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Promoting equal opportunities for women and men for accessing and pursuing financial and professional endeavors is critical for sustainable and inclusive economic growth of the country. Improved gender parity in financial and economic opportunities can enhance socioeconomic development outcomes for not just the present but future generations. Ultimately, a country’s success to empowering women rests on a gender responsive approach in its public policy management and implementation, including its financial policies. In this regard, women’s equal access to financial services becomes a priority for a country like Pakistan.

Launch of Consultation on Gender Policy
Held on Monday, December 21, 2020
Women must have equal
opportunities in accessing the
financial sector and pursuing
professional careers in the
financial sector.


 


 

 

 

 


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  Director, Aga Khan Development Network
Princess Zahra Aga Khan
 

Princess Zahra Aga Khan is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Princess Zahra serves in various leadership roles within the Aga Khan Development Network, including as Trustee of the Aga Khan University and the University of Central Asia.



  Director of Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF
MS. Ceyla Pazarbasiogl
 

Ms. Ceyla Pazarbasioglu is Director of the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department (SPR) of the IMF. In this capacity, she leads the work on the IMF’s strategic direction and the design, implementation, and evaluation of Fund policies. Ms. Pazarbasioglu previously served as Vice President at the World Bank Group.



  Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
Dr. Reza Baqir
 

Dr. Reza Baqir was appointed as the Governor of Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan, by the President of Pakistan on May 04, 2019. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Baqir had eighteen years of experience with the IMF and two years of experience with the World Bank. He was the Head of the IMF's Office in Egypt and Senior Resident Representative since August 2017. He has also held positions as IMF's Mission Chief for Romania and Bulgaria, Division Chief of the IMF's Debt Policy Division overseeing IMF's work on debt relief and sovereign debt restructuring, Head of the IMF delegation to the Paris Club, Deputy Division Chief of the IMF's Emerging Markets Division overseeing IMF's loans and policies in emerging markets, IMF Resident Representative to the Philippines, and numerous other positions.

Dr. Baqir's academic research has been published in top journals of the economics profession, including the Journal of Political Economy and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Dr. Baqir holds a Ph.D in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and an A.B. (Magna cum Laude) in Economics from Harvard University.



  Deputy Governor, State Bank of Paksitan
Ms. Sima Kamil
 

Ms Sima Kamil was appointed as the Deputy Governor of SBP by the Federal Government on August 25, 2020 for a period of 3 years with immediate effect. She assumed her responsibilities on August 26, 2020. Ms. Kamil is the first women appointed as Deputy Governor of SBP. She has over 35 years of experience in diverse fields of commercial banking, including Branch Banking; SMEs, Rural, Consumer and Corporate financing; and, investment banking. She has worked in various international banks including American Express Bank, ANZ Grindlays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank in areas of Corporate Banking and Risk Management.



   
  President of Gender Equality at
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Anita Zaidi
 

Dr. Anita Zaidi Dr. Anita Zaidi is the first President of Gender Equality at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Zaidi is overseeing a division comprised of the Foundation's Gender Equality program team and Gender Program Advocacy and Communications team. In her role, she is also responsible for the Foundation's broader gender integration agenda, working with and across all program teams to ensure gender is being incorporated in a smart, thoughtful way to increase impact.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Zaidi was the Ruby and Karim Bahudar Ali Jessani Professor and chair, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, at the Aga Khan University. In 2013, Dr. Zaidi became the first recipient of the $1 million Caplow Children's Prize for work in one of Karachi's poverty-stricken fishing communities to save children's lives.




Currently women are disproportionately under-served by the country's financial system as only 25% of the total unique bank accounts are owned by women in Pakistan. This disparity impedes Pakistan's national economic development. In order to reduce the gender gap, SBP has developed a Gender Mainstreaming Policy "Banking on Equality: Reducing the Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion" that aims to promote women financial inclusion in Pakistan.

The policy will introduce a gender lens within the financial sector through identified pillars and set of specific measures to bring a shift towards women friendly business practices.
 
 
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Webinar is focused on:

   
Global experiences on how gender-responsive policies may work best in the context of a developing country like Pakistan.
Rising gender gap in financial inclusion and how policy framework developed by SBP can address this.
Key considerations in designing and implementing the SBP policy and gathering stakeholder feedback.
   
     
 
       
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