Emily Esplen

Emily Esplen is Team Leader: Gender Equality and Women’s Rights, Global Policies and Partnerships Division, Development Co-operation Directorate. OECD.

Donors thinking big: beyond gender equality funds

The case for investing in southern women’s rights organisations is firmly established, but to create sustainability, resilience and long-term change donors need to invest in the infrastructure of the organisations and movements.

By Emily Esplen

/ 21 Nov 2016

Reclaiming care as a fundamental end in itself

In the global context of economic insecurity and emerging 'care crises', there is a real risk that the development industry becomes complicit in compounding women’s burden of unpaid care and entrenching traditional gender roles - something we must guard against, argues Emily Esplen

By Emily Esplen

/ 16 Apr 2012

What will it take to realise our vision of a just and equal world?

After thirty years of CEDAW, gender equality is at a vital juncture. How can we progress towards a just and equal world through such tumultuous times? Emily Esplen calls for a radical democratisation of political spaces, and the fashioning of new, inclusive alliances for justice

By Emily Esplen

/ 18 Dec 2009

Men and gender justice: old debate, new perspective

The nature of men's involvement in the struggle for gender justice has long fiercely divided gender-equality advocates. After nearly three decades of disagreement this seam of tension doggedly

By Emily Esplen

/ 28 Feb 2008