Dr Ratna Sahay, IMF Senior Advisor on Gender, on Mainstreaming Gender

How are multilateral institutions like the IMF helping close the
gender gap? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Dr. Ratna Sahay,
IMF Senior Advisor on Gender, about what’s at stake when we talk
about gender disparities, how the IMF’s first Strategy Toward
Mainstreaming Gender advances this effort and why it’s vital that
we focus on the multiplier effects to drive great, more inclusive
economic growth. Dr. Ratna Sahay is Senior Advisor on Gender in the
Office of the Managing Director at the International Monetary Fund.
She is responsible for mainstreaming gender in the Fund's core
activities-surveillance, programs, and capacity development. Prior
to this role, she was a Deputy Director in the Monetary and Capital
Markets Department. She has worked in several regional departments
in the IMF and has previously served as Advisor to Stanley Fischer
(First Deputy Managing Director) and Michael Mussa and Kenneth
Rogoff (both Economic Counselors at the IMF).