'Care matters: the business, policy, and gender lens for investing in care'

Past Event

Date
 09 April 2024, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Location
 Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School
34 Broad Street (corner of Holywell and Catte Streets), Oxford, OX1 3BD

Event Recording:

In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the urgency to support a sustainable, gender-transformative care economy with collaboration across governments, private sector and civil society.

EMpower – The Emerging Markets Foundation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Oxford will convene a roundtable, featuring Sharmi Surianarain from Harambee and Sabrina Habib from Kidogo for an action-oriented dialogue to discuss the constraints and opportunities of the care economy for development, livelihoods and businesses.

By bringing together perspectives and solutions from multiple stakeholders and sectors, this interactive roundtable will highlight challenges and exemplars and map out a trajectory for an effective care ecosystem to benefit multiple stakeholders – women, children, families, businesses and economies.

Speakers:

  • Dr Christian Meyer, Director, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development
  • Dr Diva Dhar, Deputy Director of Women's Economic Empowerment, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Dr Nisha Dhawan, Vice President of Impact and Influence, EMpower
  • Sharmi Surianarain, Chief Impact Officer, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
  • Sabrina Habib, CEO and Co-Founder, Kidogo Early Years

Tea and coffee will be available after the event.

This is a Skoll Forum side event organised by the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development.