Gender and Economics

The course will include the following modules:
Module 1: Introduction to Economics
Module 2: Introduction to Gender-Aware Economics and Methods of Analysis
Module 3: Gender and Macroeconomics: theory and practice
Module 4: Decent work, unpaid care work, and social protections
Module 5: Gender, trade, investment and value chains development
Module 6: Gender, public Finance, and Investing for gender equality
Module 7: Economic Policy Making and the SDGs: How to reach the goals

Completion of the self- study modules will ensure that all the participants start from a common knowledge baseline and that they will have had a chance to do the readings before participating in the 5 days course that will address the problems posed by the self-study component at a more advanced level. It will consist of presentations by the instructors, discussion sessions, lab sessions and presentations by the participants.