This session will explore the extent to which the IMF’s surcharge policy is consistent with its commitment to gender equality and a greener, smarter, and fairer COVID-19 recovery. Examples of increased discrimination against women, and other negative impacts of the surcharge policy, will be explored as well as actions to address the policy’s negative consequences.

• Moderator: Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics, Political Economic Research Institute; University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
• Panelist 1: Christina Laskaridis, lecturer in economics, Open University, UK
• Panelist 2: Shereen Talaat, co-director MENA, Arab Watch Coalition, MENA
• Panelist 3: Samah Krichah, program officer, Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, Tunis