## Fiscal Policies and Gender Equality

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### Event overview
- Event: Conference on Fiscal Policies Gender Equality, hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with sponsorship from the Department for International Development (DFID).
- Location: IMF Headquarters, Washington, DC.
- Date: November 07, 2016.
- Focus: How fiscal policies can contribute to gender equality and women’s advancement; presentation of results from an IMF/UK DFID project on gender budgeting.
- Contact: genderfisconference@imf.org

### Participation and speakers
- Opening panel (Adapting Fiscal Policies to Promote Gender Equality) featured:
  - Ms. Christine Lagarde (Managing Director, IMF)
  - Ms. Julie Delahanty (Executive Director, Oxfam Canada)
  - Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (Executive Director, UN Women)
  - Ms. Laura Tyson (Professor, University of California, Berkeley and former Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers)
  - Moderator / Master of ceremonies: Ms. Sheila MacVicar
- Other keynote and presenters:
  - Keynote: Ms. Diane Elson (Professor Emerita, University of Essex, UK and UK Women’s Budget Group)
  - Evidence-based panel moderator: Mr. Sanjeev Gupta (Deputy Director, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department)
  - Evidence-based panel participants included:
    - Ms. Mayra Buvinic (Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development)
    - Mr. Otaviano Canuto (World Bank, Executive Director)
    - Mr. Stephan Klasen (Professor, University of Gottingen) (will participate by video)
    - Ms. Rohini Pande (Professor, Harvard University)
  - Gender budgeting survey and assessment moderator: Ms. Janet Stotsky (Visiting Scholar, IMF Research Department)
  - Gender budgeting survey and assessment participants included:
    - Ms. Lekha Chakraborty (Associate Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Delhi)
    - Ms. Tamoya Christie (Economist, Gender, World Bank)
    - Ms. Lisa Kolovich (Economist, IMF Strategy, Policy, and Review Department)
    - Ms. Lucía Pérez Fragoso (Economist, Equidad de Género, Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia, AC, México)
    - Ms. Sheila Quinn (Independent Scholar)
  - Practical implementation moderator: Ms. Caren Grown (Senior Director, Gender, World Bank)
  - Practical implementation participants included:
    - Mr. Adil Hidane (Coordinator of the Centre of Excellence in Gender Budgeting, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Morocco)
    - Ms. Yamini Mishra (Gender Budgeting Specialist, Asia Pacific Office, UN Women)
    - Ms. Friederike Schwarzendorfer (Deputy Director General, Directorate for Budget and Public Finance, Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria)
    - Ms. Sylvia Tereka (Gender Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Uganda)
  - Closing/forward-looking remarks: Ms. Catherine Pattillo (Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF)

### Program schedule (selected times and sessions)
- 8:30 a.m. — Registration and continental breakfast
- 9:30 a.m. — Opening remarks; Ms. Sheila MacVicar
- 9:45-10:45 a.m. — Adapting Fiscal Policies to Promote Gender Equality
  - Moderator: Ms. Sheila MacVicar
  - Participants: Ms. Christine Lagarde; Ms. Julie Delahanty; Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; Ms. Laura Tyson
- 10:45 a.m. — Coffee
- 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. — Evidence-Based Design of Fiscal Policies for Gender Equality
  - Moderator: Mr. Sanjeev Gupta
  - Participants: Ms. Mayra Buvinic; Mr. Otaviano Canuto; Mr. Stephan Klasen (video); Ms. Rohini Pande
- 12:30-1:45 p.m. — Buffet Lunch
- 1:15-1:45 p.m. — Keynote: The Origins and Future of Gender Budgeting; Presenter: Ms. Diane Elson
- 1:45-3:00 p.m. — Gender Budgeting around the Globe: Survey and Assessment of Country Efforts
  - Moderator: Ms. Janet Stotsky
  - Participants: Ms. Lekha Chakraborty; Ms. Tamoya Christie; Ms. Lisa Kolovich; Ms. Lucía Pérez Fragoso; Ms. Sheila Quinn
- 3:00-3:15 p.m. — Coffee
- 3:15-4:30 p.m. — Practical Dimensions of Implementing Gender Budgeting
  - Moderator: Ms. Caren Grown
  - Participants: Mr. Adil Hidane; Ms. Yamini Mishra; Ms. Friederike Schwarzendorfer; Ms. Sylvia Tereka
- 4:30-4:45 p.m. — A Look Ahead: Operationalizing Gender Equality and Fiscal Policies; Ms. Catherine Pattillo
- 4:45-6:00 p.m. — Cocktails

### Themes, findings, and policy focus areas
- Fiscal policy as a tool to promote gender equality and women’s advancement through deliberate design and implementation.
- Evidence-based design of fiscal policies to achieve gender-equality outcomes.
- Gender budgeting:
  - Historical origins and future directions (keynote focus).
  - Comparative survey and assessment of country efforts to implement gender budgeting.
  - Practical dimensions and operational challenges in implementing gender budgeting across different country contexts.
- Emphasis on collaboration among international institutions, academics, and public officials to translate research and assessments into operational fiscal policy actions.

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