Regional Academy on Gender, Inclusion and the Future of Work (Asia and the Pacific)

The Academy offers a forum to learn from high-level experts at the local, regional and international levels, discuss and share experiences with fellow practitioners and experiment with approaches and innovative methodologies. CONTENT A combination of plenary lectures, panel discussions and keynote speeches will guide you through a transformative agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment in the world of work. A variety of parallel elective workshops, designed as stand-alone units of one training day, but also “stackable” in a modular structure. Plenary sessions - Towards an equitable and inclusive future of work: the intersectionality imperative - Care work, care workers and the care economy - Women's voice, representation and leadership: challenges and prospects - Ending (gender-based) Violence and Harassment and ILO C190: regional prospects - Global supply chains, gender, equity: key issues, success stories Learning journeys - Methods: Gender Mainstreaming - theory and practice - Who cares for care? Gender, care work and the labour market - Violence and harassment: Introduction to C190 - Women entrepreneurship development - key concepts - Economic inclusion - The rights of workers with disabilities - Methods: Gender analysis frameworks - Investing in care: The ILO care policy Investment Simulator - Violence and harassment: the OSH lens to prevention - Gender equality and sustainable enterprises - TOT: participatory methods for transformative training - Methods: Mainstreaming gender in the organization - Violence and harassment: workplace policy lab - Promoting gender sensitive business environment reform - Promoting gender equality through Responsible Business Conduct - Introduction to women's economic empowerment (WEE) Other learning events Forum Theatre Workshop on equality and stereotypes. Open space: Global Gender Equality Exchange- sharing good practices NUMBER OF HOURS: 30