Session I. Gender, Trade Policies and Trade Agreements I

9:15 - 10: 45

Facilitator: Nilufer Cagatay, University of Utah, U.S.A.

1. Mumtaz Keklik, United Nations Development Programme, Nepal, Modalities of Impact Assessments of International Trade and Trade Agreements.

2. Mariama Williams, International Gender and Trade Network and DAWN Gender Issues and the Multilateral Trading System

Discussants: Parthaprathim Pal, Economic Research Foundation, India

Marina Durano, International Gender and Trade Network and the University of Manchester

Session II. Gender, Trade Policies and Trade Agreements II

11: 00 - 12:30

Facilitator: Jason Jackson, Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados

1. Alma Espino, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay and the International Gender and Trade Network, Regional Trade Agreements and Gender: the Case of Mercosur
2. Marina Durano, International Gender and Trade Network and the University of Manchester, The Marketization of Social Reproduction in the New Services- Led Global Economy

Discussants: Claudio Ansorena, National University of Costa Rica

Soraya Hassanali, Status of Women, Canada

Session III. Roundtable on Central Banking and Gender

2: 00 - 3:30

Moderator: Korkut Erturk, University of Utah, U.S.A.

1. Elissa Braunstein, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A.
2. Gary Dymski, University of California, Riverside, U.S.A.
3. Mireille Brunings- Stolz, Central Bank of Suriname

Session IV. Gender-Aware Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy

3: 45 - 5: 30

Facilitator: Catherine Finnoff, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A.


1. Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont, U.S.A. and Maria Sagrario Floro, American University, U. S.A. Does Gender Have Any Effect on Aggregate Saving? An Empirical Analysis.
2. Clarisse Messemer, University of Washington, U.S. A. How do Shocks to the Permanent and Transitory Components of GDP Translate into Movements In Income? An Examination of the Differential Impacts Across Race and Gender Skill Groups
3. Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont, U.S.A. and Caren Grown, International Center for Research on Women, U.S.A. Feminist-Kaleckian Macroeconomic Policy for Developing Countries

Discussants: Gary Dymski, University of California, Riverside, U.S.A.

Korkut Erturk, University of Utah, U.S.A.

Session V. Globalization, Labor and FDI: The Gender Dimensions

9:00 - 10:45

Facilitator: Luciene Rodrigues, Montes Claros State University, Brazil

1. Lourdes Beneria, Cornell University and Maria Sagrario Floro, American University, U.S.A. Distributional Issues of Gender Constructs and Labor Market Informalization: the Case of Homeworkers
2. James Heintz, Global Labor Standards, Gender, and Poverty University of Massachusetts, Amherst
3. Elissa Braunstein, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Gender, Globalization and FDI

Discussants: Sunny Jose, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (Jawaharlal Nehru University) India

Mumtaz Keklik, UNDP, Nepal

Session VI. Roundtable on Policies, Gender, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals


11:00- 12: 45

Facilitator: Hande Keklik, UNIFEM

1. Caren Grown, ICRW, U.S.A., Geeta Rao Gupta, ICRW, U.S.A., Zahia Khan, ICRW, U.S.A., Promises to Keep: Achieving Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
2. Yassine Fall, UNIFEM, Gender and Poverty in the Context of the Millennium Development Goals.
3. Funmi Soetan, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, Globalization, Gender and Poverty In sub-Saharan Africa
4. Denise de Souza, UNDP, Guyana, Examining the PRSP and MDG Experience in Guyana
5. Nairuhi Jrbashyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia, Poverty, Inequality and Gender Issues in Armenia
6. Anyck Dauphin, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada

Session VII. Gender-Aware Macroeconomic Modelling and Macroeconomic Policy Analysis in Africa and Asia

2:15 - 4:00

Facilitator: Funmi Soetan, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

1. Nicholas Adamtey, ISODEC, Ghana DEEP Model of Ghana
2. Bola O. Akanji, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Nigeria;G.O Falokun Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Nigeria; O. Akanji, Central Bank of Nigeria and A. Sere-Ejembi, Central Bank of Nigeria, Engendering Macro Economic Policy Modelling in Nigeria: A Focus on the National Income And Products Accounts
3. Rizwana Siddiqui, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Modelling the Gender Dimensions of the Impact of Adjustment Policies in Pakistan: A Research Agenda

Discussants: Rizwana Siddiqui, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics,

Nicholas Adamtey, ISODEC, Ghana

Anyck Dauphin, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada

Session VIII. Democratization of Macroeconomic Policy - Making

4:15 - 5: 30

Facilitator: Seeraj Mohamed, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A.

1. Cecilia Lopez, Foundation Agenda Colombia, Engendering Macroeconomic Dialogues in Latin America
2. Gulay Caglar, Universität Gesamthochschule Kassel, The International Discourse on 'Gender-sensitive Budgeting' and 'Gender and Trade'

Discussants: Francisco Cos-Montiel, the Ministry for Social Development, Mexico

Soraya Hassanali, Status of Women, Canada

Session IX. Globalization, Liberalization and Gender: Reports on Research in Progress

9:00 - 11:00

Facilitator: Rania Antonopoulos, New York University and Levy Economics Institute, U.S.A.

1. Emel Memis, University of Utah, U.S.A., A Comparative Dynamic Analysis: Surplus Value Extraction and Feminization of Labor in Developing vs. Developed Countries,
2. Smriti Rao, University of Massachusetts, Amherst U.S.A. Reforms with a Female Face: Women's Empowerment Becomes a Goal of a Liberalizing State In Agrarian Andhra Pradesh, India
3. Gul Unal, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, The Impact of Capital Flight on Female Poverty In Turkey: A Sectoral Study In Banking
4. Jason Jackson, Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados, Integration and Polarization Within the Caribbean Single Market and Economy: Towards a Gender-aware Approach

Discussants: Mumtaz Keklik, UNDP, Nepal

Mireille Brunnings-Stolz, Central Bank of Suriname, Suriname

Session X. Economic Crises, Gender Inequalities and Public Policies

11:15 - 12:30

Facilitator: Cecilia Lopez, Foundation Agenda Colombia

1. Yumiko Yamamoto, Women's International Network of Neighbourhoods (WINN)/ Nagoya, Japan and the University of Utah, Globalization and the Promotion of Gender-Aware Public Policies by Civil Society Organizations in Japan: Current Issues and Prospects
2. Hazel Jean Malapit, School of Economics, University of the Philippines, Dilliman Household Coping Mechanisms: the Insurance Role of Secondary Earners

Discussants: Flora Kessy, Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania

Rania Antonopoulos, New York University, U.S.A.

Session XI. Globalization, Labor and Gender:

2: 00 - 4:00

Facilitator: Sharukh Khan, University of Utah, U.S.A.

1. Lucienne Rodrigues, Montes Claros State University, Brazil, Globalization and the Labor Market in Brazil: Going Beyond the "Add Women and Stir" Approach to a Gender- Aware Perspective
2. Sunny Jose, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (Jawaharlal Nehru University) India Women's Work and Household Autonomy in the Era of Globalization
3. Francisco Cos- Montiel, the Ministry for Social Development, Mexico Feeding the World: Child Farm Workers in Mexico (Chapter of the Forthcoming UNICEF report Children in a Globalising World)
4. Bola Akanji, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Is Gender Wage Differential in Agriculture Justified? Using Time Use Budgets to Construct a Gender Wage Index for the Nigerian Cocoa Sector

Discussants: Funmi Soetan, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Flora Kessy, Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania