Teaching feminist economics to gender-blind policymakers in Hanoi

On 21 August I posted a blog for the International Association of Feminist Economics, of which I am a founder-member.  The post can be read here.

Unpaid care work, poverty and women's human rights

ActionAid International, the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, and Oxfam are facilitating the launch today of a report on unpaid care work and women's poverty by the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. The Report will be presented to the UN later in the month.

A video overview of the Report highlights its key messages, which has been a focal part of my research and advisory activity for decades:

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It is International Women's Day. Here's the truth.



Thanks to Norah for passing this on.

the 2nd annual David Morrison lecture in international development

I am very pleased to say that Trent University's excellent David Morrison Lecture in International Development is now on YouTube. Part 1 is below.



The rest of the lecture can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM8nqN4YZBE&feature=related