Gender Dimensions of the Global Financial Crisis
Gender Dimensions of the Global Financial Crisis: High-Income Countries
Tuesday, September 22, 4pm, 206 Ingraham
Gender Dimensions of the Global Financial Crisis: Middle- and Low-Income Countries
Wednesday, September 23, 4pm, 8417 Social Science
Open Seminar for students, faculty, and public
Thursday, September 24, 12:20pm, 8108 Social Science
Co-sponsored by Global Studies
DIANE ELSON is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex (UK). For almost 40 years, she has carried out research on gender and development, and is regarded as one of the 50 key thinkers on development – David Simon, ed., Fifty Key Thinkers on Development (Routledge, 2005). Her current research and teaching interests focus on global social change and the realization of human rights, with a particular focus on gender inequality and economic and social rights. Elson has served as a member of the U.N. Millennium Project Taskforce on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, and as vice-president of the International Association for Feminist Economics. From 1998 to 2000, she occupied the post of Special Advisor to the Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women.
Readings:
Hartmann, Heidi. “The Impact of the Current Economic Downturn on Women” Institue for Women’s Policy Research Paper #B260, June 2008 (pdf)
“Women and Recession: How Will This Recession Affect Women at Work” TUC (Trades Union Congress) Publication, January 2009 (pdf)
Elson, Diane. (2002) “The New International Financial Architecture: A View from the Kitchen” Fema Politica (pdf)
Young, Brigitte. “When ‘Credit Becomes Debt’ in the Subprime Crisis-Is there a Gender Dimension?” New Political Economy (forthcoming), pdf.