The GEDI Dialogue Gender Resource Centre (GRC) lIM Ahmedabad June 14, 2009 Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, IndiaThe GEDI Dialogue Gender Resource Centre (GRC) iM Ahmedabad June 14, 2009 The Gender Resource Centre (GRC), lIM Ahmedabad, invites you fora seminar on Gender Equity, Diversity and inclusivity titled The GED! Dialogue, to be held atlIM Ahmedabad, on June 14, 2009. The GEDI Dialogue is an attempt to bring together corporates, governmental and non-governmental organisations, and academics to interact on gender issues and propose an action plan, which will enhance work and personal relationships across al sectors. The seminar is distinct in nature as it is based on discussions of real life experiences and attempts to posit issues and propose processes for handling thesame At the seminar, et us get together, discuss and debate how the current economic meltdown impacts the roles men and women play both at home and at work. What are some of the obstacles men and women face while working together? Are these obstacles a result of gender differences, a variant Understanding of gender competencies, a consequence of having differing sil sets or an outcome of following a varying set of rules and policies for men and wornen within the organisation? While Diversity and inclusivity cells are being introduced by companies to manage the talent pool and resource crunch there stil exists a need to explore the following questions: + What is the success rate of the introduction of gender-friendly policies? + Has the academia through research, interventions and policy audits made significant contributions? + What is the government doing to address gender concerns? + How have civil bodies addressed gender issues? + What is the way forward? Substantial work on gender issues has been done by different stakeholders. While the focus for each has been different, there isa thread of commonality which strings together the efforts across domains and sectors: the need to amend, change, and forty existing policies, procedures and processes, Ifthatbe the call of the hour let us move ahead, collate and collaborate to bring to the table our findings and experiences. IMA, as a thought and action leader, takes the onus of bringing together luminaries from different fields and proposing the way forward for policy makers and others in a position to plan and implement changes in gender-related programmes.(Gur module for the serminaris simple, We propose @ round of presentations followed by breakout groups in which ciscussions on experiences will ead to proposals on the way forward, We will address the following areas at the seminar: + Recession andits mpacton Genderlssues + Women Entrepreneurship + Work Environment + Health and Gender + Legal Environment and Policies + Gender Responsive Budg + Social Networking + Education and Gender + CSRand Gender ‘The proceedings will be recorded and published on our GRC website, Benefits from attending the seminar + Prepare the groundwork for (fe)structuring of policies + Satisfactory rendering of Corporate Academic Responsibility (CAR) We invite practitioners, both men and women in comporate houses, goverment and non-governmental organisations and acadernies to shate their experiences, intatives, and proposals on issues and problems related to gender equity, diversity and inclusivity. Registration fee The registration fee will be Rs. 2,500 (Two Thousand and five hundred only. Please note that + The registration fee includes the seminar kit, beverages and lunch during the seminar. It does notinclude the cost of accommodation, local travel, and pre/post seminar tours. + If you are coming with a companion to the seminar, you will need to pay additional registration fee for her/him. + The fee once deposited will not be refunded, under any condition. + There will not be any discount or waiver of any kind, How to reach the venue ‘Ahmedabad is well connected with all the metropolises in India, There are direct fights by Indian Airlines, Jet ‘Airways and Air Sahara both in the morning and the evening from Delhi and Mumbai, Daily six express trains travel between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The Sardar Valabhbhai Patel aiportis the only airport in the city. The Institute is located in the Vastrapur area andis about 45 minutes drive from the apart and 25-30 minutes from the ralhway station. There is an Interstate Bus terminal at Pali Private contractors also run buses from Bombay, Nasik, Jaipur, Mehsana, Surat, Kota, ete Accommodation We encourage patticipants to arrange their own accornmodation as per their choice and need, There are many hotels located in the city which are barely 20 minutes drive away from the Institute, Limited arrangement for accommodation has been made within the IIMA campus at the Intemational Management Development Centre (IMDC) on a first - come - fist basis. The single rooms cost Rs. 2,800 per day, you are interested, please refer to the registration form for further deta n Institute of Management, Ahmedabad The Indian institute of Management, Ahmedabad, was set up by the Government of india in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat and Indian industry as an autonomous institution in 1961. Today the institute is regarded as one of the world's best in the discipline of management education.