Long Story Short #18: What the European Development Days mean for development — and women

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Guests: Vince Chadwick, Devex reporter
Host: Kate Midden, Devex engagement editor

8,000 professionals gathered in Brussels this week for the European Development Days. This year’s theme was gender equality, with conversations surrounding the fundamental inequality that underpins discrimination, violence, and imbalances: the inequality of power.

In this week’s special edition episode, Devex reporter Vince Chadwick weighs in on whether the European Development Days matter — and what might come of them. We also hear from advocates and leaders, including comedienne Nidhi Goyal and Oxfam Executive Director Winnie Byanyima on the #MeToo movement, and European Investment Bank Head of Strategy Maria Shaw-Barragan on EIB’s gender strategy.

Additional reading:
• Do the European Development Days matter?
• EU greenlights Oxfam but poised to suspend others over safeguarding concerns
• Opinion: EU can stop the global rollback of girls' rights