Gender & Sustainable Development in Asia
VIEW EVENT DETAILSSustainable development can only be achieved through involving and investing in women. Join our discussion of the impact of urbanization on women and how women are contributing to sustainable urban development in Asia.
Urbanization is the driving force of China's economic and now social development. With over 50% of the population in cities and 80% of the economy, making cities livable, equitable, and productive is THE challenge for China.
The Urban China Institute, co-founded by panelist Jonathan Woetzel, Director of McKinsey's Shanghai Office, and Co-founder of Urban China Initiative, reports research highlighting the social, economic, and environmental challenges of sustainable development, including gender-related factors, in China's cities.
Last year, over 100 schools in Mongolia's northern Khuvsgul Province burned more than 55,000 tons of wood for heating—wood cut from forests surrounding the community itself, which multiplies the environmental costs to the community immensely. Winter heating is a major issue that impacts everyone in Mongolia, regardless of political affiliation or social status. Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, Chairperson of the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE), will discuss a project to improve heating efficiency for schools in Mongolia.
Christopher Williams, Director of the UN-HABITAT New York Office, will discuss issues of women and urban development as these concern countries in Asia that are experiencing rapid urbanization. He will touch on cooperation with UN Women, which was officially launched on February 24, 2011 in New York on the occasion of the Commission on the Status of Women, and also focus on specific operations of UN-Habitat in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India.
The Women and Development in Asia series is underwritten by LEO A. DALY.
Additional funding for this program is provided by McKinsey & Company.
The Society for International Development's Asia/Pacific Working Group is an Outreach Partner for this event.
Urbanization is the driving force of China's economic and now social development. With over 50% of the population in cities and 80% of the economy, making cities livable, equitable, and productive is THE challenge for China.
The Urban China Institute, co-founded by panelist Jonathan Woetzel, Director of McKinsey's Shanghai Office, and Co-founder of Urban China Initiative, reports research highlighting the social, economic, and environmental challenges of sustainable development, including gender-related factors, in China's cities.
Last year, over 100 schools in Mongolia's northern Khuvsgul Province burned more than 55,000 tons of wood for heating—wood cut from forests surrounding the community itself, which multiplies the environmental costs to the community immensely. Winter heating is a major issue that impacts everyone in Mongolia, regardless of political affiliation or social status. Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, Chairperson of the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE), will discuss a project to improve heating efficiency for schools in Mongolia.
Christopher Williams, Director of the UN-HABITAT New York Office, will discuss issues of women and urban development as these concern countries in Asia that are experiencing rapid urbanization. He will touch on cooperation with UN Women, which was officially launched on February 24, 2011 in New York on the occasion of the Commission on the Status of Women, and also focus on specific operations of UN-Habitat in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India.
The Women and Development in Asia series is underwritten by LEO A. DALY.
Additional funding for this program is provided by McKinsey & Company.
The Society for International Development's Asia/Pacific Working Group is an Outreach Partner for this event.
Event Details
Mon 14 Mar 2011
Asia Society Washington The Cinnabar Room Whittemore House, 2nd Flr. 1526 New Hampshire Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 washington, dc
Asia Society members: $10. Nonmembers: $15. RSVPs are required by 12:00 pm on March 11.