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Achieving Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific: Quick-Impact Initiatives and Financial Requirements

At the World Summit in 2005, governments from Asia and the Pacific and other regions, and international development organizations, reaffirmed their commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment as essential to development, peace and security. However, significant challenges remain in terms of translating these broad commitments into concrete actions that are adequately staffed and funded.

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In this seminar, Caren Grown, a member of ADB’s External Forum on Gender and Development (EFG), presented highlights of her recent work on “quick-impact” initiatives to achieve gender equality, and on a methodology for “costing” these and other gender-related activities, with special attention to Asia and the Pacific.

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Ms. Grown's presentation was based on two papers prepared for the World Bank's High-Level Consultation on Promoting the Gender Equality Millennium Development Goal: The Implementation Challenge, held on 16 February 2006 in Washington, DC:

1. Quick-Impact Initiatives for Gender Equality: A Menu of Options*
2. The Financial Requirements of Achieving Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment*

• Achieving Gender Equality: How to Hasten Progress and How Much Does it Cost [PDF: 66kb | 14 pages]

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This seminar is particularly relevant to members of ADB’s Gender and Social Development Committee and staff from regional departments, the Regional and Sustainable Development Department, and the Office of the General Counsel.

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