The second edition of the International Conference on Gender Equality (ICGE-II) will be organised by the Gender Park in partnership with UN Women at Kozhikode in February 2021.
As per an official release of Kerala government, given the prevalence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the three-day conference, beginning on February 11, will be held at the Gender Park’s Kozhikode campus in a partially-digital (hybrid) format.
“The focal theme is ‘Gender in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Business: The Mediating Role of Empowerment’, seeking to throw light on the critical linkages between entrepreneurship, economic growth, and poverty reduction,” it stated.
Kerala Minister for Health, Social Justice and Women and Child Development KK Shailaja announced the conduct of ICGE-II by releasing the brochure. “The IGCE-II will enable various stakeholders to engage with different aspects of sustainable entrepreneurships and social businesses. These include meanings, models, the scope of the concepts and the challenges in the pandemic-induced scenario with an objective to locate gender in these elements, besides sharing of experience from across the globe,” the state government said.
Notably, around 50 speakers, primarily industry experts and academics, will address the event at Gender Park featuring several delegates who include budding entrepreneurs and social innovators from national and international quarters.
