Feminist Economics Toolbox

The mainstream economic system and the economic policies derived from it have significant impacts on women’s livelihoods and are a strong force in shaping their possibilities to fully exercise their rights and live a life with dignity. Any piece of the Forum program offered an opportunity for learning, but in particular, we developed an entire session block on the first day—our “feminist economics toolbox”—dedicated to information sharing, awareness-raising, and skills-building on themes linked to economics, economic policies or other issues of key concern for feminists interested in transforming economic power. This section of the website has been shaped from the ideas, resources, debates and materials shared at the Feminist Economics Toolbox sessions.

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP) / Growth
• Surviving Money and the Financial System
• Gender Equity through Taxation
• Rethinking Ideas of Work
• Climate Change Finance
• Demystifying the financial crisis
• International Financial Institutions
• Macroeconomic Policy
• Food Sovereignty and Food Security
• Feminist economics 101
• Commodification of Knowledge
• New Forms of International Trade
• International Financial Architecture
• Corporate Campaigning 101
• Development: some of us live it