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The Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Working Group and FinEquity are delighted to cohost a 90-minute virtual roundtable discussion on COVID-19 and Women’s Economic Empowerment, with a focus on employment and entrepreneurship.

The discussion will explore the impact of COVID-19 in these areas of women’s economic empowerment and how projects and organizations are responding to these challenges in practical ways. The virtual roundtable will serve as an opportunity for members to share actionable insights that can inform the work of others in this space.

We want to hear from you about how you are adapting your projects, approaches, and tools in response to the COVID-19 crisis and what you are seeing as emerging lessons-learned and good practices. To ensure a vibrant and highly interactive discussion, we ask that participants interested in sharing insights register and complete the section outlining resources and insights they plan to share during the roundtable by May 25. Based on the information you provide, moderators will invite specific participants to share their insights on particular topics during the call. If you would prefer to simply listen to the discussion, simply register and tune in.

All are welcome and encouraged to attend. We hope you can join the discussion!

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Moderators

Wade Channell, Senior Economic Growth Adviser
Gender Office of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, USAID

Wade Channell, J.D., is the Senior Economic Growth Advisor for Gender in USAID's Office of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment. For his first twenty years in development he parlayed his earlier legal career into a concentration on legal reform and economic development. Since 2013, he has focused exclusively on women's economic empowerment, with particular emphasis on women's access to finance. Over the course of his career, Wade has had the privilege of living in five countries on four continents, working in more than 60 countries, and living in 9 U.S. States. He is currently quarantined in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Lis Meyers, Principal Associate for Gender and Social Inclusion
Nathan Associates & SEEP WEE Working Group Co-Facilitator

Lis Meyers co-facilitates the SEEP WEE Working Group and chaired the Technical Advisory Committee for the 2017 WEE Global Learning Forum. With over 12 years of experience in international development, she leads efforts on gender and WEE across Nathan’s portfolio of international projects. Most recently, Ms. Meyers worked with other members of the Coalition for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality (CWEEE) to develop a policy brief on COVID-19 and Women’s Economic Empowerment. She has led research on legal and regulatory barriers to women’s employment, engaging men in women’s empowerment in agriculture, women’s role in cross border trade, addressing social norms in women’s financial inclusion, and child, early, and forced marriage. Ms. Meyers has designed gender strategies and action plans, conducted gender assessments, analyses, and audits, and led trainings and workshops on WEE and gender issues for USAID, GIZ, World Bank, UNWomen, and the private sector. She has a BA from Brown University and an MSc with Distinction from The London School of Economics. Follow Tweets @LisMeyers and @Nathan_Inc.

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