March 23rd, 7 p.m. (CET) Live stream at https://youtu.be/KU_QujdOlpY An online panel discussion hosted by Thomas Mann House, WZB Berlin Social Science Center and the American Council on Germany As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect lives around the world, it is becoming clear that the pandemic and its economic fallout are having a regressive effect on gender equality. Sociologist Jutta Allmendinger recently claimed the pandemic will set Germany back 30 years in terms of the equality achieved between men and women. Mothers in particular are disadvantaged by existing containment strategies. But, was the situation really much better to start with or is the pandemic only exacerbating inequities that long predated the virus, as economist Richard V. Reeves recently suggested? This panel discussion will feature Jutta Allmendinger (President of WZB Berlin Social Science Center) and Richard V. Reeves (Senior Fellow and Director of the Future of the Middle Class Initiative, The Brookings Institution). The discussion will be moderated by Birte Meier (Journalist, ZDF) whose residency at the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles to work on "Equal Pay in California and what Germany can learn from it" was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Send us your questions on the socio-economic impact of the pandemic via Slido. (No Registration Needed) 1 The Socio-Economic Impact of the Pandemic RUN OF SHOW (Draft, March 9) Date Thursday, March 23, 2021 Time 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CET Format Online panel discussion - each panelist joins the event remotely via Zoom (login details to follow) - Panel will be broadcast live for an online audience via YouTube - Q&A: The online audience can send in questions via sli.do Livestream link https://youtu.be/KU_QujdOlpY (VATMH YouTube channel) Sli.do-URL https://app.sli.do/event/23ymncjs or via www.slido.com using the event code #94226 Panelists Jutta Allmendinger (Sociologist, President of WZB Berlin Social Science Center) Richard V. Reeves Richard V. Reeves (Senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. Director of the Future of the Middle Class Initiative at Brookings) Moderator Birte Meier (Political Journalist, ZDF) Partners Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House (VATMH), WZB Berlin Social Science Center, American Council on Germany (ACG) SCHEDULE 6:40 p.m. Zoom session is launched Session is not broadcast on YouTube yet, only panelists are able to see/hear each other once they join 6:45 p.m. Panelists join the Zoom session (login details to follow) 6:59 p.m. Event goes live Online viewers can now see the Zoom session broadcast live on YouTube 7:00 – 7:03 p.m. Opening remarks by tbd, brief introduction event collaboration partners 2 7:03 – 7:40 p.m. Panel discussion moderated by Birte Meier, brief introduction of the panelists as well as sli.do Q&A instructions for online audience Birte Meier begins by asking opening question to be answered by each panelist (no individual panelist opening statements) 7:40 – 7:58 p.m. Audience Q&A: Online audience may submit written questions via sli.do Birte Meier has access to slido, reads select questions aloud to be answered by panelists 7:58 – 8:00 p.m. Closing remarks by Birte Meier 8:00 p.m. YouTube broadcast is ended, Zoom session is ended, recording is saved Twitter Handles @ja_allmendinger @richardvreeves @BirteMeier @WZB_Berlin @ACG_USA @ThomasMannHouse optionally: @BrookingsInst Possible Hashtags #COVID-19 #pandemic #genderequality #GenderPayGap #CareWork #inequities #EqualPay #coronavirus #equality #JuttaAllmendinger #RichardVReeves #BirteMeier #California #USA #LosAngeles #Berlin #Germany #WZB #Wissenschaftszentrum #ACG #AmericanCouncilOnGermany #ThomaMannHouse #Brookings Contacts VATMH Contacts WZB Contacts ACG Heike Catherina Mertens Dr. Harald Wilkoszewski Dr. Steven E. Sokol (Executive Director) (Chief Communications Officer) (President) T. +49- 30-20 62 36 40 M. +49 173 85 22 85 7 T: +1 212 826 5968 E. [email protected] E. [email protected] E: [email protected] Mirko Lux Dr. Katrin Schwenk (Communications & Programs) (Events & Networks) M. +49-176-32507127 T. +49 30 25491-535 E. [email protected] E. [email protected] 3 .