WEBINAR #HLPF2020 | Care and education: Cornerstones of sustainable and just economies

Host Organization: 
Make Mothers Matter (MMM)
Date & Time: 
Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 8:00am to 9:30am
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Location: 
WEBINAR
16 July 2020 – 8:00-9:30 EDT / 14:00-15:30 CET
 

About

(Re-post from https://bit.ly/3fcxNS7)

ECPC partner organization, Make Mothers Matter MMM invites you to a lively side-event to the 2020 United Nations High-Level Political Forum.  
 

Objectives

  1. “Spotlight the failings of our current economic system in recognizing the essential role of Care, especially unpaid care work
  2. “Make the case for a paradigm shift in our economic thinking: spending on care and education must be seen as investments not expenses
  3. “Call on governments to action: Covid-19 and its economic devastation offers a unique opportunity to “build back better” by prioritizing Care for wellbeing, sustainability and equity

Speakers 

  • Nancy Folbre, Feminist Economist and Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
    • The economics of care and the inadequacy of our current economic system to value and foster care and wellbeing – a feminist economist perspective
  • Rima Salah, Professor at Yale Child Study Centre and Chair of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC)
    • The business case for Early Childhood Education and Care and support for families being an investment in the next generation: economic prosperity, social equity and peace
  • Valentina Urreiztieta, Psychologist, Empreinte Humaine, a French firm specializing in psychosocial risk and workplace wellness
    • The business case for family-friendly companies and examples of best practice of family/parental support at the company level – and return of investment
  • Rutger Hoekstra, Founder of MetricsForTheFuture.com and author of the book ‘“Replacing GDP by 2030: Towards a common language for the Well-being and Sustainability Community”
    • Moving to alternative economic models and indicators – An evaluation of existing experiments in relation to Care
  • Susan Himmelweit, British feminist economist, Emeritus professor of economics for the Open University in the UK
    • Moving forward: – What it means concretely to invest in care, its long-term impact and how it could stimulate the economy, based on the recent working paper Stimulating OECD Economies post-covid by investing in care
    • – The work of the UK WBG Commission for a Gender Equal Economy
  • Amanda Janoo, Knowledge and Policy Lead at the the Wellbeing Economy Alliance(WEAll)
    • The emerging concept of a “Wellbeing economy” with the first concrete steps taken by a few – women-led – countries, and how they support Care and gender equality
The Panel will be followed by a Q&A Session.
 

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Tags: 
COVID-19, economic development, sustainability, inclusion, health care

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