International Association For Feminist

IAFFE Newsletter

Volume 19, No. 1 May, 2009

Newsletter Highlights

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President’s Report 1

IAFFE Conference

Books 3

IAFFE Panel at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 4

Reflections on Research 6

Report from the Third Congress of in Spain 8

A New Home at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln 10

Upcoming Workshops and Conferences 13

Message from the IAFFE President – One of IAFFE's goals is to foster a diversity of geographical representation and perspectives at IAFFE conferences. To Sue Himmelweit this end we are very grateful to the Swedish International De- velopment Agency for having provided an extremely generous “Engendering Economic Policy” is the exciting theme of this donation which has allowed us to fund the travel of over forty year’s annual conference. There will be two policy related participants from developing and transition countries to attend plenaries: an opening plenary on “Engendering Economic the conference. We look forward to welcoming these and policy: how can Feminist Economics improve Women’s Lives” other participants from around the world. Please join us! and a closing plenary on "Engendering policy responses to the current crisis". Confirmed speakers include Judith Kur- IAFFE Conference 2009 – Boston, M.A., land from the Office of the Mayor of Boston, Naila Kabeer from the University of Sussex, Heather Boushey from the USA – June 26-28

Center for American Progress, Dzodzi Tsikata from the Uni- versity of Ghana, Heidi Hartmann from the US Institute for The 2009 IAFFE annual conference will be held June 26 – Women's Policy Research, Stephanie Seguino, University of 28th at Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, Massa- Vermont, and past presidents of IAFFE, Bina Agarwal and chusetts – USA. There will be a pre-conference workshop on Edith Kuiper. June 25th as well. Conference registrations are being taken now until May 31st; after June 1, registration will need to be There will be panels and papers on a variety of policy rated made on-site at the conference. Dormitory rooms are avail- themes such as migration, sexuality, education, health, able on Simmons Campus if reservations are received prior to women's empowerment, domestic violence, care work, pre- May 31st, after June 1, dormitory rooms will not be avail- carious employment as well as global themes such as the able to reserve. For other lodging options, you will find a effects of restructuring and the current crisis. Other map on our website with lodging near the Simmons Campus. paper and panels explore a variety of theoretical and empiri- For conference registration and dormitory reservation forms cal issues of importance to feminist economics. We have had and information, please visit our website at: nearly 300 high quality submissions and over 200 people are (http://www.iaffe.org/conferences/annual/index.php). This already registered for the conference. conference will prove to be a wonderful opportunity to explore

the many facets of IAFFE and its diverse scope.

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IAFFE Pre-Conference Workshop and Schedule

The 2009 IAFFE conference organizing team in Boston (Carole Biewener and Randy Albelda) are busy working on IAFFE Pre-Conference Schedule conference arrangements. Simmons College is in a great location, with a lovely (and compact) campus. The class- Simmons College, June 25, 8 am-4:15 pm rooms are recently renovated with state of the art technology and comfortable seating. The dining and other meeting Session I A and B --Concurrent Workshops – Choose One only spaces are open and most have great views of Boston. IAFFE conferences always feature good food and we are Session I. A. 8:15-9:30 am Feminist Economics Dissertation Writ- planning to follow in that tradition. There will be internet ac- ing Workshop: Myra Strober, . cess on campus (no printers, sorry). For those of you who This workshop is designed for those just beginning to work on a dis- want to get a feminist economic taste of Boston after the con- sertation proposal as well as those who are working on their disserta- ference, we are working on three different tours for Sunday tion but have questions about how to proceed. In preparation for the afternoon. One is a women’s history tour of Boston, part of workshop, participants should bring a short (one to two pages) writ- the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail. Another is a trip to the ten statement that includes their research questions, a paragraph Lowell (Massachusetts) Historic Park, run by the US Park summarizing the major existing work on the topic, and a paragraph Service, that features 19th century textiles mills (including on why you think answering your research question is important. We “Yankee farm girls” who were the first industrial labor force). will stress being clear about your research question, developing a The third is a community economic development tour of the theoretical framework, understanding how your question fits into feminist theory and scholarship, and linking your work to policy con- Fenway area of Boston (where Simmons is located), led by cerns. The workshop will be collegial and participants should be staff from the Fenway Community Development Corporation. prepared to support one another in answering their questions. Look for more details about the tours and how to sign up on the IAFFE conference website Session I. B. 8:15-9:30 am Writing for the Press: Susan Feiner, (http://www.iaffe.org/conferences/annual/index.php). University of Southern Maine

IAFFE Pre-Conference Workshop: 9:30 - 9:45 am Registration June 25, 2009 Welcome and Session II: 9:45-11:00 am Introduction and History of Are you new to Feminist Economics? Would you like to learn IAFFE and Feminist Economics: Cecilia Conrad, , Edith Kuiper, University of Amsterdam, and Sakuntala Narasimhan, more? You and your colleagues have an opportunity to partici- Bangalore, India pate in a workshop introducing you to Feminist Economic analysis. The IAFFE Pre-Conference is June 25, 2009, 8:00 Session III: 11:00-12:15 Applications of Feminist Economics am - 4:15 pm in Boston at Simmons College. The Pre- Conference is designed for scholars and students new to Towards a Post-Colonial Feminist Economics: Farida Khan, feminist economics but is open to all those who are interested. University of Wisconsin-Parkside You can register for the Pre-Conference at the same time as Queering Economic Modernism: Postcolonialism and Poststructural- you register for the Boston IAFFE conference. The fee is $20. ism in Feminist Economics: S Charusheela, University of Nevada- You can register at www.iaffe.org . Las Vegas

The Program consists of senior feminist economists who will 12:15-1:30 pm Lunch Break present an overview of IAFFE and an introduction to their fields. They will also answer questions from participants. Session IV: 1:30-3:00 pm Applications of Feminist Economics There will be opportunities for networking and mentoring. This Gender and Caring Labor: Barbara Hopkins, Wright State University year we offer workshops on “Writing a Feminist Economics Dissertation” (Dr. Myra Strober) and “Writing for the Press” Environmental Economics: Stacey Sneeringer, (Dr. Susan Feiner) as well as talks and discussions on the History of IAFFE and Feminist Economics with Cecilia Con- Race and Feminist Economics: Nina Banks, Bucknell University rad, Edith Kuiper, and Sakuntala Narasimhan; Application of 3:00-3:15 pm Break Feminist Economics to Post Colonial studies with Farida Khan and S. Charusheela; Application of Feminist Economics to Session V: 3:15-4:15 pm Concluding Discussion Gender and Caring Labor (Barbara Hopkins), Environmental Economics (Stacey Sneeringer) and Race and Feminist Eco- The Future of Feminist Economics: Some Thoughts on Ways to Go nomics (Nina Banks). Julie Nelson will lead the concluding Forward: Julie Nelson, University of Massachusetts at Boston Discussion on the Way Forward. 4:15 ADJOURN If you want more information, contact Linda Lucas at: lu- [email protected]; Tel: 01 727 866 7335 or any member of the Pre-Conference committee, Barbara Hopkins, Farida Khan, Linda Lucas (Chair) Karin Schoënpflug, and . Continued Next Page VOLUME 19, NO. 1 IAFFE NEWSLETTER PAGE 3

Books by IAFFE Members

bour Market Issues . Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009.

Through an examination of the state, income security, and As has become customary, IAFFE will hold labour market issues, the essays in this volume provide an an Author Celebration as part of its annual conference, in-depth and wide-ranging perspective on public policy and being held next in Boston, USA, June 26-28, 2009. If you the changing roles of women. The twenty-four contributors are an IAFFE member and have recently published a book, are academics and social activists who have worked within please send the names of all the authors/editors, the pub- the feminist movement to advance more women-oriented lisher and the price, as well as a short paragraph providing public policy. The topics include some of the more contro- some information about the contents to Julie Nelson, versial policy issues of today, and in developing their at [email protected], Dept. of Economics, University analyses, the authors explore alternative strategies and of Massachusetts, Boston, 100 Morrissey Boule- policies to meet women’s needs. The book is organized vard, Boston, MA 02125 USA. into three sections: Restructuring Public Policy in the Ca- nadian State, Reimagining Income Security for the Most IAFFE Authors celebrated in San Francisco, USA, in Vulnerable, and Rethinking Labour Market and Employ- January 2009 ment Support Policy. An underlying theme in all the chap- For a description of the books, please see the website ters is the importance of designing income, labour, and www.iaffe.org service supports in a way that recognizes women’s dual responsibilities as income earners and caregivers over the Gunseli Berik, Yana Rodgers, and Ann Zammit (eds). course of their lives and the lives of those for whom they Social Justice and Gender Equality: Rethinking Develop- provide both financial support and care. With the transfor- ment Strategies and Macroeconomic Policies. Routledge, mation in gender relations and the gender contract over 2008. the past several decades, and the concurrent political con- straints brought about by neoliberal policy changes, new Jesse Dillard, Veronica Dujon and Mary C. King (eds.) policy problems have emerged, requiring new approaches. 2008. Understanding the Social Dimension of Social Sus- Taking these developments into account, the authors ad- tainability. New York, Routledge. dress a range of possibilities for pursuing more equitable Neva Goodwin, Julie A. Nelson, and Jonathan Harris. public policies for women. Macroeconomics in Context. M.E. Sharpe, August 2008. Diana Fletschner. Rural women’s access to capital: Neva Goodwin, Julie A. Nelson, Frank Ackerman and Intrahousehold Bargaining and Social Effects . VDM Thomas Weisskopf. Microeconomics in Context, 2nd Edi- Publishing House, 2008. tion. M.E. Sharpe, September 2008. Empirical studies on credit rationing in rural markets have Cecilia López Montaño, Alma Espino, Rosalba Todaro typically been silent on the way women’s constraints differ and Norma Sanchís. Latin America, a Pending Debate: from men’s, implicitly suggesting that credit constraints are Contributions in Economics and Politics from a Gender gender neutral or that any gender-based differences in Perspective. Red de Educación Popular Entre Mujeres de access to credit can be smoothed within the family. These América Latina y el Caribe, Development Alternatives with assumptions are not always valid. Compared to men, rural Women for a New Era, and Cartagena Feminist Initiative. women in much of the developing world face legal and Montevideo, 2007. It is available as a pdf file at cultural restrictions that further limit their access to capital. http://www.cem.cl/pdf/americing.pdf While some may be able to overcome these constraints with their partners’ assistance, spouses can have conflict- Spanish version: ing preferences and husbands may refuse to alleviate their http://www.cem.cl/pdf/libro_america_latina.pdf wives’ credit constraints despite having access to sufficient capital to do so. In addition to these supply-side con- Zdravka Todorova. Money and Households in a Capitalist straints, social pressure may also limit women’s engage- Economy - a Gendered Post Keynesian-Institutional Analy- ment in entrepreneurial activities and their demand for sis . Edward Elgar, April 2009. capital even when they have profitable projects. Using data from Paraguay, the analysis in this volume explores these hypotheses theoretically and empirically and reveals a lar- Further New Books ger set of tools available for policymakers interested in improving gender equity, social welfare, or broad-based Marjorie Griffin Cohen and Jane Pulkingham, eds. Public growth in rural communities. Policy for Women: The State, Income Security, and La- Continued Next Page PAGE 4 IAFFE NEWSLETTER VOLUME 19, NO. 1

IAFFE Panel at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

On March 3, 2009, IAFFE co-sponsored a panel with the United Na- tions Development Program and the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, “HIV/AIDS: Considering Gender in Policy Responses”, to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The panel show- cased contributions from the October 2008 special issue of Feminist Economics. The special issue, guest-edited by Cecilia Conrad and Cheryl Doss, explores such topics as the gendered nature of access to HIV/AIDS treatment, the complexity of risks faced by women, women's unpaid work caring for people with HIV/AIDS, and migration and AIDS. Three of the authors from the special issue, Eileen Stillwaggon, Olagoke Akintola, and Lanyan Chen, presented their research at the CSW panel, which was moderated by Susana Fried of the UN Devel- opment Program. On March 6, IAFFE presented a second panel on HIV/AIDS at the con- ference, moderated by guest editor Cheryl Doss, and including presen- tations by Olagoke Akintola, Lanyan Chen, and Alys Willman. Re- searchers on both panels sought to illustrate how a feminist economics perspective, which includes nonmarket activities such as the unpaid labor of caregivers, bargaining power within households, and gender norms, drastically changes any measure of HIV/AIDS impact.

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IAFFE Workshop In Time Use

Sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Feminist Economics held a workshop March 10-11, 2009 at American University in Washington, DC for an upcoming special issue on Unpaid Work, Time Use, Poverty, and Public Policy. Journal special issue workshops are an integral part of IAFFE’s capacity building efforts to develop and promote gender-aware economic research and to facilitate discussions and interaction among feminist economists, researchers and policy-makers throughout the world. Guest editors of the special issue, Diane Elson, Maria S. Floro, and Caren Grown, invited scholars from around the world, including scholars from Spain, Argentina, Tanzania, Uganda, China, and Australia, to present research on time use and unpaid work and to serve as discussants on the papers. The two-day workshop also included participants from the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, and journal Senior Editor, Gemini Wahhaj, Managing Editor, Casey Fleming, and Program Manager, Christine Medina.

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Reflections on Research

The Financial Crisis and Women in India tracted production, studies have found that women workers are receiving fewer orders and receiving By Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, sharply reduced piece rate wages that are not even a Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India small fraction of the official minimum wage. The recent economic There has already been more than a decade of agrar- boom in India was very ian crisis in India as cultivation has become less finan- unequal, based on de- cially viable and farmers have been burdened with regulation of finance huge debts. The massive crop price volatility in the combined with fiscal past year, with sharp falls in cash crop prices in the concessions that past year even as domestic food prices have contin- spurred a consumption ued to rise, has added to these problems. Most boom among the elite women workers in India are farmers, but they gener- and middle classes, ally do not have access to land titles, so they cannot even as deflationary get bank credit or any benefits from government pro- fiscal policies, poor em- grammes and subsidies. So they have to borrow from ployment generation private moneylenders at very high rates and are even and continued agrarian more badly affected. crisis kept mass con- sumption demand low. As wage incomes have fallen and livelihood has be- However, while the ear- come more precarious, food prices have continued to lier boom excluded most citizens, the current slump is increase in India, by more than 10 per cent over the proving to be only too inclusive. past year. Women and girl children are the worst af- fected by reduced household access to food. Medicine During the boom, there were four apparently contra- prices and other health care costs have continued to dictory trends for women workers: simultaneous in- increase and public health provision is being curtailed. creases in the incidence of paid labour, underpaid la- This reflects the fiscal crisis of state governments, bour, unpaid labour and open unemployment. The which are responsible for the bulk of the public spend- global crisis, which has already caused sharp declines ing that affects human development, such as basic in exports, significant reversals of capital flows, and infrastructure, health, sanitation and education. State credit crunch especially for small producers, has made governments’ tax receipts have fallen and so they are matters much worse. Three sections of women work- increasingly strapped for cash and unable to meet ers have been especially badly affected: workers in even essential spending on these basic services, not export-oriented production and construction, home- to mention development. based workers and cultivators. They are also affected by loss of remittance income as migrant workers re- The policy response thus far has been paltry and uni- turn home. In addition, the crisis has sharply affected maginative, with no attempt to change the direction of household food insecurity, which has a very strong investment and consumption towards the home mar- gendered impact. ket to emphasise wage-led growth and diversify ex- ports. What is immediately required is significantly in- Exports have declined by more than 30 per cent in the creased public expenditure, directed towards particular year to March 2009, and there have been very large areas: expansion of the employment guarantee layoffs in export-oriented production, especially in tex- scheme within rural areas and extension to urban ar- tiles and garments and leather goods. Women were eas; more flexibility in the scheme to enable produc- already being displaced in construction with increased tive use of labour, especially women workers; more mechanisation of large projects, but now they are los- resources provided to state governments to enable ing more jobs as even small scale construction slows them to meet basic development and social expendi- down. In addition, there are reports of sharp falls in tures; a package for agriculturalists to protect them nominal wages. In home-based work, which was a from volatile crop prices and to deal with the burden of growing feature of both export and domestic subcon- debt. Continued Next Page VOLUME 19, NO. 1 IAFFE NEWSLETTER PAGE 7

Women and the Poor in Crisis The ILO predicts that the number of unemployed By Sara Hsu, Visiting Assistant Professor at women around the world will increase to 22 million Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA in 2009. Globally, according to a recent Oxfam report, women in low-paid export processing jobs The financial in developing countries have also been dispropor- crisis that origi- tionately laid off as global demand slows. Poli- nated in the cies in which the government acts as the employer United States of last resort, and that provide a social safety net to has affected those slipping into poverty, are needed to combat both developed this problem. and developing economies. Secondly, developed countries have been better Across the off in terms of being able to implement, to varying globe, it is antici- degrees of quality and gender awareness, fiscal pated that stimulus packages that mitigate some of the worst women will dis- effects of the crisis. But in recent weeks, circum- proportionately stances for developing countries have become suffer, and eco- most dire. The World Bank has projected that nomic policies must be crafted from a perspective close to 53 million more people could slip into pov- of gender equity. erty in coming years. The situation is much worse for girls and women, as the well-being of females, Firstly, although formal-sector employment statis- in terms of nutrition, health care, schooling, and tics may not reflect it, unemployment affects even life itself, is put second to that of males. The women more sharply in financial crises. This was recent G20 summit resulted in the commitment of the case in the Asian Financial Crisis, when $1 trillion to the IMF, with funds mainly slated for women were suddenly confronted with much lower use in counter-cyclical policies. This can play a wages or no wages at all, and in the Argentine cri- large role in reducing poverty if funds are used sis, when women experienced higher unemploy- properly, in ways that are gender-sensitive, and ment in both the formal and informal sectors. Al- without restrictive stipulations by the IMF. though at present in the United States, men are experiencing a higher rate of unemployment, this Research and activism related to gender and pov- captures only the visible effects of the crisis as erty impacts of the financial crisis is needed to help higher-paying jobs in the financial and construction shape the policies that are currently being created. sectors have been cut, and as women are shifted This is an urgent and present situation that, with from full-time work to part-time work and move action, can be used to maintain or improve lives. more quickly out of the ranks of the unemployed to Economists should feel compelled to direct atten- become discouraged workers. American women tion to current events and contribute their abilities have likely already been directly impacted through where possible. This can help improve the plight the informal sector (although numbers are not yet of women and the poor in crisis. available), as those who engage in housecleaning or care work are laid off from their jobs.

New Groups and Websites

The economic sociology thematic group of the Australian Sociological Association launched a new web- site www.economicsociology.org.au and a bi-annual newsletter ‘exchange’. For further details contact Dina Bowman by email at: [email protected]

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Report from the Third Congress of Feminist Economics in Spain

Feminist Economics Confronts the Crisis

The Third Congress of Feminist Economics in qualities between men and women. This is so, for Spain took place on April 2-3, 2009, in the Car- example, with the emphasis on public investment men de Burgos Center for Feminist Training, in economic sectors in crisis --such as the car Baeza (province of Jaen). A wide consensus on and construction industries— and not in social the current economic crisis and its consequences infrastructure typified by investment in education, was reached by participants and summarized in health, care services, and social protection. the following points:

5. The crisis could intensify the conventional gen- 1. The current financial and economic crisis is der division of labor and the inequalities that it threatening social cohesion and the wellbeing of generates. At the same time, it represents a chal- all people; it has been super-imposed over other lenge and an opportunity to generate new forms crises such as the care and the ecological crises, of production and consumption, and to re- and a moral and an ethical crisis, as well as those organize the structures and social relations of confronting the prevalent economic system itself care in order to establish an equitable share of and the development model. paid and unpaid work between men and women. This implies an increase in the share of responsi- bility between the various agents involved in the 2. The crisis has direct negative consequences generation of social welfare, including the State for the living conditions of the world’s population, through a progressive public budget aimed at re- and particularly for the most vulnerable sectors, distributing equitably fiscal revenue, public expen- including women who have not been responsible ditures, social benefits, and access to credit. All for the policies and decisions that have led to this of this also requires a state consistent with the critical situation. objective of promoting gender equality.

3. Those responsible for the crisis include the 6. As feminist economists, we denounce the he- world’s financial and corporate elites as well as gemony of orthodox thinking and market funda- governments that have imposed the neoliberal mentalism in economics departments and in gov- policies of the last decades, following the dictates ernment policies that have taken the world to the of orthodox and patriarchal economics and par- current crisis. Therefore, we demand that a femi- ticularly of market fundamentalism. nist perspective be included in economic studies and research, as well as in the design of policies currently under consideration. 4. There is a risk that policies adopted so far to deal with the crisis could intensify existing ine-

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IAFFE News

New Members of the Board and President Elect The new members of the Board who were elected in 2008 will take office at the Annual Conference in Boston. They are: Meena Acharya Consolata Kabonesa (re-elected for a second term) Carmen Sarasua García

The Nominating Committee is pleased to present relationship between gender relations and macro- the nominee for president-elect for a term begin- economic outcomes, with a recent paper investi- ning at the Annual Conference in Boston in 2009 gating the macroeconomic role gender plays in [becoming president at the Annual Conference in countries with a balance of payment constraint to Buenos Aires in 2010]. She is Stephanie Seguino. growth. Her biography is provided for you below. She is a Research Scholar at the Political Econ- Usually the election for president-elect and Board omy Research Institute, Associate Editor of Femi- members will happen at the same time, but this nist Economics, board member of Eastern Eco- year IAFFE is in the process of switching from nomics Association, and a member of the Interna- those elected taking office in January to taking of- tional Working Group on Engendering Macroeco- fice at the Annual Conference (usually June or nomics and Trade Theory (IWG-GEM). This latter July). The election will be held by electronic ballot group collaborated for a number of years on re- in April. More information on that will follow later. search that integrated gender into macroeconomic At this time, we are providing biographical infor- and trade theory and analysis. For the past two mation on the nominee for president-elect. years, she has been an instructor in the African Programme on Rethinking Development Econom- Stephanie Seguino is Professor of Economics at ics (APORDE), a training programme in develop- the University of Vermont, USA. After living in Italy ment economics for policy makers, researchers and Greece for several years, she returned to the and civil society representatives from Africa and US to pursue a Master’s degree in Economics, other developing countries. and subsequently worked in Haiti for four years as an economist researching the export coffee mar- She has collaborated with the AFL-CIO, UNDP, ket for the U.S. Agency for International Develop- and United Nations Research Institute for Social ment. Development (UNRISD) on a variety of research projects. Locally, Stephanie works with progres- The Haiti experience stimulated her pursuit of a sive groups in the State of Vermont on living Ph.D. degree from American University, awarded wages and public sector spending. She recently in 1994, and a longer run research interest in the stepped down as Associate Dean at the University relationship between inequality, growth, and de- of Vermont, where she worked to develop prac- velopment, as well as the determinants of well- tices that would lead to greater diversity in faculty being. Her recent work attempts to identify a uni- and staff hires. She carries that interest to IAFFE, fied framework for understanding the determinants with a desire to help to develop mechanisms for of race and gender inequality. She is also cur- greater international representation and inclusion rently engaged in a project to look at the differen- in the organization’s membership. She balances tial unemployment effects of contractionary mone- her intellectual life with a pursuit of art, primarily in tary policy on women and/or ethnic subaltern the medium of photography. groups in developed and developing economies. A third research trajectory explores the reciprocal Continued Next Page VOLUME 19, NO. 1 IAFFE NEWSLETTER PAGE 10

IAFFE has a new home at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln!

Ann Mari May writes: IAFFE members from ganizations and has been very busy for the past sev- around the world will notice that IAFFE’s home of- eral months working to assist members with their fice has moved from Middlebury College in Middle- membership and all of the other activities that come bury, Vermont, USA to the University of Nebraska – with this busy organization. We are delighted to have Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska USA. I want to take Monica join us and hope that she continues to enjoy this opportunity to thank Middlebury College for the her position for years to come! warm support we received while there and also thank IAFFE’s former assistant Jody Woos for her dedication and outstanding service to IAFFE. It was

wonderful to have IAFFE’s home in the Green Moun- tains of Vermont and we will miss you Jody! However, we are very lucky to have relocated IAFFE’s main office to the University of Nebraska- Lincoln (UNL). Located on the Great Plains of Ne- braska, the Department of Economics at the Univer- sity of Nebraska-Lincoln has generously offered to support the activities of IAFFE by providing us with office space (a valuable commodity on any campus!) and a great deal of help from work-study students. Alice Flowers and Carol Nelson, staff in the Depart- ment of Economics at the University of Nebraska- Monica Aksamit Lincoln, have also given generously of their time IAFFE Administrative Assistant with various IAFFE projects and we are grateful for their excellent assistance. The Department of Eco- If you need to contact us, please update your records nomics at UNL is a fitting home for IAFFE as it of- and correspond to: fers its students a broad range of perspectives in eco- IAFFE nomics and a graduate concentration in Feminist Economics! We are delighted to have the UNL as Department of Economics – CBA 340 IAFFE’s home address. University of Nebraska – Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0400 USA Along with the move, we are pleased to announce Fax: 1-866-257-8304 that Monica Aksamit has accepted the position of [email protected] Administrative Assistant for IAFFE. Monica brings 21 years of experience working with membership or-

2009 IAFFE Membership Renewal

It’s not too late! Keep your Feminist Economics Journals coming regularly! If you have not sent in your 2009 IAFFE Membership Renewal yet, please consider one of the following options: 1) Log-in on the IAFFE website and make pay your membership securely on-line with your Visa or MasterCard. 2) From the IAFFE website, you can download a membership renewal form, fill it out and fax it to us at our secure fax number 1-866-257-8304 anytime, night or day. 3) Mail us your payment and completed membership form to the above address.

Most importantly, thank you for supporting IAFFE!

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List of Contributors 2008

The IAFFE is deeply grateful to the many individuals that support its activities! These generous donations are vital in building a strong foundation for IAFFE for years to come. The following list includes gifts to the IAFFE Endowment, Feminist Economics, and the IAFFE General Fund received for the calendar year 2008. To find out more about supporting IAFFE, contact us at [email protected] or visit our website, www.iaffe.org.

Visionary ($5,000 or more) Friend ($100 or more) Contributor (up to $100) Diana Strassmann Ronald G. Bodkin Nahid Aslanbeigui Shirley Burggraf Torunn Bragstad Benefactor ($2,500 or more) Cheryl Doss Pamela Brubaker “Out of the Margin” Foundation Marianne Ferber Janice Burns

Sustainer ($1,000 or more) Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Kimberly Christensen Katherine Vang Barb Hopkins S. Charusheela Jane Humphries Kristin Dale Sponsor ($500 or more) Prue Hyman Marisa Ernst Ulla Grapard Therese Jefferson Marianne Hill Suzanne Helburn Consolata S. Kabonesa Willene A. Johnson Brian Cooper Edith Kuiper Jeanne E. Koopman Margaret Lewis Jennifer Olmsted Supporter ($250 or more) Ann Mari May Elayne Palmer Cece Conrad Miranda Mugford Elizabeth A. Moorhouse Maria S. Floro Marilyn Power Sheila Quinn Yasuko Muramatsu Lois Shaw Yana V. Rodgers Julie Nelson Agneta Stark Margarita Rose Friend ($100 or more) Myra Strober Janet Seiz Elisabetta Addis Gale Summerfield Rosalba Todaro Randy Albelda Catherine J. Weinberger Anonymous

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Congratulations! Call for Papers

Congratulations to American University Professors XXIV National Conference of Labour Economics, 24- Martha Starr and Kara Reynolds, who received tenure 25 September 2009 this year. They join Mary Hansen, Maria Floro, Mieke Meurs, and Ivy Broder. Women now hold six of the 18 Faculty of Economics – University of Sassari. More info on tenured faculty positions in the Economics Department. www.aiel.it In addition, IAFFE member and Professor Mieke Meurs The Conference consists of two thematic sessions. The first, received the 2008-2009 Scholar Teacher award, the titled “Gender, work and well-being” is of particular interest to all highest honor bestowed upon a faculty member at feminist economists and IAFFE members. You are strongly American University. encouraged to answer the call and come to present your work. The second session is on “The European Employment strategy: Gender and Economics assessments and prospects”. There is also a third, miscellane- ous session, for any work on labour economics. The thematic University Training Programs sessions will be introduced by invited lectures, followed by the presentation of selected papers. The Conference will be held in The Department of Economics at American Uni- Italian and English. versity in Washington, D.C. is pleased to an- Authors are invited to send unpublished papers. Papers nounce the Program on Gender Analysis in Eco- (authorname.pdf) with the indication of the selected session/ nomics (PGAE). The program offers three op- subsession, must be sent no later than 8 June 2009 to the AIEL tions to meet different needs: secretary ([email protected]). Papers can be in provisional version, • Graduate Certificate on Gender Analysis in but must contain a clear presentation of the results obtained Economics, and a complete reference list.

• Gender Analysis in Economics track in the For more information, contact the local organizers: Professor Elisabetta Addis at [email protected] MA in Economics

• Gender Analysis in Economics field in the PhD program. International Summer School The PGAE differs from other gender-related graduate programs by presenting a gender- A summer school titled “Quantitative and qualitative methods and their relative merits in research on gender and well-being”, Porto focused yet economics-based curricu- Conte Ricerche, SARDINIA, 8-13 June 2009, is organized by IAFFE lum. Courses apply gender analysis to different members Prof. Elisabetta Addis (University of Sassari) and Prof. fields of economic analysis, including microeco- Tindara Addabbo (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). nomics, macroeconomics, labor economics, public finance, development, and international Although the deadline for applying to the Summer School has trade and investment. The PGAE is geared to passed, information about the school may still be of interest. students seeking careers in government agen- The school will bring together scholars from history, economics, cies, research institutes and think tanks, non- political science, and sociology under the assumption that all these governmental policy organizations, or economic disciplines’ points of view – and maybe more - are needed to fully and financial institutions who need well-trained understand the social relation we call “gender” and its implication for professionals who have skills in economics and well-being. There will be 8 to 10 invited professors and participants gender analysis. are expected to be Ph.D. students, junior faculty, or senior profes- For more information, go to: sors and scholars.

http://www.american.edu/cas/economics/programs/gender.cfm. Information about the summer school may be requested from the secretariat at [email protected] or from Professor Addis at [email protected]. Details about the location may be checked at www.portocontericerche.it.

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Upcoming Workshops and Conferences

Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI), Democracy and Development in Bangladesh Forum (DDBF), and The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government are partnering to organize a two-day international conference to examine the development challenges facing Bangladesh and to foster a culture of innovation geared towards addressing those challenges. The goal of the conference is to generate creative ideas that would result in breakthrough solutions for transitioning Bangladesh to the 21st century.

The conference will be held on October 9-10 (Friday & Saturday), 2009 at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Educators, policy makers, social entrepreneurs, research and development organiza- tions are being invited to submit papers in the following areas:

A) Governance and Political Development which also involves the rights and representation of women, minorities, and indigenous peoples. B) Investments and Resource Mobilization including women’s entrepreneurship and employment. C) Human Infrastructure Strategies such as gender and education policy. D) Energy and Environment and related gender. E) Media and Culture Industry including gender roles and representations.

Paper submission should represent original, unpublished work on the economic, political, and social issues confronting Bangladesh in the new millennium as suggested by the conference topics that are based on rig- orous, careful, and accessible academic research, and that lucidly outline strategic imperatives for the prob- lems they identify, as well as the procedures for their implementation.

An abstract of the proposed paper must be submitted by April 30, 2009 and should highlight the fo- cus/research question/hypotheses (to be) tested and be approximately 500 words in length. Authors will be notified of the suitability of their papers by May 15, 2009. If accepted, the full-length paper will be due by July 15, 2009. Final acceptance will be notified by July 31, 2009. BDI and DDBF will have full authority to reject any paper.

For more details please download the full Call for Papers at http://www.bdiusa.org//activities/Conference2009/ and feel free to write to Farida C. Khan at [email protected]

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Conference on HIV/AIDS and Economics

INTERNATIONAL AIDS ECONOMICS NETWORK (IAEN)

IAEN SPECIAL SESSIONS AT AIDSIMPACT CONFERENCE 2009 GABORONE, BOTSWANA, 22–25 SEPTEMBER 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS – DEADLINE: 5 MAY 2009

The International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN) announces a Call for Papers on research relating to the eco- nomics of HIV and AIDS. Papers accepted will be presented during the AIDSImpact Conference 2009 to be held in Gaborone, Botswana, September 22–25, 2009. Abstracts for posters will also be considered. Any paper relating HIV and AIDS to economics will be considered, although the following topics are of particular interest to the IAEN: Impact of the current economic crisis on financing health systems and prevention, care, and treatment Operations research Logistics and obstacles to prevention, treatment, and care Macro- and micro-economic impacts and implications of HIV/AIDS Labour market implications of scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions Agriculture, food security, and nutrition Socio-economic determinants and impact of HIV/AIDS Endemic diseases of poor populations and interactions with HIV/AIDS epidemics Impact of HIV/AIDS on education sector and human capital formation Distribution, equity and cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions HIV/AIDS and the private sector Long range economic issues relating to the epidemic Migration, intellectual property rights, international norms and regulations Positive and negative externalities of HIV/AIDS programs and other health programs Abstracts should be in English and not exceed 500 words. They should include Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion sections. All abstracts will be reviewed and the authors of those papers selected will be invited to present their work at the Conference. Please note: for those abstracts selected to receive a scholarship, a final draft of the presentation will be due by 20 August 2009. Abstracts will be evaluated with respect to theoretical soundness, methodology, analytical rigor, significance for public policy, and applicability in the wider context Senior IAEN economists are willing to discuss ideas and offer suggestions by e-mail to assist younger researchers to strengthen their work. Should you wish to take advantage of this assistance, please submit a request to Eileen Stillwaggon at the e-mail address below. Abstracts should be submitted by 5 May 2009 via e-mail to Ms Atlang Mompe at [email protected], with a copy to Prof. Eileen Stillwaggon at [email protected].

For information about the conference and venue, see www.aidsimpact.com.