The Economic Cost of Patriarchy + All new Health + Climate Corner!
Policy Post #160
Dear Reader, Trust you're well! Trust you’re doing well! This week, we dive into the immense economic cost of gender inequality in India, which could unlock $770 billion in GDP by 2025 if addressed systemically. Understanding patriarchy as a structural issue, not a personal one, is crucial for progress.
Climate + Health Corner, the newsletter’s latest addition, highlights how climate change disproportionately impacts women in agrifood systems and informal labour markets. Adaptive social protection and collective action are vital to building resilience.
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This Week’s Policy Focus 🔎
India could add $770 billion to its GDP by 2025 if women’s equality advanced, but patriarchy holds the nation back. From unpaid labour worth trillions to GDP losses from malnutrition and low workforce participation, the economic cost of gender inequality is immense. Treating patriarchy as a personal issue ignores its systemic roots. In a country where these figures are stark realities, addressing patriarchy as a structural crisis is essential.
Policy Charcha 💬
The best of Podcasts, Videos, Essays, Fellowships and other Career resources from the world of Policy and Governance from the week gone by!
💡 Research Highlight:
The first edition of Capitalmind's India Flipbook offers a quick look at key trends in the Indian economy and financial markets in the form of charts.
📝 Article Highlight:
Delhi’s pollution crisis is back, with AQI levels rising sharply as stubble burning, desert dust, and winter conditions trap pollutants. This article examines why Delhi faces this annual ritual of masks, air purifiers, and health emergencies.
🎮 Something that caught our eye this week:
E-Gaming Federation has partnered with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to launch 'City Quest: Shades of Bharat' - a custom-made online educational game powered by Games24x7 as part of WAVES "Create in India” Challenge - Season 1.
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Climate + Health Corner
In Partnership With Swasti, The Health Catalyst
👉🏽 Building Climate Resilience for Women in India: The Role of Agrifood and Social Protection Systems
This article highlights how climate change disproportionately affects women and girls, particularly through impacts on health, agrifood systems, and economic stability. It advocates for adaptive, gender-responsive social protection and agrifood systems to build resilience, reduce vulnerabilities, and empower women and girls in facing climate-related challenges.
👉🏽 Climate Change is Putting Women Workers at Greater Risk
Climate change is intensifying gender-based violence and harassment risks for women workers globally, particularly in informal and vulnerable sectors like garment manufacturing and street vending. As extreme weather disrupts labor markets and working conditions, organisations like SEWA are helping women build economic resilience through collective action, insurance, and support systems, advocating for stronger protections under policies like ILO's Convention 190.
▶️Video Highlight:
👉🏽 Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das speaks about India's place in a volatile world in an interview with Bloomberg News Deputy Editor-in-Chief Reto Gregori at the Bloomberg India Credit Forum. With global lenders increasingly looking to play a key role in Modi's target to make the south Asian country a developed economy by 2047, Das speaks on the important areas to focus on.
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Careers Corner 💼
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