Launch of the New ILO Care Policy Investment Simulator

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The ILO, with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has developed the Care Policy Investment Simulator, the largest online care policy modelling tool that once launched will be available for the general public. Containing data from more than 80 countries and built on over 180 statistical indicators, the Simulator automatically calculates both the investment requirements for a package of care leave policies and services and the related benefits in terms of job generation, reduction in gender employment and wage gaps and return on investment. 
The Simulator shows that technologies can be a powerful engine to support gender-transformative policy making and improve the lives of care providers, care workers and of those cared for. 

Opening remarks

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Chidi King
Branch Chief, Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Panelists

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Lenny N Rosalin
Deputy Minister for Gender Equality, Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection, Indonesia
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Nadine Flora Gasman Zylbermann
President, Inmujeres Mexico (Global Alliance for Care)
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Varina Winder
Deputy Senior Official, Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, United States of America
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Kalypso Goula
Secretary General for Gender Equality, Demography and Family, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs , Greece
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Lotta Sylwander
Lead Policy Specialist Gender, Sida (Sweden International Development Cooperation Agency), Sweden
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Shubnum Singh
Principal adviser from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) , India
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Paola Simonetti
Director, Equality Department, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
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Anne Connell
Senior Program Officer, Gender Policy Translation and Communication, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Jennifer Katherine Albone
Consultant, World Bank

Moderator

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Jemimah Njuki
Chief of the Economic Empowerment section, UN Women