International Forum on Gender Economy will be held in Narxoz

The Center for Gender Economics Research at Narxoz University, with the support of the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan, UN Women in Kazakhstan and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, from December 10 to December 12, 2019, holds the International Forum on Gender Economics

Events held within the framework of the Forum:

December 11, 2019 10: 00-16: 10 - round table on the topic: "Gender regimes in the economy of Kazakhstan: unpaid work in the household."

Members of Parliament, representatives of state bodies, public organizations, international organizations, expert and scientific community are invited to participate in the round table. Round table - continuation of the grant of the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan for the creation and operation of the Center for Research on Gender Economics in Central Asia and the UN-Women grant for the study of unpaid work of women in Kazakhstan, during which the interim results of the research carried out in the center will be discussed and recommendations for empowering women, assessing their contribution to the national economy.

Keynote speaker - Professor Mika Moers, Co-Director of the Gender Analysis Program at Economics, Dean of the Department of Economics, American University, Washington, DC. Topic of the report: "Gender regimes, unpaid domestic work and the level of well-being."

Issues for discussion:

- Gender division of labor and unpaid work in the household: data for Kazakhstan

- Human Resource Management and the Pay Gap: Evidence from Kazakhstan.

- Modernization of the mechanism of state regulation of women's employment in the field of STEM in Kazakhstan.

- Gender budgeting in Kazakhstan: processes, implementation mechanisms and prospects.

- Gender differences in life expectancy of the population of Kazakhstan (1981-2017).

December 10, 2019 11: 00-13: 00 - training on gender research methodology for the academic community is conducted by international expert Professor Mika Moers.
December 12, 2019 11: 00-13: 00 - training for NGOs, government officials, international organizations, the expert and scientific community on the topic: "Internationally available gender disaggregated data".

Those wishing to take part are invited to the Assembly Hall No. 11 of Narxoz University at the address: Almaty, st. Dzhandosova 55, after mandatory registration for the event before December 2, 2019 at the link: https://forms.gle/dtdZwUHPC9T14pF78