# <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> Webinar on Gender in the Private Sector COVID-19 Response: Best Practices from Turkey / Özel Sektörde Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve COVID-19 Etkisi Webinarı (Recording available)

（Türkçe versiyonu aşağıda bulabilirsiniz / Please find the Turkish version in continuation）

**Event Overview &amp; Key Take-Aways**

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is deeply gendered: it is intensifying the existing gender inequalities, widening the poverty gap between women and men, and it has already reversed decades of fragile progress on gender equality.

Women are employed in some of the most affected sectors. The digital gender gap further increases the impact on women in the private sector due to the movement restrictions, and women's needs are being deprioritized in many settings.

However, there is a window of opportunity for gender equality in the pandemic. This webinar discussed these opportunities, presented some best practices from the private sector in Turkey, and offered practical tools for implementation.

The private sector can and should be one of the core actors in building back better with gender lenses after the pandemic – for their own benefit and beyond.

**Organizers:**

TÜRKONFED and Connecting Business initiative (<span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span>)

**Recording in English:**

**Recording in Turkish:**

**Relevant documents:**

- Best Practices from the Turkish Private Sector on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women and Girls (access the full PDF [here](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.connectingbusiness.org%2FCOVID19-gender-best-practices-Turkey&data=04%7C01%7Cshahnaz.radjy%40undp.org%7C9ab74b0dec5e4ae4d1ed08d966dde351%7Cb3e5db5e2944483799f57488ace54319%7C0%7C0%7C637653925578417755%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=d8Ct%2B3gdwAU9G2UemjEQOE2crZMWfpmb1JoCFQ1LHjI%3D&reserved=0))
- Guidance Note: Addressing the Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 (access the full PDF [here](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.connectingbusiness.org%2FCBi-guidance-note-gender-COVID-19-private-sector&data=04%7C01%7Cshahnaz.radjy%40undp.org%7C9ab74b0dec5e4ae4d1ed08d966dde351%7Cb3e5db5e2944483799f57488ace54319%7C0%7C0%7C637653925578417755%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=NDrZAmZOyHo0HG9Jnv97S%2F6WQJvQu6WdkJ%2FhQZ0XemQ%3D&reserved=0))

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*Türkçe versiyonu*

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24 Ağustos 2021 | 10:00 – 11:00 Istanbul saati

**Hedefler:**

- Toplumsal cinsiyet, COVID-19 ve özel sektör arasındaki bağlantılar hakkında farkındalık yaratmak ve özel sektörün bu konu üzerinde çalışması için araçlar sunmak;
- Cinsiyet ve COVID-19'da özel sektör çalışmaları hakkında iyi uygulamalardan bahsetmek;
- Yöntem belirlenmesi için özel sektöre ve diğer ortaklara danışmak.

**Organizatörler**: TÜRKONFED ve Connecting Business initiative (<span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span>) ev sahipliğinde düzenlenmektedir.

**Dil:** Webinar İngilizce ve Türkçe gerçekleştirilecektir. Konuşmacılar ve katılımcılar her iki dili de kullanabilir, eş zamanlı olarak simultane çeviri yapılacaktır.

**Agenda:**

| 10:00 - 10:10 | Açılış Konuşması |
|---|---|
| 10:10 - 10:25 | COVID-19 ve Cinsiyet Eşitliği |
| 10:25 - 10:40 | İyi Uygulamalar ve Gelecek Dönem Planları |
| 10:40 - 10:55 | Özel Sektör Rolü ve Desteği Hakkında Danışmanlık |
| 10:55 - 11:00 | Kapanış Konuşması |

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