The State of Gender Equality – #GenderGaps with Dr Indu Prakash Singh on Women and Health: Concerns during COVID 19 by Ms Jashodhara Das Gupta
Greetings from the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi!
On behalf of the Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC) at IMPRI, GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation and Delhi Post News, we invite you to a IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk –
The State of Gender Equality
#GenderGaps with Dr Indu Prakash Singh
Details of the #WebPolicyTalk:
Date: November 10, 2020; Tuesday
Time: 17:00 IST (GMT+5:30)
Platform: Zoom and Facebook Live
Speaker:
Ms Jashodhara Das Gupta, Chairperson of the governing body, Sahayog, Lucknow
Jashodhara Dasgupta is an independent feminist researcher, with over thirty years’ experience in gender, rights and health, working on rural women’s and girls’ leadership in rights-claiming. She has co-founded four feminist organizations in India as well as headed one of them SAHAYOG for 12 years. She has received several fellowships and published widely on gender issues, public health and women’s rights.
She has co-chaired a Lancet Commission on Global Governance for Health, and continues as Advisor on the subsequent Scientific Panel. She has been part of the High-Level Expert Group on Universal Health Coverage in the erstwhile Planning Commission. She has advised UN agencies, the National Human Rights Commission and line ministries. She has been the first woman head of an Indian philanthropic organization that aimed to promote social justice.
Moderator:
Dr Indu Prakash Singh, Facilitator, CityMakers Mission International
PowerPoint Presentation on Women and Health: Concerns during COVID 19
YouTube Video:
Facebook Live Video:
Event Report
Wavering women’s health amid COVID-19 pandemic
Media Coverage
- Wavering Women’s Health Amidst The COVID-19 Pandemic | Youth Ki Awaaz
- Wavering Women’s Health Amidst The COVID-19 Pandemic | Delhi Post News
Podcasts
Organizer
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