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Kick-off meeting – Gender and Development project
Wed, 6 May 2015
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Thu, 7 May 2015
On 6-7 May a 2-day kick-off meeting for the Gender and Development project was organized by UNU-WIDER in collaboration with the University of Namur. It was attended by all members of the project’s scientific committee and research fellows at UNU-WIDER associated with the project. The workshop comprised of presentations by some committee members of their ongoing work related to topics on gender, and meetings to discuss next steps related to the project.
Programme
| Wednesday 6 May | |
| 09:30-10:00 | Meeting room: BALTICA, Marina Congress Center, 2nd floor Welcome and introduction |
| 10:00-11:20 |
Chair: Finn Tarp Michele Tertilt: Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development? Jane Humphries: Evolution of Women’s Wages: Historical Perspective |
| 11:20-11:40 | Coffee break, outside the meeting room |
| 11:40-13:00 |
Chair: Finn Tarp Nathan Nunn: Bride Price and the Returns to Education Zaki Wahhaj: Early Marriage: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch at Wanha Satama |
| 14:00-15:30 |
Chair: Jean-Marie Baland Naila Kabeer: The Rise of the Female Breadwinner and Renegotiations in the Care Economy Vijayendra Rao: The Social Impact of Women’s Self-help Groups in Rural India |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break, outside the meeting room |
| 16:00-18:30 |
Meeting room: UNU-WIDER, Board Room, Marina Congress Center 3rd floor Scientific Committee Meeting |
| Thursday 7 May | |
| 9:30-10:50 |
Chair: Jean-Philippe Platteau Siwan Anderson: Legal Origins and Female HIV Martina Björkman: Causes and Consequences of Human Trafficking |
| 10:50-11:10 | Coffee break, outside the meeting room |
| 11:10-12:30 |
Chair: Jean-Philippe Platteau Guilhem Cassan: Overlapping Identities and Identity Based Policies: Evidence from Gender Quotas in India Christiane Timmerman: Migration Aspirations from a Gender Perspective |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch at Wanha Satama |
| 13:30-15:00 |
Chair: Lori Beaman Agnes Quisumbing: Gender, Assets, and Agricultural Development: Learning from Eight Projects in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia Markus Goldstein: Thinking about Women's Economic Empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break, outside the meeting room |
| 15:30-18:00 |
Meeting room: UNU-WIDER, Board Room, Marina Congress Center 3rd floor Scientific Committee Meeting |