Key Context Trends and Some Proposals for Transformation
Economic power cuts across all aspects of life, with important implications and possibilities for women’s rights. This plenary, from the second day of the 2012 AWID Forum, highlighted some of the key trends and their implications for transforming economic power in different arenas such as work, the environment and possibilities for sustainable development, militarism, violence, and culture. Speakers at this plenary also offered insight s on some of the specific proposals or alternatives that different groups are pursuing in different parts of the world.
Plenary Speakers
University of Auckland,
Cook Islands/New Zealand
United Nations
(UNDP),
Costa Rica
Auckland University of Tecnology
University of California-Davis, Nigeria
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women , Turkey
Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Third World Network, China
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Militarism, Violence & Conflict
Labour & Work
The Role of the State
Sexuality
The Planet and Ecological Health
Financial Flows
Access to and Control of Resources
Private Sector and Corporate Power
Culture and Religion
Global Governance
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