About this episode

The episode discusses the stalling progress of gender equality in the Indo-Pacific and the factors contributing to this backslide.

Global progress on gender equality is stalling, and in some places going backwards. The World Economic Forum estimates that, at current rates, Asia and the Pacific won't reach gender parity for 179 years. In this episode, host Roland Rajah is joined by Grace Stanhope (Lowy Institute) and Professor Katrina Lee-Koo (University of Queensland) to analyse why gender equality is under siege. They discuss shrinking aid budgets, the politicisation of gender in foreign policy, and the retreat of the United States from global development. They ask what's working, why "gender mainstreaming" might have hit its limits, and where Australia could make an outsized difference as a middle power.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Roland Rajah

Guests: Grace Stanhope, Professor Katrina Lee-Koo

Topics covered

• gender equality
• Indo-Pacific
• global development
• foreign policy
• aid budgets

Keywords

• gender parity
• gender mainstreaming
• global development
• foreign policy
• aid budgets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lowy Institute, University of Queensland, World Economic Forum

Places: Australia, Asia and the Pacific

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