Jayati Ghosh argues it is time for feminists to enter into the discussion of alternatives more forcefully in order to define how economic institutions and policies can ensure a gender-just economy and society. Introduction We have just lived through a phase in which the only grand idea that survived in much of the world seemed […]
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Lois Woestman writing in May 2012 examines how, over the past two years, Greece has been undergoing economic shock therapy not unlike that undertaken by many countries in the Global South/Arab world. She argues that in the Greek case the EC institutions have been even more austere than the IMF. The impacts are similar to […]
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Every day the majority of women spend time – and often very long hours – cooking, cleaning, and caring for children, the ill and the elderly. Yet this work is not captured in data, is not discussed in national debates, and is usually not considered when designing and implementing economic and social policies. It remains […]
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Elizabeth Reid, Marilyn Waring, Corina Rodriguez Enriquez and Meena Shivdas examine social protection explaining what ‘social protection’ means, and the design and delivery of social protection interventions. They outline a feminist approach to social protection based on recent research on unpaid care work and applied strategies on women and children’s rights to land and other […]
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This session – one of the top ten breakout sessions as voted for by Forum participants – was open to all women’s groups interested to take part or currently working on tax justice issues. It aimed to examine regressive tax structures in Asia that affect women. Sharing of country campaigns and initiatives done to address […]
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Auditing Economic Policy in the Light of Obligations on Economic and Social Rights (2008) considers how concerned citizens might audit economic policies from a human rights perspective, which a particular focus on economic and social rights. The paper draws on a project on economic policy and social rights in Mexico and the USA, aiming to […]
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Workshop Rapporteur and Writer: Alexandra Spieldoch. Editor: Savi Bisnath. This report is the culmination of a two-day experts meeting, “The Right to Food, Gender Equality and Economic Policy.” The meeting was organized as a means to contribute to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food’s work on gender equality, including a final […]
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Written by Radhika Balakrishnan, Diane Elson, James Heintz and Nicholas Lusiani. Maximum Available Resources & Human Rights: Analytical Report highlights numerous questions and issues which could be raised in the context of evaluating whether a state is using the maximum resources available for the fulfillment of economic and social rights. It draws on a rich […]
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Written by Savitri Bisnath. This report is the culmination of a two-day experts meeting, “Macroeconomics and the Rights to Water and Sanitation,” which took place in Lisbon, Portugal from March 31 to April 1, 2011. The meeting was organized as a means to contribute to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to […]
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Over the past three decades, economic policy has been geared toward achieving economic growth, underwritten by assumptions about the virtues of the market. Efficiency rather than ethics has been the focus of concern. When attention has been paid to human rights, economic policy making has proceeded with the assertion that economic growth, no matter how […]
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By Radhika Balakrishnan and Diane Elson. Economic Policy and Human Rights presents a powerful critique of three decades of neoliberal economic policies, assessed from the perspective of human rights norms. In doing so, it brings together two areas of thought and action that have hitherto been separate: progressive economics concerned with promoting economic justice and […]
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Taxation is gendered and can reproduce or sometimes exacerbate gender inequalities. As demand for increased domestic resource mobilization grows, gender-based organizations need to expose the implicit and explicit gender biases of tax policies and advocate for their removal. This Tax Advocacy Tool Kit from Tax Justice Network-Africa will equip you to do just that. A summary […]
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This session was intended to provide a basic understanding of Feminist Economics’ (FE) contribution both to Economics and to Feminism: What does FE means? How has FE developed over time? What are FE main issues? What are FE critiques to mainstream Economics? What resources does FE provides to feminist activism? A summary prepared by AWID […]
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What is macroeconomic policy? What are examples of how macroeconomic policies shape the realities of women’s lives? Understanding the overall impact of macroeconomic policies on human rights can be an effective tool in feminist activism. This session explored the linkages between macroeconomic policies and human rights. Speakers: Radhika Balakrishnan (CWGL), James Heintz (Political Economy Research […]
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By Alejandra Scampini. FRIDAY FILE: As we celebrate International Food Day and International Rural Women’s Day this month AWID interviewed Elizabeth Mpofu, peasant women leader of La Via Campesina in Zimbabwe to reflect on the intersections between hunger, agriculture, gender, social and environmental justice and highlight the importance of food sovereignty. AWID: Via Campesina challenges […]
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