Empowering Women in the Workplace
IMF SEMINAR EVENT
DATE: October 9, 2018
DAY: Tuesday
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
LOCATION: Bali International Convention Center (BICC), WE-2-Nusantara 1 & 2
Overview
This panel discussion covers how increasing female participation in the labor force can support countries’ growth, development, and stability objectives, including on policies geared toward helping women cope with new technologies. The panel will draw on IMF’s new research on gender diversity and resilience and will discuss the future of work. The panel will focus on which policy designs are most successful at increasing women’s empowerment and how these policies could support countries’ growth, development, and stability objectives; including by discussing policies needed to help women cope with technological change.Join the conversation via #Women4Growth
Empowering Women in the Workplace
Panelists
Moderator: Rosianna Silalahi
Panelist: Christine Lagarde
Panelist: Priyanthi Fernando
Panelist: Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Panelist: Vera Songwe
Panelist: Carolyn Wilkins
Carolyn Wilkins was appointed as the Bank of Canada’s Senior Deputy Governor in 2014, for a seven-year term.
As Senior Deputy Governor, Ms. Wilkins oversees the strategic planning and economic and financial research of the Bank. She also shares responsibility for the conduct of monetary policy with the other members of Governing Council, and she is a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors.
Ms. Wilkins represents the Bank on the Financial Stability Board(FSB), and is a member of the FSB’s Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities. She is a member of the IMF’s high-level advisory group on Fintech, and chaired the FSB’s FinTech Issues Group.