International Women's Day with SWIDN

When: March 6, 2025

Where: Virtual, United Kingdom

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Is ‘Development’ making gender inequality worse? Do well-intentioned development policies exacerbate gender inequalities and if so, how can we work to change this?

This IWD2025 will hear from academics and practitioners on the ways in which ‘Development’ practice has contributed to or exacerbated gender inequality, including lessons from failures, case studies of success, and practical pointers for considering patriarchal systems and their impact on achieving ‘development’ goals.

With a broad view of ‘development’ definitions and a healthy dose of critical reflexivity, this 90 minute online, open access seminar is a space for learning, collaboration, reflection, connection and growth.

ABOUT SWIDN
We are a not-for-profit network set up in 2005 to support the ‘international development’ sector in the South West.

Our vision is of a thriving, dynamic and diverse network of organisations and individuals in the South West of the UK who effectively contribute to the global delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious and will take a movement of reformers to achieve them. We are passionate about resourcing that movement. We know we can accomplish far more when we work together.

We bring together diverse perspectives, resources and expertise locally to tackle complex issues globally. We exist to increase the impact of work being done across the South West to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. We do this in a number of different ways.