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Democratizing Innovation to Spur Growth (2025)
Innovation fuels economic growth by generating new businesses and jobs, but today's innovators mostly come from a narrow demographic, resulting in many “lost Einsteins” and “lost Marie Curies.” In thi...
How safe transport could unlock women’s labour force partici...
Could safe transport unlock women’s workforce participation in Pakistan? In a recent VoxDev podcast, SAR GIL’s Kate Vyborny discusses how limited mobility keeps women in urban Pakistan out of the labo...
Paving the Way for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Pakistan ...
In this episode from the podcast series “Gender Talks,” Shahnaz Kapadia, CEO of the Mera Maan Organization, and Fariya Ammar, Portfolio Manager at UN Women, unpack what economic empowerment means for ...
Getting to Equal in Water: How to Improve Gender Equality in...
This video highlights the challenges women face in the water sector. It features insights from this baseline report, which inspired the launch of the Equal Aqua Platform and planted the seed for the l...
Women & Water (2023)
This podcast offers an informative discussion on water tenure and how it affects food security, livelihoods, and equitable and sustainable development. Experts from the Environmental Law Institute als...
.Mission 300: Powering Africa’s Future with Energy and Entre...
In this episode of Talking Development, World Bank Managing Director Anna Bjerde sits down with Lyndsay Holley Handler, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Delta40 Venture Studio, to explore innovative...
Gender, Energy, and the Southeast Asia Struggle (2023)
Listen to this podcast for an insightful discussion on gender and the energy transition in Southeast Asia. Amira Bilqis from the ASEAN Centre for Energy and May Thazin Aung from the International Inst...
Off Track: Using Data-Driven Advocacy to Reclaim the Road to...
In this podcast, Alison Holder, Executive Director of Equal Measures 2030, highlights the concerning stagnation – and in some cases, regression – in progress toward achieving gender equality by 2030.
Childcare as Infrastructure (2023)
This podcast from the Inclusive Economics Development Lab at the Yale School of Management explores the idea of childcare as essential infrastructure. Listen to the conversation with Jessica Sager, Co...
Rethinking Infrastructure in a World Designed for Men (2020)
At this TEDx event Grete Faremo, former Executive Director of UNOPS, discusses how years of gender-biased design have limited opportunities and created lasting issues that significantly impact women. ...
Women, Power, and Leadership (2024)
Claire Shipman, journalist and author of The Power Code, joins Sabina Bhatia, Deputy Secretary of the IMF for a conversation on women’s empowerment and leadership. She shares her thoughts on the diver...
Advancing Women’s Economic Power in Africa Through Financial...
In this podcast, Rachel Toku-Appiah, Director of Program Advocacy and Communications for Africa at the Gates Foundation, draws on her decades of experience to discuss the current state of financial ac...