Pera holds stakeholder workshops on gender and economics
View(s):In recognition of the knowledge, training and research needs for gender-aware policy making, the Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Peradeniya is preparing to offer two postgraduate courses that focus on a gender-sensitive analysis of economic theory and policy. The initiative is led by senior academics from the Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Peradeniya with the support of the Program in Gender Analysis in Economics of the Department of Economics, American University in Washington, D.C. and the generous sponsorship of Foundation Open Society Insitutes, Switzerland.
In this context, the University of Peradeniya’s PGIHS will be holding two stakeholder workshops in Kandy and Colombo in August. The workshops will engage stakeholders from government departments, the corporate sector, academia and research institutes, non governmental organizations, development practitioners and civil society organisations, advocacy groups and activists. Prof. Maria Floro, an internationally recognized expert in Gender Economics and Professor in the Department of Economics, American University, Washington, D.C. will give the keynote address.
For more information, please contact gendereconomics.pdn@gmail.com