Join us for IWPR’s 2026 Power+ Summit, The Power Grid: Driving Gender Equity Forward, taking place September 28–29 in Detroit, MI.
Together, we will spark bold ideas, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of gender equity.
On November 2-3, 2018, IWPR and AU’s Program on Gender Analysis in Economics hosted a conference in Washington, DC, bringing together scholars, advocates, and media to discuss economic issues through the lens of race and gender. Attendees heard from many experts on the latest research that sheds light on the path to gender equality.
- Read about the issues explored at the conference in a commentary for Ms. Magazine written by IWPR’s Kelly Jones and Elyse Shaw, “The Economic Pathways to Gender Equality.”
Watch the Opening Plenary: Diversifying the Discipline of Economics
The opening plenary featured a conversation among leading women in economics on how the field can diversify to bring in more perspectives from women and people of color. The panel was moderated by MacArthur Foundation’s Cecilia Conrad and included former chair of the Federal Reserve and current Distinguished Fellow in Residence at the Brookings Institution Janet Yellen, MacArthur Fellow Nancy Folbre, M.V. Lee Badgett of the University of Massachusetts, Maria S. Floro of American University, and Bina Agarwal of the University of Manchester.
- Read coverage of Dr. Yellen’s remarks at the conference in The Wall Street Journal.
- Read commentary for Ms. Magazine from IWPR’s Heidi Hartmann and American University’s Mieke Meurs, “Diversifying the Field of Economics is Critical to Achieving Gender Equality.”
Watch the Closing Plenary: Moving Forward—Immediate and Mid-Term Priorities
The closing plenary was moderated by IWPR’s Heidi Hartmann and included economists Kate Bahn of the Washington Center for Economic Growth, Caren Grown of the World Bank, Shahra Razavi of UN Women, and John Schmitt of the Economic Policy Institute discussing the short- and long-term policy priorities that can move the needle on gender equality in the United States and around the world.
Continue the conversation on social media with #Pathways2GenderEquality.