International Conference on Gender Economics: Removing obstacles to gender equality and women’s economic empowerment

The Forum for Research On Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies (FREE Network) and the International School of Economics at TSU (ISET) and its Policy Institute, are delighted to extend a warm invitation to participate in an international conference on gender economics entitled: "Removing Obstacles to Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment". The conference will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 15-16th November 2019. The conference is organized as part of the FROGEE initiative - the Forum for Research on Gender Economicssupported by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and coordinated by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE). The objective of the conference is bringing together researchers, policy-makers, and the broader development community to discuss the obstacles to gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, and policies to remove existing constraints, with a focus on Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies. 

Important Dates:

  • Conference dates: 15-16 November, 2019.
  • Deadline for abstract submissions:  July/10/2019.
  • Notification of acceptance: Jul/31/2019.
  • Full-paper submission deadline, for accepted abstracts: Oct/15/2019.

For more information, please visit the conference website