Readings
Readings for the plenary sessions and breakout sessions can be found in the links below. You may also download all of the documents in one PDF file here.
Session 1: Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women: The post-MDG Agenda
• “The Millennium Development Goals Report: Gender Chart 2012,” UN Women, 2012
• Executive Summary of “Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice,” UN Women, 2011
• “Parliament’s Role in Defining and Promoting the Post-2015 Development Agenda,” UNDP, 2013
Keynote Conversation: Violence Against Women: India as a Case Study
• Agreed Conclusions from Commission on Status of Women, March 2013 (Advance unedited version)
Session 2: Expanding Economic Opportunities for Women: A Prerequisite for Smart Economics
• “The Challenge of Closing the Gender Gap in Developing Countries,” Dwyer Gun, The Guardian, 2012
Session 3: Thinking Ahead with the Next Generation of Women Leaders
Session 4: Increasing Women’s Political Participation: Turning Policies into Practice
• “Equality in Politics: A Survey of Women and Men in Parliaments” Chapters 1 & 5, IPU, 2008
• “Raising Female Leaders,” Abdul Latif Jameel, Poverty Action Lab, April 2012
• “Changing Realities for Asian Women Leaders,” Hu Shuli, Global Asia, September 2011