Guest Talk on Gender and Sustainable Development

Dr. Rahel Steinbach, Programme Officer at the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), Energy Branch, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, will be delivering a talk in Dr. Anand's International Environmental Politics class on Thursday March 19 from 3-4 pm. This talk will be part of the course discussion on Environmental Justice. Dr. Steinbach's talk is entitled, "Gender and Sustainable Development: An inextricable Link". It will focus on the reasons for mainstreaming gender into environmental and sustainable development approaches and demonstrate how it is being done. She will be accompanied by her team-mate Marie Jalabert.

Dr. Rahel Steinbach is an international development practitioner with expertise in sustainable development, climate change, energy efficiency, gender mainstreaming, bottom-up development/grassroot initiatives, project management, and strategic organizational management. She has 14 years development experience with UN agencies, government, civil society and private sector covering Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas with a holistic focus on socio-economic and sustainable development issues. Dr. Steinbach has extensive experience in strategic planning, financial and operational analysis, policy formulation, programme and fund management, including experience in financial and results-based reporting and evaluation. She has a Ph.D. in sustainable development focusing on bottom-up development (grassroot initiatives) and is fluent in English, French, Spanish and German.