On April 3rd, 2025, CSGGE (Formerly known as WGGP) hosted a Panel on "Gender and the Economy: Environment, Work, and Care" moderated by Min Zhan, the Director of the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity (CSGGE).
Speakers:
"Government Policies and Their Impacts on Women's Empowerment". Mary Arends-Kuenning, Professor of the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Associate Dean of ACES International Programs
"Forging a Human Rights Economy within Planetary Boundaries: a Response to Unprecedented 'Global' Crises and Opportunities". Vernita Pearl Fort, Ecologist, Economist, and Former United States Diplomat Research Scholar, Illinois Global Institute.
"The Work of Women Environmental Defenders in Extractive Economies". McKenzie Johnson, Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
"Deportation and the Care Economy". Elizabeth T. Powers, Associate Professor, Economics Department and Associate Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs