Women and gender in development conference brings nearly 200 international researchers, practitioners to Virginia Tech

1:17 Women and gender in development conference brings nearly 200 international researchers, practitioners to Virginia Tech

By:

April Raphiou

13 Mar 2019 226

Students, faculty, and practitioners from around the world gathered at Virginia Tech during National Women's month to discuss current, critical issues on gender research in international development. The event marks the first time a conference has been held about gender, equity, and empowerment issues in international development that targets students and early-career professionals.

[00:00:37] >> Hi, my name is Maria Jones, and I'm with the Appropriate Scale Mechanization Consortium of the University of Illinois. It's a completely different experience for me to be here, to talk to women. to hear presenters' thoughts and opinions about the papers they've done and relevant work. Every single thing has been really exciting so far. [00:00:57] I'm so grateful to be here, to get the experience from various people. about gender justice, especially how we can empower both men and women to work together.