3rd International Forum of Gender economics on the topic: “Care Economy: promoting care issues to the center of the national agenda”
PRESS-RELEASE
GENDER ECONOMICS RESEARCH CENTER
NARXOZ UNIVERSITY
September 29-30. 2022, 15:00-20:00
conducts 3rd International Forum of Gender economics on the topic:
“Care Economy: promoting care issues to the center of the national agenda”
The present event is held to discuss the issues of Care Economy in Kazakhstan – paid and unpaid child and elderly care work, search for effective solutions for the problems, and the establishment of partnerships between the public sector, academia, international, public organizations in this area as well. The care system is a little-studied, but at the same time, relevant issue for the promotion of women’s economic rights and empowerment, which affects the provision of employment and sustainable economic growth of the country.
The Forum will be attended by international experts, representatives of state bodies, international, public and business organizations, and the academic community. During the event, the results of research conducted under the scholarship program of the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan and the project funded by the Eurasia Foundation will be presented. The conducted studies are aimed at analyzing the care system in Kazakhstan, studying households, identifying gaps and missing data, developing recommendations, as well as micro-modeling to assess the economic benefits from the implementation of the proposed offerings.
The event continues a series of forums have been supported by the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan since 2018 in the field of gender economy and women’s economic empowerment. The Forum of this year is organized also with the support of the Eurasia Foundation under the program “Social Innovations in Central Asia” funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The partner of the event is the National Commission for Women Affairs, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Gender Economics Research Center (GERC) was established at Narxoz University in the spring of 2018 with the financial and expert support of the Soros Foundation - Kazakhstan. GERC conducts research and trains experts in the field of gender economics, promotes gender education and develops an educational course on Gender economics. The 2022 scholarship program is the fourth program supported by the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan and implemented by GERC.
The Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan (SFK) is a non-governmental charity organization which main goal is to promote the values of an open society in Kazakhstan. The details on the website www.soros.kz
USAID – USAID is the world’s premier international development agency and a catalytic actor driving development result. For further information go to https://www.usaid.gov/centralasia-regional.