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GEC News Bulletin -- Invitation to Live Webcast seminar with Rania Antonopoulos WAAS e-Conference on the
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGE An inquiry into the root causes and remedy for the problem of unemployment We cordially invite you to participate in the GEC web seminar on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 1500 to 1700 UTC
Simultaneous cast at 0700 PST, 1000 EST, 1600 CET, 2030 IST
 Beyond loss of income, joblessness is associated with greater poverty, marginalization, and social exclusion; the current global crisis is clearly not helping. Rania Antonopoulos advocates public employment as a policy instrument, with particular attention to policies hat address female poverty. In this webcase she will discuss South Africa’s Expanded Public Works Programme, addressing issues related to income and job generation, provisioning of communities’ unmet needs, skill enhancement for a new cadre of workers, and promotion of gender equality by addressing the overtaxed time of women.
Rania Antonopoulos is Director of the 'Gender Equality and the Economy' program at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College (USA), an expert advisor to UNDP and co-director of two global networks, the Gender Macroeconomics and International Economics (GEM-IWG) and the Economists for full Employment (EFE). Her most recent publications include an ILO monograph, The Unpaid Work, Paid Work Connection. For a full bio.
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GEC Project Team January 29, 2010 |
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