Jemimah Njuki

Chief, Economic Empowerment

Un Women

Dr Jemimah Njuki is the Chief for Economic Empowerment at UN Women. She leads UN Women’s work on transforming the care economy, social protection, women’s employment and entrepreneurship, financing for gender equality and sustainable development. She is a renowned gender expert who has worked in government, research, civil society and international organizations. Prior to joining UN Women, she led the Gender Lever for the UN Food Systems Summit, was Director for Africa at the International Food Policy Research Institute, and Coordinator for the Growth and Economic Opportunities Program at IDRC. She has been widely recognized for her work.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

DAY 2

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
10:30 am EEST	12:00 pm EEST	Fighting the gender pay gap in the Health and Care Sector Concurrent Room MH 3-1	Globally, women make up over 70 % of workers in the health and care sector, but due to multiple intersecting negative factors face a persistent gender pay gap. ILO and Read More Globally, women make up over 70 % of workers in the health and care sector, but due to multiple intersecting negative factors face a persistent gender pay gap. ILO and UN Women, who are leading the Equal Pay International Coalition together with the OECD, will be joined by representatives from WHO, the Government of Canada, and workers’, employers’ and youth representatives for a dynamic discussion on how to advance equal pay for work of equal value globally and take tailored action at country level to reduce the gender pay gap in the health and care sector. Session format: Thought leadership Organized by The International Labour Organization, UN Women, the World Health Organization, the Government of Canada Read Less Speakers Rakesh Patry Director General, International and Intergovernmental Labour Affairs, Labour Program Government of Canada Cairo Eubanks Co-Chair of the Civil Society Youth Representatives Steering Committee UN Department of Global Communications & Bringing the Globe Emanuela Pozzan Senior gender specialist International Labour Organization Jemimah Njuki Chief, Economic Empowerment Un Women Michelle McIsaac Economist World Health Organization

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
02:30 pm EEST	04:00 pm EEST	Women’s economic empowerment, unpaid care work, and the low-carbon transition Concurrent Room MH 2-2	This session will showcase co-created, field-tested solutions supported by IDRC and UNWOMEN over the last 4+ years with organisations in West and East Africa in the Read More This session will showcase co-created, field-tested solutions supported by IDRC and UNWOMEN over the last 4+ years with organisations in West and East Africa in the areas of women’s economic empowerment, reducing /eliminating the burdens of unpaid care work, and norm shifting. The interplay between these and the challenges and opportunities for a green transition will be brought to the fore in an intersectional manner. Session format: Thought Leadership Organized by International Development Research Centre, UN Women and Canada Research Chair in Global Women’s Issues Read Less Speakers Xaverine UWIMANA Gender activist Reseau des Femmes Oeuvrant pour le Developpement Rural Bipasha Baruah Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Women's Issues Western University FLAUBERT MBIEKOP Senior Program Specialist International Development Research Centre - IDRC Jemimah Njuki Chief, Economic Empowerment Un Women Elie Padonou Senior Lecturer School of Tropical Forestry, National University of Agriculture