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  "title": "Gender Inequality and Macroeconomics (GM)",
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  "summary": "Gender Inequality and Macroeconomics Training Program Target Audience Mid-level to senior officials from central banks, ministries of finance, and other government agencies tasked with the design and execution of gender-responsive policies.",
  "publishDate": "2025-05-23",
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      "heading": "Target audience and qualifications",
      "content": "- Target audience:\n  - Mid-level to senior officials from central banks, ministries of finance, and other government agencies tasked with the design and execution of gender-responsive policies.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Expected to have a degree in economics or social sciences, or equivalent experience.\n  - Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel.\n  - Applications from officials currently engaged in gender-responsive policy formulation and implementation, or those with a past background in these areas, will be given preference."
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      "heading": "Course description and pedagogy",
      "content": "- Course overview:\n  - Provides an overview of the linkages between gender equality and macroeconomic variables.\n  - Highlights the gender-unequal impact of COVID-19 and its possible macroeconomic consequences.\n  - Stresses the importance of closing gender gaps for an inclusive, sustainable recovery.\n  - Discusses policies to address gender inequality, including measures related to taxes, government expenditures, public financial management, and structural issues such as financial access.\n- Pedagogical approach:\n  - Emphasizes active learning through a mix of facilitated break-out sessions, homework assignments, and presentations by participants.\n  - Goal: help participants apply acquired knowledge and skills to analyze key gender-related challenges in their own country and formulate prioritized reform programs."
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      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "- Upon completion, participants should be able to:\n  - Understand the links between gender equality and macroeconomics, including in terms of growth, inclusiveness, diversification, and sustainability.\n  - Use key sources of gender-disaggregated data and relevant toolkits to assess countries’ progress towards gender equality, including how this has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of gender equality on macroeconomic performance.\n  - Discuss key policies and measures to address gender inequality, including appropriate gender-budgeting practices.\n  - Formulate prioritized reform programs to address gender inequality in their own country."
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