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Examining the Gendered and other Impacts of IMF Surcharges [1]

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Date: 2022-04 

This session will explore the extent to which the IMF's surcharge policy is consistent with its commitment to gender equality and a greener, smarter, and fairer COVID-19 recovery. Examples of increased discrimination against women, and other negative impacts of the surcharge policy, will be explored as well as actions to address the policy’s negative consequences.

Moderator: Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics, Political Economic Research Institute; University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Panelist 1: Christina Laskaridis, lecturer in economics, Open University, UK

Panelist 2: Shereen Talaat, co-director MENA, Arab Watch Coalition, MENA

Panelist 3: Samah Krichah, program officer, Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, Tunis

Livestream here.

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