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15 minutes

Welcome and workshop objectives (Sarah Cook)

Short intro from UN Women on Feminist Plan (Laura Turquet)

40 minutes

Commonalities, tensions and new directions: ecofeminism, ecological economics and feminist economics

• What are the main areas of commonalities and tensions across the fields of feminist ecology and feminist economics?
• What are the prospects of achieving environmental sustainability and gender equality within the current models of growth?
• Does ‘degrowth’ or ‘sufficiency provisioning’ offer a theoretical basis for a ‘gender just’ transition? What other approaches are there to achieving gender equality and environmental sustainability together?
• Does the context of COVID offer opportunities for opening up greater debate and contestation of growth and GDP as the basis of our economies and societies?

The discussion will start with 3-minute reflections from:

• Julie Nelson, Professor, University of Massachusetts-Boston
• Bengi Akbulut, Assistant Professor, Concordia University
• Ruth Nyambura, African Ecofeminist Collective
• Ariel Salleh, Honorary Associate Professor, University of Sydney
• Radhika Balakrishnan, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University

20 minutes

Sector specific perspectives on a ‘gender just’ transition

• How will the shift towards a carbon neutral economy impact on the sector?
• What are the impacts on women’s employment and gender equality more broadly?
• What are the priorities for gender justice in the sector as part of a just transition?

The discussion will start with 3-minute reflections from:

• Sandra van Niekerk, Public Services International (Renewable energy)
• Kiah Smith, Research Fellow, University of Queensland (Agriculture and food)
• Sonia Maria Dias, WIEGO Waste Specialist (Waste)
• Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Professor, ANU (Extractive industries)
• Liz Hill, Associate Professor, University of Sydney (Care)

15 minutes

Wrap up and overview of next session (Sarah Cook/Somali Cerise)

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5 minutes

Welcome, recap of previous session and objectives (Sarah Cook/Somali Cerise)

40 minutes

A ‘gender just’ transition: key concepts and frameworks

• What kind of transition is ‘gender just’? To what end?
• How might the just transition framework be applied to achieve gender justice?

The discussion will start with 3-minute reflections from:

• Anita Nayer, Director, Regions Refocus at Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
• Avril de Torres, Center for Energy, Ecology and Development, Philippines
• Bernadette Resurrección, Associate Professor, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
• Shahra Razavi, Director of Social Protection, ILO
• Dunja Krause, Research Officer, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

25 minutes

Policy principles for a ‘gender just’ transition

• What core principles should guide a ‘gender just’ transition?
• What are the policy steps to achieve the structural transformation necessary to achieve a ‘gender just’ transition?

The discussion will start with 3-minute reflections from:

• Sarah Gammage, Latin America Policy Director, The Nature Conservancy
• Seemin Qayum, Acting Chief, Economic Empowerment and Policy Advisor, Sustainable Development,
• Hannah Bargawi, Senior Lecturer, University of London

20 minutes

Wrap up, research priorities and next steps (Sarah Cook/Somali Cerise)