Did you know that, as of 1 January 2021, only 11% of countries had finance portfolios held by women and less than a third of all heads of national audit offices are women?
Join us Wednesday, 17 March at 10am EST at this virtual side event of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women for a lively discussion on the barriers women confront in public finance institutions and the steps that need to be taken to enable greater gender parity in leadership of these institutions. The session will also examine how collective action by ministries of finance, civil society organizations working on public budgets, and supreme audit institutions can be pivotal in advancing women’s leadership with the long-term aim of making public finance institutions drivers of gender equitable outcomes.
The panelists include a mix of accomplished practitioners from finance ministries, national audit offices, and civil society organizations:
- Marta Acosta Zúñiga, Auditor General, Costa Rica (@cgrcostarica)
- Beena Pallical, General Secretary, Dalit Arthik Adhikar Andolan, India (@sitara1)
- Zineb Bouba, Head of the Unit for Economic and Financial Reporting and Gender Budget Reporting, Department of Financial Studies and Forecasting, Ministry of Economy, Finance and Administrative Reform, Kingdom of Morocco (@financesmaroc)
- Rehemah Namutebi, Director General of National Budget, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Republic of Rwanda (@FinanceRwanda)
- Malado Kaba (Moderator), Board Member, International Budget Partnership and former Minister of Finance, Guinea (@Malado2203)
Join us by registering at http://bit.ly/WomenInPFM and follow the conversation on Twitter using the hashtags #CSW65 and #GenerationEquality.
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Join us + @UN_Women + @INTOSAI_IDI for a #CSW65 side event on how to increase women’s leadership in public finance institutions. Register: bit.ly/WomenInPFM #GenerationEquality
Join us 17 March for a lively discussion on the barriers women confront in public finance institutions and the steps that need to be taken to enable greater gender parity in leadership of these institutions. Register: bit.ly/WomenInPFM #CSW65 #GenerationEquality
Join @OpenBudgets & @INTOSAI_IDI for this #CSW65 panel discussion on women in public finance with @cgrcostarica, @financesmaroc, @DalitRights & @RwandaFinance and @Malado2203 moderating. 17 March at 10am EST. Register: bit.ly/WomenInPFM #GenerationEquality
#DYK only 11% of countries have finance portfolios held by women? And less than one-third of all heads of national audit offices are women? We need greater gender parity in public finance leadership positions. Find out what can be done: bit.ly/WomenInPFM #GenerationEquality
What can we do to increase gender equity in public finance? ✔️Dismantle stereotypes about women in leadership roles. ✔️Tackle biases about women’s abilities in #STEM. ✔️Support the redistribution of unpaid care work. #CSW65 #GenerationEquality
We know that we are better served under women’s leadership. So why are women so often denied the highest offices that hold the national purse strings? We need to undo the structures, norms & stereotypes that stand in the way of the getting the best leaders we deserve. #CSW65
FOLLOW:
Conveners
- @OpenBudgets - International Budget Partnership (IBP)
- @INTOSAI_IDI - INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI)
- @UN_WOMEN - The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Participants
- @cgrcostarica - Comptroller General, Costa Rica
- @financesmaroc - Ministry of Economy and Finance, Morocco
- @sitara1 - Beena Pallical, General Secretary, DAAA NCDHR (@DalitRights), India
- @RwandaFinance - Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda
- @Malado2203 - Malado Kaba, former Minister of Finance, Guinea
Photo credit: The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade