’s empowerment has occurred over the past four decades, but key gaps, both in opportunity and capability, persist between males and females in all countries. This project focuses on generating high-quality, high-impact economic research on a set of core issues in gender and development. Read more

Group photo. Photo: UNU-WIDER