Event Resources
Webinar Recording
Webinar Presentation
Date and Time
Tuesday May 19, 2020
1:30 pm-3:00 pm
Bangkok Time
Location
Webinar
Topics
#Womens Empowerment
The Business Case for Integrating a Gender Lens into Private Sector COVID-19 Recovery Plans: An Interactive Session Providing Practical Guidance for Businesses in the Asia-Pacific
Join us to learn how companies are using the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) in their COVID-19 recovery measures, plus we’ll take you through a simple assessment and action-planning tool to get your started!
Can't make it live? That's fine, sign up anyway and we'll send you the recording.
Speakers
- Robert Candelino, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Thailand
- Katja Freiwald, Regional Head, WeEmpowerAsia, UN Women
- Anna-Karin Jatfors, Deputy Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, UN Women
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Annelise Thim,
Manager, Women's Empowerment, BSR
Annelise works with BSR members across sectors to promote women’s empowerment through consulting, collaboration, and research. She supports the work of the Business Action for Women collaborative initiative.
Prior to joining BSR, Annelise worked at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where she led the OECD Policy Dialogue on Women’s Economic Empowerment, a global multi-stakeholder community committed to promoting women’s economic empowerment. Her research focused on identifying barriers to women’s economic empowerment, women’s unpaid care work, and time use. During her time at the OECD, she worked on the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI), conducted research, and led trainings on social norms and gender equality. She also worked closely with bilateral donors to ensure that their development programming supported gender equality and women’s empowerment and worked on issues such as combatting sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.
Annelise holds a M.A. in International Relations from the American University of Paris and a B.A. in International Affairs and French from the University of Georgia.
