International Association For Feminist Economics IAFFENEWSLETTER Volume 16 Number 2 October 2006

FROM SYDNEY, WITH LOVE - PRESIDENT’S REPORT ON 2006 IAFFE CONFERENCE - EDITH KUIPER

worth it. The Women’s College was a duced the audience to regional issues very nice and suitable accommodation among which the position of indigenous and Gabrielle Meagher and her crew people was central. did a great job running the conference. One of the highlights of the confer- There were about 160 people from 30 continued on next page. countries and the program con- tained a truly international set of papers and sessions organized by among others Chinese and Indian Local organizer Gabrielle Meagher and IAFFE feminist economists and scholars President Edith Kuiper at one of the social events from the Pacific, New Zealand and in Sydney Australia. The preconference went For some people who generally attend well with 25 participants from about IAFFE conferences and a few others 12 countries. Gabrielle organized a who planned to come for the first time, wonderful and extremely interest- Sydney was too far away; the journey ing opening session. At this ses- too complicated and taking their fam- sion Jodie Ryan, Jane Kelsey and ily simply too expensive. For all those Rhonda Sharp presented and intro- who were able to come it was well Rhonda Sharp, Jodie Ryan, chair Meredith Burgmann and Jane Kelsey (with the mic) at the first plenary NEW JEAN SHACKELFORD PRIZE ANNOUNCED AT IAFFE CONFERENCE, SYDNEY The IAFFE Board has established a new honorary prize honoring founding mem- ber, past President, and long-time Secretary Treasurer of the organization, Jean INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Shackelford. The prize will be awarded on occasion to celebrate the work of an individual whose initiative, imagination and/or persistent efforts and dedication IAFFE Sydney Report 1 promote lasting contributions in advancing IAFFE’s goals. ASSA Chicago 2007 7 The prize was awarded for the first time at the IAFFE Sydney meetings in July--appropriately enough--to the person whom it will henceforth honor. Nancy Members News 10 Folbre and Diana Strassmann each spoke briefly, explaining the new prize and Feminist Economics CFPs 14 celebrating Jean’s many contributions. Two tokens of appreciation were handed New Books, Prizes & Awards 16 over with much appreciation and applause--a handwoven Chilean shawl and a Conferences & CFPs 19 small sculpture of a woman holding her arms in a large and worldly circle. Agneta Stark sang a lovely Swedish folk song. Many members of IAFFE reminisced with great affection. In the future, any member of IAFFE in good standing will be eligible for the award if nominated by another member. The IAFFE board will announce the de- tails of the committee structure set up to administer the prize in future newsletters and on the website.

IAFFE Vol. 16, No. 2 Page 1 position of Executive Director or Asso- IAFFE CONFERENCE -- Sydney ciation Manager (as this position was called in the Strategic Report) needs our attention and needs to be handled in the coming months. The Board, sup- continued from pg 1 For those who were not present at that ported by the Membership Meeting, ence was the talk of Marilyn Waring meeting I hereby provide some main asked the Secretary General Mary who, after she received a standing points of this report. King and the Treasurer Ann Mari May ovation from the audience, gave us a to work on a proposal for a workable probing report on the way globalization The Executive Committee (EC), cur- model, and to start working with it, pro- is playing out in the region and what rently consisting of the President (Edith vided that this model will be thoroughly counter strategies can be considered. Kuiper), the President Elect (Martha evaluated in January and more final de- Although Marilyn’s work has been cru- MacDonald), the Treasurer (Ann Mari cisions on the issue of the organization cial for a lot of feminist economists and May), the Secretary General (Mary of the IAFFE administrative support will so many people in the audience had King) and two elected Board Members be taken in Chicago and in Bangkok. been working with her materials, we (Diana Strassmann and Eudine Barri- As a result the IAFFE contact address never had the chance to meet her at teau), has been working on the further has been changed, as seen elsewhere one of our conferences. Thus her talk implementation of the strategic plan in this newsletter. and presence at the conference was and the strengthening of the organiza- like welcoming her home. tion. The current functioning of the EC To get IAFFE running on a long-term is already an important step forward financially sustainable basis, the EC in broadening and spreading the work also set up a Long Term Fundraising and responsibilities for running IAFFE. Committee (chaired by Edith Kuiper). We will continue to work on strength- This Committee consists of a group of ening the committee structure so all people who have been involved and members who want to contribute and have substantial experience in raising be active in IAFFE can find their place funds for IAFFE, and who have com- to do that. IAFFE has retained the law mitted themselves to work on this in firm Weil, Gotshal and Manges, which the coming years (Bina Agarwal, Mar- has been working with us pro bono – iam Chamberlain, Agneta Stark, Irene coming up with really sound, reflective van Staveren, Diana Strassmann, and and cooperative advice, I must say. I Myra Strober). At the Board meeting have been most impressed by the work in Sydney and over the conference, Steve Loden and Melanie Gray have discussions and brainstorms were been doing for us. conducted on the possibilities and re- courses IAFFE has in raising funds and One of the things the EC has been setting up sessions and other projects working on, with support of the Board, to bring in funds. One of the ideas that is the setting up of the Governance was wholeheartedly welcomed was that Marilyn Waring Committee (chaired by Myra Strober) by Randy Albelda to raise funds so we that will work with our legal advisors can hire someone to work on fundrais- At the Membership Meeting Ann Mari on a set of issues concerning IAFFE’s ing, writing reports and proposals on a May was welcomed as the newly ap- legal structure, such as the decision continued on next page. pointed IAFFE Treasurer. Ann Mari making process in IAFFE, the required stepped in as our new treasurer when changes of the bylaws, the way of Kim Marie McGoldrick resigned this handling contracts and affiliations es- The IAFFE newsletter will be spring. The Board has elected her pecially with internal parties, and a published two times this year. It is unanimously as our new Treasurer and more precise articulation of the tasks, distributed to members of IAFFE. her term will run until January 2009. responsibilities and liabilities of IAFFE Current Editor: Prue Hyman Elsewhere in this Newsletter you find officers. You can expect proposals from New Editor: Fiona MacPhail more information about her. this Committee by January already and Send future news items to: more to be discussed at our conference [email protected] At this meeting the President outlined in Bangkok next year. [see p.3 for more on the change] the recent rather turbulent develop- ments IAFFE has gone through lately, The organization of the main office and and explained matters in some detail. the evaluation and remodeling of the

Page 2 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 regular basis for IAFFE, and be self- nization: we celebrated Jean Shackel- RHONDA WILLIAMS PRIZE- sufficient in doing so. People were en- ford for her longstanding and essential WINNER ANNOUNCED - thusiastic about this, and elsewhere in work for IAFFE as founder and later as PRIYA CHATTIER this Newsletter Randy informs you how Secretary/Treasurer of IAFFE over the you can join this effort and where you last 15 years. It was a dear moment can send your suggestions and/or your when members stepped up and told to money! This initiative is very important those present their stories, memories for IAFFE and your support cannot be and little tales about Jean and how they missed! Fundraising activities for the worked with her. Nancy Folbre pre- Bangkok conference have taken off al- sented the Jean Shackelford Award, ready, but your suggestions, contacts which will be handed out on occasion and ideas and proposals for session to someone recognizing extraordinary and other projects are of course most service on behalf of IAFFE. welcome. Please contact Barbara Hop- kins, Martha MacDonald or Edith Kui- Due to the recent developments in the per on this account. transition, IAFFE has been inevitably Sakuntala presents Rhonda Williams Award to rather internally oriented over the last Priya Chattier in Sydney IAFFE is currently working on improv- year. At the conference however, we ing its website. We have changed the have been able to turn outwards again, The Rhonda Williams prize for 2006 location of the website and are now get ready and plan for the Bangkok has been won by Priya Chattier from working on making the website more conference, and get focused on plan- the Fiji Islands. Priya is a sociologist accessible, which means more regular ning and elaborating plans for support- with her doctoral thesis underway . Her updates, more interactive communica- ing and propagating feminist econom- winning entry was: “Gender and pov- tion with and between members and ics further. Exciting initiatives are the erty – intersections of race, class and improved administration of member- project by Diane Elson, Caren A.Grown ethnicity”, which focused on inequali- ship and conference registration. Mary and Rania Antonopoulos to develop a ties in capabilities and intra-household King is working with Raj Mankad of the first Feminist Economics PhD at the negotiations among women of Indian Journal and Rice University on mak- Levy Economics Institute of Bard Col- origin, among the poorer strata, in ing this work. The website will become lege in upstate New York; activities in the Fiji Islands. The Rhonda Williams increasingly important especially since China on getting feminist economics Scholarship is awarded by IAFFE an- IAFFE is an international organization courses set up; and the emergence of nually, to commemorate the work of and the IAFFE website can supply in- a European Network on Gender Sen- Rhonda Williams who combined schol- formation, documentation and be a fo- sitive Budgeting. At the conference arship with activism. The announce- rum for members who are working in people came up with plans to support ment for applicants for next year’s prize a marginalized and/or isolated position the exchange of feminist economic is later in this newsletter. on feminist economic issues. If you are publications and provide support for li- interested in working with Mary and the braries in developing countries; further Membership Committee on this, you preparations are being made for the in- are most welcome to contact them. ternational network of regional contact persons, and ideas are on the table to NEW NEWSLETTER EDITOR At the conference dinner, IAFFE establish a working paper series based FIONA MACPHAIL thanked the main mother of the orga- on the annual conference papers, etc, I’m delighted to take on the job of the etc. We will keep you informed and look IAFFE Newsletter Editor in 2007 - and forward to working with you on these I will try to track Prue’s digital footstep! and other plans and projects. I look forward to receiving your feminist economics news items – personal and political, conference and workshop an- nouncements, and discussion items, FROM NEWSLETTER EDITOR photos, among others. Do please send PRUE HYMAN items to me by email at macphail@unbc. Thanks to IAFFE members for the op- ca or regular mail at: portunity to have been your Editor for a Fiona MacPhail, Economics Program, few years and for cooperating by send- University of Northern British Colum- ing in excellent material – it was an en- bia, 3333 University Way joyable experience. Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9, Canada Jean Shackelford

Page 3 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 CONFERENCE 2006 ENHANCED Joy describes her approach as follows not always intentional, I find that my BY ART AND MUSIC (abbreviated): artworks invariably reflect back to me Having had a childhood love of art and something about my spirit (self-reflec- Many of you will have seen Joy Paton’s art history, it was only in recent years tion) or my politics (feminism, envi- beautiful art work ‘Aspara Dancing’ in that I first took the plunge and began ronmentalism). If there’s a connection the material advertising the confer- drawing and painting. The motivation? with my academic work, it’s here that ence. Those of us in Sydney were lucky Call it ‘thesis avoidance’ or a ‘mid-life it emerges - the (still-to-be-completed) enough to be able to see an exhibition crisis’, but two years into a PhD and I PhD is concerned with the question of of her work and to receive a page in our found myself enrolled in a college art ecological sustainability. folders describing her approach to her course! Oh, and I had my first trips For more information, please contact art and with reproductions of two works, overseas to South East Asia (still doing Joy: [email protected]. one of them included below – MASKED the same PhD) where I accumulated a TROUPE – sadly here without the co- vast array of photographic material from We were also lucky enough to be enter- lour. which to create artworks—the confer- tained by New Zealand IAFFE member ence poster and Celtic Harpist Celia Briar, playing being one her new purple titanium travelling harp e x a m p l e . at the Conference reception. D r a w i n g the human figure is a challenging d i s c i p l i n e that I find immensely satisfying, but for ‘soul food’ I turn to paint and texture. Al- though it’s

CONFERENCE 2006 – PARTICIPANTS’ IMPRESSIONS

Chinese Women Economists hold resource allocation, health, and nomic research between Chinese and make their Debut in IAFFE ageing in transitional China obtained international scholars,” as Fenglian Du, by Song Yueping from national representative data in the a professor from Inner-Mongolian Uni- session “Women’s Work and China’s versity of China said, “and we should Can Chinese economists have some- Labor Market Reforms” and other re- attach more importance to the theoreti- thing to say about how they do gender lated sessions. cal feminist economic framework in our studies inside China? Seven young research and explore the stories behind women economists from China gave a Liqin Zhang from China Agriculture statistical regressions.” definitely positive answer with their per- University expressed her excitement: formance during the 15th annual con- “IAFFE offers us a platform to see All seven participants have benefited gress of IAFFE held in Sydney in July what and how economists from other from the CWE program in which they 2006, with sponsorship from the Ford countries are doing on women/gender received systematic training on econo- Foundation and IAFFE. Four of the issues.” “We should strengthen and metrics with a gender perspective and seven participants are faculty members broaden our connection with interna- a one-year mentoring on paper writing of Chinese universities and the other tional academia in gender studies and and publishing with established schol- three are PhD candidates, and all are use the frontier information and knowl- ars. Most of the presentations were participants of Chinese Women Econo- edge to guide our research”, said Sai developed from their research projects mists Research and Training Program Ding, a research fellow in Institute of supervised by the CWE program. (CWE). They presented their findings Ethnology and Anthropology of the about the status of women in diverse Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. One of the founders and coordinators areas including income distribution, “There still exists a big gap in eco- of the CWE program, Xiao-yuan Dong, unemployment, career mobility, house- continued on next page.

Page 4 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 professor of economics in the Univer- sity of Winnipeg, Canada, gave a vivid illustration on gender disparities at eco- nomics departments of Chinese uni- versities where women bear a heavier teaching load but are less active in research, compared to their male col- leagues. That’s why she initiated CWE program in 2002 together with Yaohui Zhao, professor of economics in Center of Chinese Economic Research, Pe- king University. The program is aimed to boost women economists’ research ability by equipping them with modern research tools and gender sensitivity, offering them more opportunities for academic exchange and dissemina- tion, and developing contact with wom- en economists from other countries. Front row (left to right): Liqin Zhang, China Agriculture University, Sai Ding, Institute of Minority and The participants of the program are Anthropology Research, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Liangshu QI, College of Economics grateful to IAFFE for its support and and Management, Tsinghua University, Yueping Song, Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai encouragement. University, Fenglian Du, Inner Mongolian University. Back row (left to right): Lan Liu, Renmin University, Xiao-yuan Dong, Economics Department, Univer- Song Yueping, Department of Sociol- sity of Winnipeg, Canada, Nancy Folbre, Mary King, Gale Summerfield ogy, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China, Email: songyueping@hotmail. com.

Xiao-yuan Dong and Nancy Folbre chat after the panel From Susan Hawthorne, Research Associate, Victoria University, Melbourne I was thrilled when I heard that IAFFE would be coming to Australia and I put the word out among my colleagues, friends and students. I was involved in initiating the Roundtable on Lesbian idea that men are at the centre of eco- lesbian economics had been raised at Economics, its Contributions to and nomic activity. Indeed, it suggests that previous conferences, although I did Neglect within Feminist Economics and they may be marginal. Lesbian eco- hear a paper by Karin Schoenpflug really delighted when there was such nomics puts at the centre relationships at the Barbados conference (where, an enthusiastic response. Although not between women and it suggests a shift by the way, lesbianism is illegal). Lee all who wanted to present could attend, away from economics of domination presented some thoughts from Stacey we nevertheless had four presentations and profit to other models. Prue Hyman Sneeringer reflecting on her experi- – one in absentia. The session was well looked at the whole landscape of eco- ence at IAFFE conferences and on the attended and I was relieved that it was nomics and how lesbians fit or don’t fit lack of research and research priority not marginalized in the program. The the parameters. She discussed issues given to lesbian economics. I feel that discussion at this session was incredi- of community, of income and economic it is probably about time for a special bly thought provoking and many issues welfare, and also raised the challenge issue of Feminist Economics on Lesbi- raised. Doing lesbian economics makes it provides to feminist economics. Lee an Economics. I suspect this has been you think. There are no pat answers to Badgett continued in this vein, raising suggested in the past, but perhaps it many questions. There is a small and the thorny issue of marginalisation with- is time for it to happen. If the level of solid core of research in the area, but it in feminist economics if one focuses on enthusiasm of the discussion is any is not widely known. And it is challeng- lesbian economics. As a relative new- indicator, there would be well and truly ing. By its very nature it challenges the comer to IAFFE I had not realised that sufficient interest in the issue.

Page 5 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 From Marianne A. Ferber From Ryl Harrison, Townsville, CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Australia is a long way from Champaign- Australia,James Cook Univer- FUTURE IAFFE Urbana, Il, but I am glad I made the trip. sity CONFERENCE SITES – The conference was very worthwhile, I really enjoyed the conference - it was JEAN SHACKELFORD as always: interesting papers, lively a place where the word “Feminist” was discussions, excellent speeches at the spoken and heard. There was a pre- The IAFFE Conference Site Commit- main events, visits with old and new conference day for newcomers to femi- tee would very much appreciate your friends – and all of this in Sydney, a city nist economics and this was helpful and assistance in its efforts to develop really worth seeing in a continent not interesting because women working proposals for future IAFFE conference only worth visiting itself but also located on their PhDs gave overviews of their sites. Currently we are working on a near New Zealand a country especially studies. Jane Kelsey from University conference schedule: worthy of attention from everyone be- of Auckland gave a really interesting 2010 - Global South cause of its beautiful scenery and from keynote with a lot of information about 2011 - Europe feminists because of its long history of our region, material that you don’t hear 2012 - North America rights for women, So, I want to to thank anywhere else about Australia (and If you are interested in hosting a future the members of the IAFFE board and New Zealand’s) role in the economies IAFFE conference at your institution, our Australian hosts for providing an and politics of the South Pacific na- or if you have suggestions for future occasion for the rest of us to visit “down tions - not good news. Her paper pre- conference sites, please email me under.” Before closing, however, I also sented case studies of Fiji nurses be- as soon as want to thank Prue Hyman, first for ing trained for export to Australia/NZ for possible. The committee is interested the marvelous hospitality she and her nursing homes/child care and men be- in working with members and possible partner extended to Gale Summerfield ing trained for security in Iraq. This fit- host institutions to develop proposals and me at their beautiful home near ted in really well with Marilyn Waring’s for the IAFFE board. We do have one Wellington, and second for the great presentation, which also concentrated or two initial inquiries, yet we have job she has been doing with the IAFFE on our region. I found their analyses several years to plan and prepare Newsletter ever since she took over clear, concise and cutting. One of the for-as well as to think about contingen- the job from Gale and me. I am sure best parts of the conference was the cies. Thanks for your help and your that she must be pleased to have more chance to meet new people. I met interest. time for other work, but will also miss some really great women and was in- the contact with other IAFFE members spired and encouraged by them. I at- that this job inevitably entails. tended Susan Hawthorne, Prue Hyman and Lee Badgett’s panel on Lesbian From Marianne T. Hill Economics because I knew for sure it A quick note on my post-conference would be good and it was. One of the activities: my daughter and I took a hardest parts of the conference for me (modified) 8 km. walk-about in the Blue was decoding.... by that I mean I didn’t Mountains with an aboriginal guide know who was who and how these pre- who showed us ceremonial grounds senters integrated their economics and and rock carvings. The three of us were feminism. I did pick up the obvious stuff alone with nature for six hours, and the (one woman must not have realised it land and wildlife spoke to us as elo- was a Feminist Conference and others quently as the guide. (Next, to the seal who had clear Marxist frameworks), but colony on Montague Island, which was there were some where I was trying to just wonderful.) Let me add I was very peg what I was hearing on what I knew. pleased to see the emphasis on Aus- I admired many of the women for their tralia’s aboriginal heritage while I was work in the system of economics, and “down-under” -- conference speakers for the organisation they have created Prue Hyman shows Marianne Ferber the beauty repeatedly stressed the urgent need to (IAFFE) to support themselves and of Wellington NZ before the conference recognize and build on that cultural in- others. Another good thing was that I heritance in addressing issues such as feel much more comfortable with “num- unemployment and poverty. I was also bers” now. Economics and statistics impressed that guides in the national can be offputting - strange language, parks also often referred to Australia’s numerical representations of life. I think native heritage, and related aboriginal now it is not the numbers that are the myths and traditions. problem, it’s the stories men tell about them. I should have guessed that!

Page 6 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 and who come from countries with CONFERENCES 2007 developing and transition economies, are eligible to apply for this funding. The deadline is January 31, 2007. You must also submit a paper proposal by FROM INCOMING 2007 IAFFE PRESIDENT that deadline. Please check the IAFFE website for Travel Grant application in- MARTHA MACDONALD formation.

Please watch the IAFFE website for fur- We hope this conference will attract ther details about the conference in the many participants from Asia, and IAFFE upcoming months, including registra- hopes to build its links and membership tion, hotel and travel information. We in the region in conjunction with the look forward to another great IAFFE conference. A meeting of Asian mem- conference! bers was held at the Sydney confer- ence and follow-up initiatives are in the works. Barbara Hopkins agreed to co- IAFFE AT ASSA JANUARY ordinate the follow-up and Semsa Ozar 2007 - CHICAGO is helping coordinating fundraising ef- forts to support Asian participation in The annual meeting of the Allied So- the conference. We are investigating cial Science Association (ASSA) will be having translation available for at least held in Chicago, Illinois, USA January part of the proceedings. Panel propos- 5-7 2007 and IAFFE will be well repre- als and individual paper submissions sented. The response to our call for pa- are invited on any aspect of feminist pers was strong and unfortunately we inquiry into economic issues. As this is were not able to accommodate all good the first IAFFE conference to be held in submissions. IAFFE has three session 16TH ANNUAL IAFFE CON- Southeast Asia, we particularly encour- slots at this conference and as well we FERENCE - BANGKOK, THAI- age participation of researchers, policy were able to arrange to co-sponsor LAND, JUNE 29-JULY 1, 2007 makers and activists from this region. seven additional sessions. Thanks to Important themes include migration Randy Albelda, Jennifer Olmsted, Ellen We are grateful to Yada Praparpun, our and migrant workers, trade and its im- Mutari and Eleanor Brown for initiating local IAFFE contact for the conference, pact on women, sex work and the sex joint sessions with the Union for Radi- which will be hosted by Ramkhamhe- trade, informal work, women and poli- cal Political Economics (URPE), Labour ang University. We look forward to wel- tics in Asia, and aging. Interdisciplinary and Employment Relations Association coming many participants and encour- approaches are welcome. (LERA), Economists for Peace and Se- age you to spread the word through curity (EPS), the Association for Social your networks. IAFFE Board meet- The call for papers is available on the Economics (ASE) and the Association ings will precede the conference. Once IAFFE website. Panel proposals and for the Study of the Grants Economy again, we will be offering a pre-confer- individual paper submissions are in- (ASGE). This year there are many par- ence workshop for those who want to vited on any aspect of feminist inquiry ticipants from outside North America. learn more about feminist economics. into economic issues. The deadline for Unfortunately, IAFFE is not able to pro- After several years of excellent work, submissions is January 31, 2007 for ev- vide travel support for this conference. Drucilla Barker and Edith Kuiper have eryone, including those seeking travel handed over the reins for this program support. IAFFE works to raise funds to In addition to the academic sessions, to Linda Lucas. The PreConference, provide some financial assistance with IAFFE holds several meetings at the on June 28, 2007, is a wonderful in- travel and other expenses associated ASSA. The IAFFE Board meets on troduction to IAFFE and to the study with attending our Annual Conferences the day before the conference (Thurs- of Feminist Economics. You will be in for people from developing and transi- day) and the Associate Editors meet small sessions with the “old crones” of tion economies, including Eastern Eu- on Sunday afternoon at the end of the the organization, the founding mothers, rope and the former U.S.S.R. Our goal conference. In addition, there will be a and the editor of Feminist Economics. is to foster the diversity of the geograph- membership meeting and author’s cel- Space is limited so sign up early. Con- ical representation and perspectives at ebration at lunch on Friday. This year tact Linda Lucas (Lucasle@eckerd. IAFFE conferences. People who plan IAFFE member June Lapidus has ar- edu) for more information. to present a paper at the conference, ranged for the Economics Department continued on next page.

Page 7 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 at nearby Roosevelt University to host MARILYN POWER, Sarah Lawrence Col- JULIE NELSON, Tufts University--Econom- a reception for IAFFE, to be held Janu- lege--Feminist and Ecological Economics: ics for Humans: Conscience, Care and ary 6 (Saturday) 5: 30 -8:30. It will be Applying a Social Provisioning Approach to Commerce? a great opportunity to socialize and an Analysis of the Effects of Natural Disas- MALIHA SAFRI, University of Massachu- have some fun. Another event of great ters setts-Amherst--The Global Household: interest to IAFFE members will be the JANE WHEELOCK, University of Newcas- Remittances, Household Production and Presidential address to the Labour and tle--Social Reproduction and Sustainability: Migration Employment Relations Association The Role of Art Discussants: ULLA GRAPARD, Colgate (LERA), by IAFFE member Deb Figart. Discussants: JOHN DAVIS, University of University, JUNE LAPIDUS, Roosevelt Uni- Congratulations, Deb and we look for- Amsterdam and Marquette University, EL- versity ward to your address on Saturday (Jan. LEN MUTARI, Richard Stockton College of 6th) in the 7:45 am time slot. Breakfast New Jersey Jan. 5, 2:30 pm - URPE/IAFFE - Gender reservations and tickets for this event and HIV/AIDS: Sexuality, Health, Educa- will be available for order on the ASSA Jan. 5, 8:00 am, URPE/IAFFE - Gender tion and Economic Development (I1) conference registration form. and Development: Assessing Invest- Presiding: LAURIE NISONOFF, Hampshire ments, Empowerment Strategies, and College Measuring Women’s Progress (O1) YAVUZ YASAR, University of Denver— Event Schedule: Presiding: GUNSELI BERIK, University of Gendered Epidemic and De-Gendered De- Jan. 4, 9-11 am - Finance Committee (Hyatt Utah velopment: HIV/AIDS, Economic Develop- - Skyway 282) and Membership Committee CAREN GROWN, DIANE ELSON, Levy ment, and Sexuality in Cambodia (Skyway 281) Economics Institute at Bard College, ESTHER REDMOUNT and MEGAN MC- Jan. 4, 11 am-6:30 pm - IAFFE Board of Di- CHANDRIKA BAHADUR, and JESSIE CALLISTER, Colorado College—AIDS and rectors meeting (Hyatt- Field) HANDBURY, UN Millennium Project—The the Education of Girls in Swaziland with Jan. 5, 12:30-2:15 pm – Membership Meet- Financial Requirements of Achieving Gen- Particular Attention to Orphanages ing and Author’s Celebration /Reception der Equality and Women’s Empowerment MONICA DAS, Delhi University, India, and (Hyatt Plaza A) in Low Income Countries YAKUB QURAISHI, Secretary, Government Jan. 5, 4:30-6:30 pm – Governance Com- RAMYA M. VIJAYA, Richard Stockton Col- of India—Sexuality and Scourge of the Syn- mittee meeting (Hyatt - Skyway 282) lege—Trade, Jobs, and Gender Trends drome- An Indian Contact Jan. 6, 4:30-6:30 pm – Long-Term Fund- SUCHARITA SINHA, University of Califor- CONSOLATA KABONESA, Makere Uni- raising Committee meeting (Hyatt - Skyway nia-Riverside—The Conundrum of Devel- versity, Uganda—Health Sector Reforms, 282) opment: Increasing Literacy and Female Gender Relations and HIV/AIDS in Hoima Jan. 6, 5:30-8:30 pm – Reception, Roos- Disadvantage in Urban India District evelt University FARIDA C. KHAN, University of Wisconsin- Discussants: CHERYL DOSS, Yale Univer- Jan. 7, 12:15-3 pm – Feminist Econom- Parkside—Localizing Gender Development sity, CECILIA CONRAD, Pomona College ics Associate Editors meeting ((Hyatt - Indices: The South Asian Particular Dusable) Discussants: GUNSELI BERIK, Univer- Jan. 6, 8:00 am URPE/IAFFE - Border- Please watch the IAFFE website (www.iaffe. sity of Utah, JERRY EPSTEIN, University lines: Gender and Migration (J6) org) for room numbers and any updates to of Massachusetts-Amherst, STEPHANIE Presiding: MARY KING, Portland State the sessions and events schedules. SEGUINO, University of Vermont Univ LOURDES BENERÍA, Cornell University— SESSIONS SCHEDULE, Jan. 5, 10:15 am Hyatt – Ogden, IAFFE Paid/Unpaid Work and the Globalization of IAFFE AT THE ASSA - Economics and Gender: Theory and Reproduction Jan. 5, 8:00 am, Swissotel - Vevey Practice (B5) ALICIA GIRÓN GONZÁLEZ and MA. LUI- Room - ASE/IAFFE - Bringing House- Presiding: ANN MARI MAY, Middlebury Col- SA GONZÁLEZ MARÍN, UNAM, Mexico— holds and Social Reproduction in Strat- lege Women, Migration, and Economic Policy egies for Sustainability ANNE BOSCHINI, Stockholm University, PHILLIP J. GRANBERRY and ENRICO Presiding: ELLEN MUTARI, Richard Stock- and ANNA SJÖGREN, Research Institute MARCELLI, University of Massachusetts- ton College of New Jersey of Industrial Economics - Is Team Forma- Boston—Mexican Immigrant Wages: Are ELISSA BRAUNSTEIN, Colorado State tion Gender Neutral? Evidence from Coau- Men’s and Women’s Social Capital Differ- University--Women’s Nonmarket Work, thorship ent? Gender Inequality, and Economic Growth in CAROLE GREEN, University of South ULLA GRAPARD, Colgate University—Im- East Asia and Latin America Florida, ROBIN BARTLETT, Denison Uni- migration and the Danish Welfare State: S. CHARUSHEELA, University of Hawaii- versity, and MARIANNE FERBER, Univer- Where are Women’s Voices? Manoa, and COLIN DANBY, University of sity of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign--Policy Discussants: MARY KING, Portland State Washington, Bothell--When is “The House- Orientation and the Decision to Major in Univ, FARIDA KHAN, Univ. of Wisconsin- hold”? Economics Parkside, MARIA FLORO, American Univ. continued on next page.

Page 8 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 Jan. 6, 10:15 am Hyatt – Ogden – IAFFE sity--Gender Dimensions of Internal Dis- Presiding: JUNE LAPIDUS, Roosevelt Uni- - Gender, China, and the WTO (P3) placement in Turkey versity Presiding: XIAO-YUAN DONG, University JENNIFER OLMSTED, Drew University-- MARTHA MACDONALD, Saint Mary’s Uni- of Winnipeg Gender and Military Occupation in Iraq and versity--Women and Canada’s Employment GUNSELI BERIK, University of Utah--Chi- Palestine Insurance: The First Decade na’s Economic Transformation and Femi- JENNIFER RYCENGA, San Jose State LONNIE GOLDEN, Pennsylvania State nist Economics University--How Institutional Religious University-Abington--Strength and Flex- GALE SUMMERFIELD, University of Il- Structures Impede or Enhance Women’s ibility: Gender Differentials in Flexible Daily linois-Urbana-Champaign--Rural Devel- Participation on Issues of Peace, Security, Work Scheduling and Location Supports opment and Gender Realities in China: A Equality, and Creativity VICKY LOVELL, Institute for Women’s Case Study of Population Control and Land ROBERT REINAUER, University of Mas- Policy Research--Voluntary Paid Sick Time Rights Reforms in Northern Liaoning sachusetts-Amherst--Women and Post- Programs: Adequacy, Equity, and Trends XIAO-YUAN DONG, University of Winni- conflict Economic Reconstruction in Gua- HEATHER BOUSHEY, Center for Economic peg--Economic Restructuring and Gender temala: Evidence from Agrarian Reform and Policy Research and RANDY ALBEL- Differences in Productivity and Wages: Evi- Communities DA, University of Massachusetts-Boston dence from China’s Industrial Enterprises MARGUERITE WALLER, University of Cal- - Bridging the Gaps: Can Single Mothers YANA VAN DER MEULEN RODGERS, ifornia-Riverside--Is Post-Conflict Forced Package Earnings and Government Ben- Rutgers University --Structural Change Prostitution a War Crime? efits to Make Ends Meet? and Competition with China: Implications Discussant: ELISABETTA ADDIS, Univer- Discussant: PAULA VOOS, Rutgers for Female Workers in Cambodia’s Textiles sità degli Studi di Sassari and Garment Industries NEW BOOKS Discussants: JOYCE JACOBSEN, Wesley- Jan. 7, 8:00 am Hyatt – San Fransisco - Julie Nelson will be announcing newly pub- an University, JAMES W. HUGHES, Bates IAFFE/ASGE - Parenthood and Work in lished books by IAFFE members at the College Europe and the U.S. (J2) membership meeting. If you have recently Presiding: DANIÈLE MEULDERS, Univer- published a book which you would like to Jan. 6, 10:15 am Hyatt - San Francisco sité Libre de Bruxelles have included in this celebration, please - ASGE/IAFFE - Gender Issues and the DANIÈLE MEULDERS and LEILA MARON, send a description to julie.nelson@tufts. Welfare State (H5) Université Libre de Bruxelles--The Effect edu or Julie Nelson, GDAE, 44 Teele Ave., Presiding: JANOS HORVATH, Budapest of Parenthood on Employment Continuity, Tufts University, Medford MA 02155 USA. University of Economic Sciences Working Time and Segregation in Europe EUNYOUNG CHOI, Chungbuk National JÉRÔME DE HENAU, Université Libre de IAFFE-FRIENDLY ACADEMIC POSITION University—What’s for the Welfare State? Bruxelles--To What Extent Do Attitudes and College of Saint Benedict, Saint John’s Uni- Market Work, Care Work, and Women in Values Explain Parents’ Employment Be- versity Tenure-track position in Economics Korea haviour? Discussion from Twenty European - Econ Development - to begin AY2007-08. LISE WIDDING ISAKSEN and SUSAN SA- Countries PhD in hand by August 2007 expected. VIDES, University of Bergen—Transnation- SÍLE O’DORCHAI and SALIMATA SIS- Saint Benedict, a liberal arts college for al Health Care Workers in Norway: Local SOKO, Université Libre de Bruxelles--The women, and Saint John’s, for men, are lo- Adjustments and Integration Strategies Motherhood Wage Penalty in Several Euro- cated 4 miles apart in Central Minnesota GANNA GERASYMENKO, Institute for pean Countries just outside St. Cloud and 70 miles from Demography and Social Studies—Gender KATARINA WROHLICH, DIW Berlin (Ger- Minneapolis. Both are Catholic colleges Disparities of Aging in the Context of Social man Institute for Economic Research)--La- in the Benedictine tradition, which empha- Care Services in Ukraine bour Supply and Child Care Choices in a size quality teaching and a commitment to SUSAN J. LAMBERT, University of Chica- Rationed Child Care Market intercultural learning. Send letter of applica- go, and JULIA R. HENLY, University of Chi- CORDELIA REIMERS and PAMELA tion, curriculum vitae, three recent letters cago—Employer-Driven Instability through STONE, Hunter College-City University of of recommendation, statement of teaching Scheduling Practices: Implications for Low- New York--Declining Labor Force Participa- philosophy, evidence of teaching effective- Wage Workers tion of Highly Educated Mothers: A Change ness, and copies of graduate transcripts (of- Discussants: RANDY ALBELDA, Univer- in Preferences or in Circumstances? ficial transcripts required for interview) to: sity of Massachusetts-Boston, AGNETA Discussants: KRISTIN DALE, Agder Uni- Human Resources Coordinator, Saint John’s STARK, Dalarna University, Sweden versity College, JILL RUBERY, University University, Box 7188, Quad 127, Collegeville, MN of Manchester 56321-7188, USA. Screening of applications will Jan. 6, 2:30 pm - EPS/IAFFE - Women continue through December 1, 2006. Dr. Marga- and War Jan. 7, 8:00 am Hilton PDR 1 - LERA/ ret Lewis, Department Chair and IAFFE member, Presiding: LOURDES BENERIA, Cornell IAFFE - Beyond the Paycheck: Women states that they are particularly interested in hiring University Workers, Social Insurance and Employ- someone with a diverse background, and would DERYA DERMILER, Istanbul Bilgi Univer- ment Supports welcome applications from IAFFE members.

Page 9 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 SOON-TO-BE-LAUNCHED RESULTS OF IAFFE economics, social policy and women’s IAFFE DEVELOPMENT FUND ELECTIONS, 2006 studies courses. Her research is on gender issues in economics, particular- Just imagine: Our President for 2008, and Board ly those located within households and Scholars from all over the world who member from January 2007-January at the boundary between employment want to come to IAFFE conferences 2010 will be Cecilia Conrad. Cecilia and family care. She recently complet- but can’t afford the travel costs would is both Associate Dean, and Stedman- ed a study of social interactions and be able to attend. Sumner Professor of Economics at the construction of identities in moth- Hundreds, maybe thousands, of femi- Pomona College, in California, USA. ers’ decision making about childcare nist economists and activists interested She is the Editor of The Review of and employment. Her current research and engaged in feminist economic proj- Black Political Economy and an Asso- includes a joint study of the influence of ects who are not members found out ciate Editor of Feminist Economics, as existing and potential public policy on about IAFFE and joined. well—of course!-- as an active member inequalities and gender relations within Feminist economic scholars and activ- of IAFFE. households. She is also working on the ists pursuing feminist economic poli- policy implications of the econom- cies and projects found each other and ics of caring, including developing connected. a strategy on parents and carers Feminist economics curricula produced for the UK Equal Opportunities by an IAFFE project found their way Commission. Taking a strong in- into high schools, colleges, and gradu- terest in policy, she is a member ate programs. and was the first chair of the UK Women’s Budget Group, a think From modest beginnings, IAFFE tank that advocates gender bud- has grown and continues to have big geting and advises the UK gov- dreams. Time and money are the ernment on the gender aspects of main things holding the organization economic policy, including taxa- back from actively pursuing some of Elected to be Iaffe President – Cecelia Conrad tion, benefits and expenditure. the wonderful ideas IAFFE members enjoys a tea break with others in Sydney She was advisor to the UK National have. The soon to be launched IAFFE Statistics Office in the construction of its Development Fund is intended to Four IAFFE members will join the Household Satellite Account. She has change that. IAFFE has had success Board for the term from January been an Associate Editor of Feminist in raising small amounts of funds, but 2007 through January 2010: S. Cha- Economics since 1996 and is on the IAFFE growth in membership and the rusheela, of the University of Hawaii; editorial board of Women, Politics and need for these funds has outpaced the Xiao-yuan Dong of the University of Policy. She was joint guest editor of two supply. IAFFE officers, board of direc- Winnipeg; Ulla Grapard of Colgate Uni- special issues of Feminist Economics tors and limited paid staff have never versity; and Gale Summerfield, director on Lone Mothers (2004) and Children found enough time to seek the level of of the Women and Gender in Global and Family Policy (2000). She has funds and write the number of grants Perspectives Program at the Univer- been a member of IAFFE since 1992 that will boost IAFFE to where we want sity of Illinois. The elections were quite and served on its board 1996-99. to and can be. The IAFFE Develop- close, reflecting the very strong slate ment Fund will be dedicated to hiring a proposed by the Nominating Commit- Maria S. Floro is an Associate Profes- part-time development director whose tee, and several people running last sor in the Economics Department at sole tasks are to seek out funding, work time have been persuaded to stand for American University, teaching in the with IAFFE members to write grants, election again. fields of gender, development finance, and establish sustainable fundraising and development economics. In 1987, processes for IAFFE. Members will NOMINATIONS TO IAFFE she received her doctorate from Stan- be receiving a letter soon asking for BOARD 2007 ELECTIONS ford University. Her publications in- their help in this endeavor. For more - FOR THE PERIOD JAN 2008- clude the books Credit Markets and information, suggestions, and how to DEC 2010 the New Institutional Economics and contribute now, contact Randy Albelda Women’s Work in the World Economy ([email protected]). President (2009) (co-edited), and journal articles on gen- Susan Himmelweit is Professor of der dimensions of topics including time Keep Imagining IAFFE’s future Economics at the Open University allocation, informal sector, financial in the UK, a university that is open to crises, credit, savings and asset own- all students irrespective of previous ership. Her recent research focuses qualifications, where she has taught on on gender dimensions of financing continued on next page.

Page 10 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 strategies for development, time use fields of research. Danièle has been tive rights, micro-credit, women and analysis, and informalization of em- a member of IAFFE for several years, development and the social economy. ployment, credit and financial distress attending the conferences in Taxco and She has supervised numerous Mas- among urban poor households in both Oxford. If elected she plans to promote ters and Doctoral theses on women Latin America and Asia. She has been IAFFE among European researchers, and is the author/editor of 4 books and a member of IAFFE since the early by helping to organize conferences and some 60 other publications. Ruth was 90s. She has served as board mem- publishing the proceedings. a member of the Board of AWID (the ber of IAFFE since 2004. More recently Association of Women’s Rights in De- she has been an associate editor and Yasuko Muramatsu is Professor velopment) and is a Trustee of two UK editorial board member of Feminist Emeritus of Tokyo Woman’s Christian based NGOs – Home Workers World- Economics, as well as member of the University and Chair of Japan Research Wide and the Women’s Employment, nominations committee, finance com- Center for Gender and Development. Enterprise and Training Unit, both of mittee and the international committee. She has been a member of the Advi- which support low income women in In addition, she served in the 2005 ad sory Board on Gender Issues at JICA, understanding their rights and organiz- hoc committee on FE Editor Evaluation and the External Forum on Gender and ing to improve their livelihoods. She and the 2006 Treasurer Search ad hoc Development of ADB, and is a founding has two current research projects - one committee. member of Japan Association for Femi- on migrant Burmese factory workers nist Economics. She did her graduate in Thailand’s border industries, and Daniele Meulders is Professor of Eco- work in economics at Bryn Mawr Col- one on the representation of Asian nomics at the University of Brussels lege in the US. She was a ’85-86 Fel- women industrial militants in the UK. (Belgium) and Visiting Professor at low at Bunting Institute, Radcliff College Her recent publications include three the University of Strasbourg (France). and a ’91-92 Fulbright Visiting Scholar co-edited collections arising out of col- She supervises the research team on at the Center for International Studies, lective projects: with Shahra Razavi labor economics at the Department of MIT. She specializes in development and Caroline Danby, Globalization, Ex- Applied Economics, Free University of economics, in particular in gender and port-Oriented Employment and Social Brussels, and is Vice-President of the development; and has conducted field Policy, 2004; with R. Jenkins and G. “Labor Institute”, University of Brus- research in Central Java (1982-3) Seyfang, Corporate Responsibility and sels. Danièle is active in numerous as well as several in Southeast Asian Labour Rights: Codes of Conduct in the organizations and EU networks. She countries. She was one of the core Global Economy, 2002; and with Bev- is a founding member of the European members of the Committee on Wom- erly Lemire, Women and Credit : Re- Association of Labour Economists, on en’s Studies in Asia, for a decade from searching the Past and Prefiguring the the executive committee of the Applied the mid-80s. Her books include Wom- Future, 2002; among her other recent Econometrics Association, a member en’s Studies Women’s Lives, 1994; An publications are ’The Rise and Rise of of the EU network, Women in Employ- Inquiry into Gender Budget Analysis: Gender and Development’ in (eds) C. ment, and Coordinator of the TSER re- Concepts, Theory and Practice, 2004; Kirkpatrick, R. and R. Clark, Handbook search network: Motherhood choices. and The Making and Evolution of the on Development Policy and Manage- Her recent publications include “Work- Field of Gender and Development: An ment,2002; and “Men, women and re- ing Time, Women and Low Wages in Attempt of Engendering Economics, productive work in the global economy” Belgium” in Gender and the Labour 2005. Her articles include “Gender European Journal of Development Re- Market: Econometric Evidence on Ob- Budget Analysis as an Evaluation Tool,” search Vol 12 No 2 2000. She is com- stacles in Achieving Gender Equality, The Japanese Journal of Evaluation mitted to supporting the international edited by D. Meulders and Siv S. Gus- Studies, Vol. 4, No.1, 2004, and “Macro outreach of IAFFE, in particular the re- tafsson ed, 2000; “Feminist Econom- Economic Policy and its Gender Impli- cruitment of more members in Asia and ics” in The International Encyclopedia cations: A Challenge to Gender Bias in Latin America. of the Social and Behavioural Science Macro Economics,” in Gender and De- (2002); “The relative generosity of the velopment: Theory and Practice, eds. Marilyn Power is a professor of eco- EU countries’ childcare systems” and by Tanaka, Y. et al. 2002. nomics at Sarah Lawrence College in “The role of welfare state typologies New York. She has been a member of in analysing motherhood” in Transfer Ruth Pearson is Director of the Cen- IAFFE since the early 1990’s, and has (Spring 2004). Her research interests tre for Development Studies, School of been a member of the IAFFE Board have always focused on economic equi- Politics and International Studies, Uni- since 2005 (expiring in 2008). She is ty issues, and her first battle as a young versity of Leeds. She has conducted active on the Membership, Conference researcher was for the individualisation fieldwork-based research on women’s Site, and Governance committees, and of the Belgian income tax system in the employment in the UK, Mexico, Cuba served on the search committee for the seventies. Since then she has devoted and Thailand, and also researched cor- IAFFE Treasurer in the spring of 2006. herself to fighting discrimination in her porate social responsibility, reproduc- Marilyn has researched issues related continued on next page.

Page 11 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 to women’s economic roles her entire economics and several grants for cur- and was a founding member of the net- academic career (starting in the late ricular design and technology infusion work The Support Stockings, that in the 1960’s), including work on the interac- in courses. She is a recipient of the first half of the 1990’s campaigned in tion between women’s paid and unpaid Father Stack award for excellence in Sweden for increased representation labor, differences in occupational mo- teaching which made a special note of women in the government and par- bility among women by race, women’s about her contribution to the “Just-in- liament. In Reversing the gaze: global wages, feminist economic methodolo- Time” syllabus concept (co-presented perspectives on Nordic approaches to gy, and, most recently, feminist ecologi- with Jean Shackelford and Kim Sosin gender equality (forthcoming) she and cal economics. Her approach is hetero- at an AEA poster session as well as Naila Kabeer have worked with a group dox, with its roots in marxian political at an IAFFE pedagogy workshop). A of researchers from Pakistan, Iran, Ar- economics and institutional economics. key aspect of Shyamala’s pedagogical gentina, Mexico, Hungary, Nigeria, Marilyn has published articles in the work has been to infuse feminist eco- South Africa and India who have all Review of Radical Political Economics, nomics into the general curriculum, as reflected on the Nordic experiences of Feminist Studies, Industrial Relations, can be seen in her extensive work with gender equality , using their own long- and Feminist Economics; she co-au- the K-12 (Kindergarten through high standing professional and personal ex- thored Living Wages, Equal Wages: school) community through workshops periences. With Nancy Folbre and Lois Gender and Labor Market Policies in on Contemporary Global Issues. Shy- Shaw she guest edited the Special Is- the United States, with Ellen Mutari and amala also contributes to social justice sue of Feminist Economics “Gender Deb Figart (Rutledge, 2002). She is and public policy initiatives, such as in and Ageing” (July 2005) and contribut- particularly interested in working within her work with the Inter-Agency Task ed the article “Warm Hands in Cold Age IAFFE on issues of membership and Force of the Connecticut state legisla- – On the Need of a New World Order governance. IAFFE’s success at cre- ture that addresses human trafficking. of Care”, and was Associate Editor of ating a truly international and feminist Shyamala’s vision of methodological Feminist Economics 2003 -2006. She organization is very exciting, but it also pluralism and global feminist perspec- is now on the journal’s Editorial Board. brings challenges in creating ways that tives reflects IAFFE’s own mission, and She has served two terms on the Board a diverse and widespread membership her experience with pedagogical inno- of IAFFE, has worked on the strategic can participate actively in the organiza- vation within the classroom and out- planning issues of the organisation and tion. It is important that IAFFE continue reach beyond academic communities is a member of the Finance Committee. to develop procedures and structures would strengthen the diverse groups One of her priorities is to strengthen the to ensure that members’ voices are IAFFE reaches out to. If elected to the links between IAFFE and SIDA (Swed- heard, and that they can engage ac- Board, Shyamala will bring IAFFE her ish International Development Coop- tively in the on-going process of build- extensive administrative experience eration Agency). ing IAFFE and feminist economics. as Director of International Studies for over twelve years, and her consider- Maria Laura Di Tommaso is a lecturer Shyamala Raman is Director of In- able experience in reaching out beyond in Economics at the University of Tu- ternational Studies/Programs, and academia. rin, Italy. She has also been a college Professor of Economics and Interna- Lecturer in Economics and Director of tional Studies at Saint Joseph College, Agneta Stark left a position as Guest Studies, Robinson College, University West Hartford Connecticut. Shyama- Professor in Gender and Economic of Cambridge, UK; and Research As- la’s work focuses on not only creating Change at Linkoping University in 2004 sociate in the Department of Applied global awareness among the entire to become President of Dalarna Uni- Economics, University of Cambridge. undergraduate body at her institution versity, Sweden. Her research focuses Maria is also a member of the IAFFE (a women’s college) but also on intro- gender aspects of work (paid and un- Europe Board. She teaches microeco- ducing students to methodological plu- paid in all forms), of economic theory, nomics, the economics of gender, and ralism in economics. An active mem- and of international comparisons of gender and poverty. Her research falls ber of IAFFE for over fourteen years, work and living standards. She has also mainly in the fields of labour economics Shyamala has served on the IAFFE worked on gender mainstreaming in and feminist economics. Her current Pedagogy Committee, co-directed two national budgets in different countries, research projects include: measuring IAFFE Pedagogy Workshops, and par- and has lectured extensively in Nordic children’s well-being within the capabil- ticipated in five others. Shyamala’s and European countries on gender and ities approach; the economics of pros- contributions to feminist economics economic issues .She chairs the Re- titution; the efficacy of quotas to em- pedagogy in IAFFE reflect her theoreti- search Council of the National Swedish power women; and estimating random cal and practical interests in economics Board of Consumer Policies, is a mem- utility models and compensating differ- pedagogy. She has received numer- ber of the Gender Equality Council of entials for nurses. She has published in ous awards and commendations for the Swedish National Agency of Higher several journals, including Labour, and pedagogical initiatives in demystifying Education. She is a feminist activist, the Cambridge Journal of Economics. continued on next page.

Page 12 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 Maria explains her reasons for agree- next treasurer. Ann Mari is a found- IAFFE –EUROPE – ing to be a candidate for IAFFE’s Board ing member of IAFFE and served as Plans for Second Conference as follows: “My research and teaching chair of the committee that created the and Gender Budgeting interests are within the field of Femi- bylaws that IAFFE has used for most Network nist Economics. Before knowing about of its existence. She brings to IAFFE IAFFE, I felt rather lonely in pursuing extensive experience as former secre- Following the great success of the 1st those interests. Meeting IAFFE mem- tary-treasurer of a heterodox econom- IAFFE-Europe conference in Budapest bers and participating in its conferenc- ics professional organization (AFEE) in 2005 plans are afoot to hold a fur- es boosted my confidence. Moreover I which, along with her work on nonprofit ther conference in the spring of 2008. was encouraged by the heterogeneity boards, has provided her with an ap- Continuing with the overall theme of of IAFFE members. I not only appreci- preciation for the large amount of vol- promoting east/west dialogue the inten- ate IAFFE’s international diversity but unteer work that is done behind the tion is to focus the conference specifi- also the variety of methodological ap- scenes in academic organizations. Her cally on issues relating to gender and proaches used by the members. I be- willingness to step in at a time of transi- economic democratisation. Initial talks lieve this diversity makes IAFFE very tion for IAFFE is warmly appreciated. have taken place and Tblisi, Georgia effective for the advancement of femi- Middlebury College is now the mailing has been identified as a possible loca- nist economics. This personal experi- address for official IAFFE correspon- tion. Further details will be provided as ence motivates me to work more ac- dence and has generously offered to they develop so keep an eye on the tively within IAFFE, and to participate support the activities of IAFFE in the IAFFE- Europe website. Further activ- in its Board election’. coming year. According to our new ity at an IAFFE- Europe level, which will treasurer, Middlebury is a particularly be of interest to members, is the devel- fitting home for IAFFE. With a long- opment of a European wide gender IAFFE’S NEW TREASURER standing international focus and world budget network. Gender budgeting is ANN MARI MAY AND NEW renowned foreign language program, an area many IAFFE members are in- HOME AT MIDDLEBURY Middlebury is committed to offering its creasingly becoming involved in either COLLEGE students a broad range of perspectives at a theoretical academic level or in a - Edith Kuiper, Iaffe President and knowledge of cultures throughout direct practical sense by acting as advi- the world. We are especially proud to sors/technical specialists to a range of have Middlebury College as IAFFE’s government agencies. The intention is home address. Please join me in ex- to support and further develop this ac- tending a warm welcome to Ann Mari tivity by setting up a network in order as she assumes her new job as trea- to share experiences and exchange surer. ideas. IAFFE –Europe will be key in promoting this network and a number of members are currently working on a proposal to secure funds for estab- IAFFE’s New Organizational lishing an academic network in the first Contact Information instance. If anyone has any ideas on IAFFE, 4800 McCullough, the conference or would like to find Middlebury College, Middle- out more about the gender budgeting bury, VT 05753, U.S.A. network please contact Ailsa McKay, Website: http://www.iaffe.org/ Glasgow Caledonian University, Scot- e-mail: [email protected] land [email protected].

IAFFE members from around the world will notice that IAFFE has a new trea- surer and a new home as well. Ann Mari May, currently at Middlebury Col- lege in Vermont, was enthusiastically appointed by the board at the recent meeting in Sydney to serve as IAFFE’s Dinner after a meeting in Sydney.

Page 13 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 RHONDA WILLIAMS Note that such papers must be submit- etary, fiscal, and industrial policies), SCHOLARSHIP 2007 - ted by January 31, 2006 (more details market liberalization has impaired the SPONSORED BY ROUTLEDGE/ elsewhere in this newsletter and at success of these policies in reducing TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, www.iaffe.org Those papers not se- inequality. Feminist literature has es- PUBLISHER OF lected for the Rhonda Williams Schol- tablished that macroeconomic policies FEMINIST ECONOMICS arship will still be considered for the have gendered effects; however, further conference program. If you are not an evidence is necessary to understand The International Association for Femi- IAFFE member for 2007, please send the connections between inter-group nist Economics (IAFFE) announces the in your membership application prior inequalities related to gender, class, Rhonda Williams Scholarship, instituted to submission of your scholarship ap- and ethnicity and macroeconomic out- to help diversify IAFFE by encouraging plication. Please send all files in Micro- comes, including employment, output, more scholars of color to participate in soft Word or in PDF Acrobat format. Al- growth, and development. The integra- feminist economics. In particular, the ternatively, applications may be sent by tion of gender into macroeconomic the- prize is intended to encourage and mail to: Ellen Mutari, General Studies ory and efforts to develop more gender support IAFFE members whose work Division, Richard Stockton College of equitable macroeconomic policy rec- reflects Rhonda Williams’s legacy of New Jersey, Jim Leeds Road, Pomo- ommendations will require more de- scholarship and activism. Amount: na, NJ 08240-0195, USA. Please direct tailed attention to these critical issues. $500 to be awarded at the IAFFE con- any questions to Ellen Mutari, email as ference, intended to help defray in part above or at phone: +1.609.626.6085. This special issue will provide a forum the costs of attending the conference. for analyzing inequality, redistribution, and growth in developing, industrial, Criteria: The recipient’s work should and transitioning countries. Both theo- address one or more of the following FEMINIST ECONOMICS retical and empirical contributions are issues: encouraged, as well as discussions of •Recognizing inequalities based on CALL FOR PAPERS - the policy implications of the research race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orienta- A SPECIAL ISSUE ON findings. Besides statistical analysis, tion, or nationality. INEQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT, the guest editors encourage a diverse •Identifying the interrelationships AND GROWTH range of research methods and analy- among racism, sexism, homophobia, ses. and classism. Guest Editors: Günseli Berik, Yana van •Forging connections between schol- der Meulen Rodgers, and Stephanie Possible paper topics include: arship and activism. Seguino • The effects of globalization on gender Special consideration will be given to Feminist Economics invites submis- inequality and its linkages to inequali- applicants from groups not well repre- sions of papers for a special issue “In- ties by class and ethnicity sented in IAFFE and for whom other equality, Development, and Growth.” • Mechanisms and state policies that in- sources of funds are not readily avail- We encourage scholars in all disciplines crease inequality (e.g. fiscal conserva- able. Recipients of the prize must give to consider submitting abstracts for pa- tism, generation of oversupply of labor, Feminist Economics the first right to pers by December 1, 2006. (Note this erosion of labor market regulations) consider publishing the finished paper. later date). If the abstract is accepted, • Effects of gender inequality (well-be- Application Deadline: March 1, 2007. the completed manuscript is due April ing, income) on macroeconomic out- 15, 2007. comes Applications should be sent to Ellen. • Effects of macroeconomic policy on [email protected] and should in- Along with increasing global economic unpaid labor clude: integration and market liberalization • Adding gender to macroeconomic (1) A cover letter over the last few decades, inter-group planning models (2) A curriculum vitae, labeled “vitaeR inequality has expanded both within • Central banks, monetary policy, and WS” and between countries. In a number of gender (3) A statement of the connections be- developing countries, persistent wage Gender inequality and social exclusion tween the applicant’s scholarship and gaps have accompanied rapid growth. • Measurement of inequality in well-be- the issues mentioned above (label file In industrial countries, on the other ing (e.g. health, education) “statementRWS”) hand, improvement in gender wage • Functionings, capabilities, and the (4) A draft of the paper the applicant gaps is associated with rising class, quality of life has submitted to present at the 2007 race, and ethnic inequalities. Although • Redistributive policies, development, IAFFE conference, scheduled for June nation-states have attempted to avert and growth 29-July 1, 2007 in Bangkok (label file rising inequality through a variety of • Equal employment opportunity poli- “paperRWS.07.” policies (e.g. labor market, social, mon- cies, family friendly policies, social continued on next page.

Page 14 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 safety nets, and macroeconomic poli- gies. Over the last few years, several org), and Raina Antonopoulos cies countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin ([email protected]). Final papers (after • Social insurance and gender inequal- America have also collected nation- approval of abstracts) should be sub- ity wide time-use data, and some have mitted to Feminist Economics through • Local and global responses to in- developed satellite accounts including the submissions website (http:// equality unpaid work. Despite significant prog- mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rfec). Ques- ress on data collection, information on tions about these procedures may Please direct queries and abstracts time-use patterns and trends has not be sent to feministeconomics@rice. 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Page 15 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 LAURIE GUZMAN JOINS FEM- NEW BOOKS (FIRST have attempted to systematically examine INIST ECONOMICS ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY) - how government budgets address discrimi- IAFFE BOOK CELEBRATION nation with regard to women’s access to Feminist Economics happily welcomed SYDNEY housing, employment, health, education, Laurie Guzman to the journal’s staff in Sep- and other services. This publication adds a tember 2006, when she began working in Bina Agarwal, Jane Humphries and In- landmark to the discourse on the link be- the position of Journal Administrator. Lau- grid Robeyns (eds.): Capabilities, Free- tween human rights standards and govern- rie brings with her a unique combination of dom and Equality: Amartya Sen’s Work ment budgets. It elaborates on how budgets skills, including experience providing sup- from a Gender Perspective. Delhi: Ox- and budget policy making processes can port in financial reporting, concise and pol- ford University Press, 2006 be monitored for compliance with human ished writing abilities, and extensive experi- This book incorporates the essays that ap- rights standards, in particular with the Con- ence in coordinating an office. She honed peared in a 2005 Routledge volume by the vention of the Elimination of All Forms of these skills over the ten years she worked same editors (that was in turn based on the Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). in banking as an administrative assistant. Feminist Economics special issue on the Combining substantive analysis with coun- During that period, she also completed work of Amartya Sen), with the addition of try examples, the publication explores how bachelors and masters degrees in English five of Sen’s own papers and a modified in- a rights-based budget analysis can be ap- at the University of Houston. Because Lau- troduction. plied to public expenditure, public revenue, rie wanted to take on new challenges and macroeconomics of the budget, and budget to return to an environment focused on edu- Betsy Jane Clary, Wilfred Dolfsma, and decision-making. cation and the exchange of diverse ideas, Deborah M. Figart, editors. Ethics and Laurie is a perfect fit for the University en- the Market: Insights from Social Eco- Caren Grown, Elissa Braunstein and vironment, and more specifically, Feminist nomics, London: Routledge, August Anju Malhotr, eds. Trading Women’s Economics. She looks forward to working 2006 Health and Rights: Trade Liberalization with the journal to provide financial and of- Much existing economic theory overlooks and Reproductive Health in Developing fice support and to facilitate the submissions ethics. Rather than situating the market Economies, Zed, 2006 and peer review processes on Manuscript and values at separate extremes of a con- How do economic and trade policies shape Central. You will likely talk to or correspond tinuum, Ethics and the Market contends public health? This book adds a new dimen- with Laurie if you call the journal’s general that the two are necessarily and intimately sion to this global debate, by synthesizing number or email feministeconomics@rice. related. This volume brings together some research from various disciplines on how edu. Please join us in welcoming Laurie to of the best work in the social economics international trade liberalization affects re- the Feminist Economics team. tradition, with contributions on the social productive health and rights. It reviews the A Special Thanks - Feminist Economics economy, social capital, identity, ethnicity direct and indirect linkages between the would also like to thank Hank Hancock for and development, the household, externali- two, and then focuses in on how the link- the nine months of dedicated service that ties, international finance, capability, and ages are mediated through women’s em- he provided both to Feminist Economics pedagogy. Proceeding from an examina- ployment, using case studies from Bangla- and IAFFE in the past year. We wish him tion of the moral implications of markets, desh, Egypt, Vietnam, China, Mexico and the best in all his future projects. the book goes on to explore such themes Sri Lanka. It takes up the issue of how trade as the institutional arrangements of social liberalization affects government capacity economies, individual and household deci- to deliver reproductive health services, as sion-making, and economic development in illustrated by Tanzania, South Africa, and a global context. the international migration of nurses and Ethics and the Market illuminates the di- midwives. It addresses the policy and advo- verse and dynamic theoretical approaches cacy issues for advocates of both reproduc- that are employed in social economics, re- tive health and rights and economic justice, flecting on their continuously evolving rela- and shows how trade agreements weighted tionship with neoclassical economics. This against the poor in the South have very book will prove vital reading for students specific gendered consequences. and academics in the fields of Econom- ics, Sociology, Gender Studies, and Public Jane S. Jaquette and Gale Summerfield, Policy. eds, 2006. Women and Gender Equity in Development Theory and Practice: In- New book authors in Sydney Diane Elson, Budgeting for Women’s stitutions, Resources and Mobilization, Rights: Monitoring Government Bud- Durham, NC: Duke University Press gets for Compliance with CEDAW. UNI- Seeking to catalyze innovative thinking and FEM, 2006 practice within the field of women and gen- Gender budgets initiatives around the world der in development, the editors have brought continued on next page.

Page 16 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 together scholars, policymakers, and de- Diane Perrons, Colette Fagan, Linda Other recent publications with velopment workers to reflect on where the McDowell, Kath Ray, and Kevin Ward. IAFFE input include: field is today and where it is headed. The Gender Divisions and Working Time in contributors draw from their experiences the New Economy: Changing Patterns of The first feminist mini-symposium in and research in Latin America, Asia, and Af- Work, Care and Public Policy in Europe the three year old journal rica to illuminate the connections between and North America. Edward Elgar, 2006 Globalizations, Sept. 2006 (Vol.3, No. 3) women’s well-being and globalization, envi- Contemporary societies are characterised Globalization, Transnational Migration, ronmental conservation, land rights, access by new and more flexible working pat- and Gendered Care Work - to information technology, employment, and terns, new family structures and widening A Symposium poverty alleviation. Highlighting key institu- social divisions. This book explores how Guest Editors: Gale Summerfield (UI), Jean tional issues, contributors analyze the two these macro-level changes affect the mi- L. Pyle (UMass Lowell), and Manisha Desai approaches that dominate the field: women cro organisation of daily life, with reference (UI) in development (WID) and gender and de- to working patterns and gender divisions Excerpts from the Preface: velopment (GAD). They assess the results in Northern and Western Europe and the Care of children and the elderly, health of gender mainstreaming, the difficulties United States. Through detailed compara- care, domestic labor, and other forms of that development agencies have translat- tive analysis and case studies from France, care work are increasingly being done as ing gender rhetoric into equity in practice, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the US, this paid work involving transnational flows of and the conflicts between gender and the collection demonstrates how, despite glo- people...The same processes that increase reassertion of indigenous cultural identities. balisation and the spread of neo-liberal- cross-border supply through the disembod- Focusing on resource allocation, contribu- ism, states still exercise some autonomy ied export of labor in EPZs (export process- tors explore the gendered effects of land in terms of the implementation of equalities ing zones) or outsourcing of IT (information privatization, the need to challenge cultural and ‘city time’ policies. These policies af- technology) service work also promote traditions that impede women’s ability to as- fect people’s capacity to organise their daily the embodied supply of care work through sert their legal rights, and women’s access lives and ameliorate the adverse impact of transnational migration... Millions of women to bureaucratic levers of power. Several new working patterns. However, the authors are relocating for work, sometimes accom- essays consider women’s mobilizations, in- also show that, despite the proliferation of panying their spouses/partners, but often cluding a project to provide internet access work–life balance policies which potentially separated from their families for years. This and communications strategies to African encourage a greater reconciliation of caring trend is exacerbated by government poli- NGOs run by women. and paid work, inequalities in the distribu- cies that promote separation in order to in- tion of paid work and caring between men crease the likelihood of remittances, which Julie A. Nelson. Economics for Humans. and women remain remarkably resilient. are often a key source of foreign exchange University of Chicago Press, 2006 earnings as well as redistribution of income Is it asking too much to demand that busi- Idoye Zabala Errazti. La perspectiva de from the wealthier countries. This sympo- nesses be socially and environmentally re- género en los análisis y en las políticas sium presents five papers by specialists sponsible? When child care and elder care del Banco Mundial: Su evolución y sus who explore key gender issues of transna- are commercially supplied, is caring turned límites. (Gender perspective on World tional care work. They are: into just another commodity? Many, believ- Bank’s analysis and policies: Its evolu- Globalization, Transnational Migration, and ing that economies are cold and heartless tion and limits), Servicio Editorial de la Gendered Care Work: Introduction -- Jean systems that operate outside human con- Universidad del País Vasco, 2006 L. Pyle, U Mass Lowell trol, would answer yes. But in this impas- This book studies the policies of the World Globalization and the Increase in Transna- sioned and perceptive work, Julie A. Nel- Bank since its inception, taking into account tional Care Work: The Flip Side -- Jean L. son debunks theories that teach us that its gender impacts. It has three parts. First, Pyle, U Mass Lowell our economic lives are somehow separate the conceptual frame on women, gender The Globalization of Carework: Neoliberal from our moral values and our human rela- and development; second, the evolution of Economic Restructuring and Migration tionships. The impediment to envisioning a development conceptions and policies in Policy -- Joya Misra, John Woodring, and more considerate economic world, Nelson the activity of the Bank and its gender ef- Sabine Merz, U Mass Amherst demonstrates, is a particular assumption fects; and third, the evolution in the institu- The Balance of Care: Trends in Wages and that is shared by both neoliberals and the tionalization of women and gender concerns Employment of Immigrant Nurses in the US Left. Despite their seemingly insurmount- through the World Bank’s organization, between 1990 and 2000-- Mary Arends- able differences, they both make use of the projects, analytical work and discourses. Kuenning, U Illinois Urbana-Champaign metaphor, first proposed by Adam Smith, Finally, it concludes with the structural limi- Nursebots to the Rescue? Immigration, Au- of “the economy as machine.” Nothing less tations that this institution has to work for tomation, and Care --Nancy Folbre, U Mass than a manifesto, Economics for Humans gender equality. Amherst will both invigorate and inspire readers to At Both Ends of Care: South Indian Hindu rethink the way they view the economy, its Widows Living with Daughters and Daugh- possibilities, and their place within it. ters-in-law in Southern California -- Lata continued on next page.

Page 17 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 Murti, U Southern California PRIZES/ AWARDS etc that the article was chosen. Both of these See http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/ti- factors reflect very favourably on the work tles/14747731.asp for more information on Award for Bina Agarwal done by Diana Strassman and her team in this journal. At a ceremony attended by several hun- ensuring the status and quality of the jour- dred participants, Bina Agarwal, Professor nal. Details of the relevant article are: Jef- The latest title in the Development in of Economics at the Institute of Economic ferson, Therese and Alison Preston, (2005) Practice Readers Series was published Growth, Delhi University, was awarded the “Baby Boomers and Australia’s Other Gen- in August 2006 by Kumarian Press. Ed- Ramesh Chandra Agrawal Award for excel- der Wage Gap” Feminist Economics (Spe- ited by Deborah Eade and John Sayer, lence 2005, for her “outstanding contribu- cial edition on Women and Ageing). July, Development and the Private Sector: tions in the field of Agricultural Economics”. 11(2):79-100. Consuming Interests includes chapters She is the first recipient of the award, given on Corporate Social Responsibility, In- for her substantial body of books and papers Ingrid Robeyns was awarded a VIDI-grant vesting in Development; and Pressure for of outstanding quality and diversity over her by the Dutch National Science Founda- Change: Fair Trade and Ethical Codes of career, as adjudged by a jury of eminent tion, for a 5 year research-project on social Conduct, as well as an annotated resources economists. The prize of Rs. 25,000 and a justice and the new welfare state. Together list on the topic. Extracts from this and other citation, to be given once every two years, with two doctoral students, she will be ana- books in the series are available in English, was presented on Thursday (24 Nov) by lysing principles of justice and institutional French, Portuguese, and Spanish at www. the Governor of Punjab, General S.F. Ro- reforms for gender justice, justice for the el- developmentinpractice.org. drigues at the 65th Annual Conference of derly and their carers, and justice between the Indian Society of Agricultural Econom- parents and non-parents. She is moving IAFFE members Pamela K. Brubaker and ics, held this year at the Punjab Agricultural to the University of Nijmegen, where she Rebecca Todd Peters, with Laura Stivers University. has been offered a permanent position in have just published Justice in a Global the political science department. Ingrid has Economy: Strategies for Home, Commu- Prize for Australian IAFFE Members also joined Crooked Timber, a widely read nity, and World (Louisville and London: Alison Preston and progressive academic group-blog, where Westminster/John Knox Press, 2006). The Therese Jefferson she has been posting on feminist issues. twelve contributors, all religious ethicists, engage a variety of economic issues from New Doctoral Field in Feminist Econom- ethical perspectives. ics! Ann Mari May on Beth Moorhouse Although newly minted US doctoral students The Institute for Women’s Policy Re- and disaffected faculty combing the JOE search released a Briefing Paper “The will see position announcements for fields Women of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast: such as environmental economics, health Multiple Disadvantages and Key Assets economics, or experimental economics, for Recovery, Part II: Gender, Race and and even such fields as geospatial analysis Class in the Labor Market” on August and corporate governance, few, if any, fields 18th 2006. Renewed and revitalized after in the queen of the social sciences openly the wonderful IAFFE conference in Syd- address the economics of gender or femi- ney, Marianne Hill pulled together several nist economics. The transformation to the community leaders for a press event in Mis- study of gender in society that took place sissippi. August 29 was the one year an- in the humanities and other social sciences niversary of Hurricane Katrina, and grass- Two members of IAFFE, Professor Alison several decades ago has still not caught roots organizations mobilized to publicize Preston (on the right in the photo) and Dr on in economics. Of course, we know that the many unmet needs. Marianne reports Therese Jefferson, were awarded their feminist economics is not taught at most of that she will be working with several groups faculty’s annual prize for “Best Refereed the doctoral institutions in the US. There over the coming year, from the Governor’s Article” for research published in Feminist seems to be striking evidence, for those of Housing Council to the NAACP (National Economics last year. Both authors work in you that were following the almost comical Association for the Advancement of Col- the Women in Social & Economic Research banter about the possible nature of femi- ored People) and MIRA (Mississippi Immi- (WiSER) unit at Curtin University of Tech- nist economics on the history of economic grant Rights Alliance). nology in Western Australia. The authors thought list serve this past year, that there would like to acknowledge the important is a good deal of disinterest accompanied Sumitra Shah ([email protected]) role played by Feminist Economics in their by even more confusion about the subject. published an article: “Sexual Division of winning of the award. The award commit- While it may be a few more years before Labor in Adam Smith’s Work” in the Jour- tee cited both FE’s high impact index and the so-called “top ranked” institutions de- nal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol- the constructive comments provided by FE velop the confidence to expose their stu- ume 28, Number 2, June 2006. reviewers’ reports as among the reasons dents to the creative challenges of feminist

Page 18 IAFFE Vol. 16 No. 2 economics, others schools have begun to on Gender, Macroeconomics and Interna- ereed papers is Friday October 20 (paper move forward. Most recently, the University tional Economics (GEM-IWG). The main due Friday November 3 - refereed papers of Nebraska-Lincoln, perhaps the first doc- objective of GEM-LAC is to strengthen the published as Conference Proceedings.) toral institution in the US to do so, offered knowledge and capacity of Latin American Deadline for submission of abstracts for its first ever field in feminist economics to a and Caribbean economists and deepen consideration as non-refereed papers is doctoral student and fellow IAFFE member economic-gender analysis in the Latin Friday November 3 (paper due Friday De- – Elizabeth Moorhouse. According to Beth, American context. With this purpose, this cember 1) - graduate students are encour- attending IAFFE conferences in DC and two-weeks intensive course was conceived aged to present. More information about the Los Angeles was instrumental in encour- in response to the need to further promote SHE conference submission is at http://she. aging her to pursue feminist economics gender-aware teaching, research and policy web.unsw.edu.au/Conference_2006. as a field of study. As she put it, “feminist making in the Latin American region. Thirty economics is what sustained me through economists with Ph.D. and Master degrees International Confederation of Asso- utility maximization models and Slutsky’s from 16 countries of Latin America attended ciations for Pluralism in Economics Theorem. In our doctoral seminar offered the course. It was hosted by Facultad de (ICAPE) announces its second interna- by Professor Ann Mari May, I went on to Economía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma tional conference: “Economic Pluralism de México (UNAM) and had the support of for the 21st Century” June 1-3, 2007, Uni- Unifem, UNDP, IDRC, the Kellog Founda- versity of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. tion and the Ford Foundation. ICAPE and the organizers invite proposals Course organizers: for papers that discuss or demonstrate the María Elena Cardero, UNAM,México Alma value of economic pluralism in any of its Espino, Universidad de la República, Uru- domains: economic theory and philosophy, guay, Valeria Esquivel, Universidad Gral. economic institutions and policies, or eco- Sarimiento, Argentina, Marlene Libardoni, nomic education. Panels will be organized Agende, Brasil, Lucía Perez Fragoso, Equi- around thematic topics, with an eye to en- dad, México, Corina Rodriguez-Enriquez, couraging dialogue among authors whose CIEPP, Argentina, Rosalba Todaro, Centro papers address similar issues from different de Estudios de la Mujer, Chile, Alison Vas- points of view. We hope to promote critical conez, FLACSO, Ecuador engagement and mutual learning among The course was organized in 9 modules: conference participants. All paper and pan- Beth Morehouse I. Intro to gender studies and feminist theo- el proposals should be submitted to Rob ry, social construction of Economics Garnett at [email protected], or by post to: read the works of such feminist scholars II. Interactions among the micro, meso and Rob Garnett. Department of Economics, as Bina Agarwal, Heidi Hartmann, Nancy macro levels of the economy Box 298510, Texas Christian University. Folbre, Diana Strassman, Marilyn Waring, III. Gender, employment and work Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA by January 15, Marianne Ferber, and Amartya Sen. Each IV. Global change, liberalization of finan- 2007. More information at www.icape.org broadened and deepened my understand- cial flows and trade. Impacts on the Latin ing of economics. If the success of a field American Region Forum for Social Economics Call for Pa- is determined by the passion and ingenu- V. Economic liberalization and gender rela- pers - Editor: John Marangos. The newly ity of its thinkers, feminist economics has tions appointed editor and editorial board of the a flourishing future ahead and I am thrilled VI. A gender focus in economic thought Forum of Social Economics invite papers to be a part of it.” Congratulations to Beth VII. Macroeconomics, gender and public for this international journal, sponsored by for having the courage to pursue feminist policies the Association for Social Economics. For economics as a field of study in her doctor- VIII.The gender dimension of fiscal policies 35 years the Forum has published high al program! We hope to see her at IAFFE IX. Gender, poverty and inequality quality peer-reviewed papers. Its primary conferences for years to come. focus is on applying social economic analy- CALLS FOR sis to practical policy issues and/or the im- Report on GEM-LAC Intensive Course, PAPERS/CONFERENCES plications of alternative policy perspectives Gender, Macroeconomics and Interna- Australasian Chapter of IAFFE at the 5th encompassing the social economy; it is dif- tional Economics in Latin America, Conference of the Australian Society for ferentiated in this respect from the ASE’s August 28-September 8, 2006, Heterodox Economics, 11–12 December other journal, the Review of Social Econ- Querétaro, MÉXICO - Rosalba Todaro 2006, University of New South Wales wel- omy, which has a general orientation. The The Latin American and Caribbean Work- comes offers of papers on all aspects of fem- Forum invites graduate students to submit ing Group on Gender, Macroeconomics inist economics - email abstracts of papers research papers. More information is avail- and International Economics (GEM-LAC) to Gabrielle Meagher (G.Meagher@econ. able from [email protected] was founded in 2004 with the encourage- usyd.edu.au) - deadline for submission of to whom completed papers should be sub- ment of the International Working Group abstracts for consideration among the ref- mitted as an email attachment.

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