2018 Gender Equity Symposium

OVERVIEW

The vision of Pittsburgh’s new Gender Equity Commission (GEC) is a future in which everyone in the City of Pittsburgh, regardless of gender identity or expression, is safe in all spaces, empowered to achieve their full potential, and no longer faces structural or institutional barriers to economic, social, and political equality. This half‐day symposium, hosted by Chatham University’s Women’s Institute, will bring the expertise of gender scholars and community leaders into conversation with GEC commissioners to consider how to reach this vision. Free and open to the public with registration.

PURPOSE

• To tap the expertise of gender scholars and community leaders as the commission conducts an intersectional analysis of all city functions, leading to policy recommendations.
• To engage the GEC with the Pittsburgh Gender Scholars Consortium and the broader community, connecting across organizational and disciplinary silos.