Empowering Women in The Workplace

What last message for a woman better future?
Christine Lagarde: “Invest for woman education”

This panel discussion covers how increasing female participation in the labor force can support countries’ growth, development, and stability objectives, including on policies geared toward helping women cope with new technologies. The panel will draw on IMF’s new research on gender diversity and resilience and will discuss the future of work. The panel will focus on which policy designs are most successful at increasing women’s empowerment and how these policies could support countries’ growth, development, and stability objectives; including by discussing policies needed to help women cope with technological change.

Moderator by:

Rosianna Silalahi
Editor-in-Chief, Kompas TV

Panelist:
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Minister of Finance, Indonesia

Christine Lagarde
Managing Director, IMF

Priyanthi Fernando
Executive Director, International Women’s Rights Action Watch, Asia Pacific

Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Carolyn Wilkins
Senior Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada