Event

Can Gender Budgeting Lead to Better Health Outcomes?

This seminar featuring Prof. Indrani Gupta will discuss the challenges in trying to mainstream gender in the budgetary processes of countries.

Time
- Europe/London

On 15 September 2021, The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health will host a seminar with Commissioner Indrani Gupta, Professor and Head of the Health Policy Research Unit of the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India. This seminar will bring out the challenges in trying to mainstream gender in the budgetary processes of countries. The event will take place from 8:00 – 8:30 UTC / 16:00 – 16:30 MYT.

The seminar series accompanies the development of the Commission, inviting Commissioners and Co-Chairs to discuss a key topic, question, or challenge that the Commission hopes to tackle. The series aims to involve a range of stakeholders and voices in its work and promote discussion and debate on gender and health.

The event is open to all and will also be live-streamed on a dedicated YouTube channel. Pre-registration is encouraged.

About the Commission

Launched in August 2020, the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health, was established with the explicit and uncompromising aim to move beyond evidence to catalyse action on gender and global health. The Commission is co-chaired by Sarah Hawkes (Director, UCL Centre for Gender and Global Health) Pascale Allotey (Director of the UNU International Institute for Global Health) and Elhadj As Sy (Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation and former Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies).

Visit The Lancet website to find out more about The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health.

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