poverty

Making care visible

Posted in Labour & Work, The Role of the State on April 12th, 2013 by

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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Embracing Disruptions, Responding to Uncertainties, Valuing Agency: Situating a Feminist approach to social protection

Posted in Labour & Work, The Role of the State on April 12th, 2013 by

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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Exploring the Gender Specific Impacts of New Forms of International Trade: How, Why and Where?

Posted in Financial Flows on February 7th, 2013 by

Bilateral free trade and investment agreements are bringing in much more than trade, and their gender impact is changing in nature and depth. This session informed about and explored some of these issues across sectors such as agriculture, industry and services, with a focus on developing countries. A summary prepared by AWID staff of the […]

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Surviving the Fierce New World

Posted in Plenary 2 on October 25th, 2012 by

Gita Sen   The struggle for development We are living in a fierce new world where social contracts are being broken, where new players are emerging, but old ones are not willing to give up. The definitions and meanings of development are being fought over from who is being appointed at the IMF and the […]

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A powerful call for a more equitable economic system.

Posted in Labour & Work on October 24th, 2012 by

Against the backdrop of ancient mosques, 2,400 people from across the globe gathered in April at the 12th Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) International Forum in Istanbul, Turkey. It was a special gathering in many respects. The crowd consisted mostly of women, the majority of whom were from the global South, and we were […]

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The Other Financial Crisis: Growth and crash of the microfinance sector in India

Posted in Access to and control of resources on October 24th, 2012 by

Christa Wichterich. Abstract. Christa examines the integration of women into the financial market and the role borrowers of microcredits play. She argues that lending to women and microcredits as a main source of income has brought a financialization of everyday life to Indian villages resulting in a feminization of indebtedness. Introduction In recent years, India has […]

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