| Description | Women's movements have long engaged politically with economic
issues, pointing out how these affect them in different ways.
Whether they are farmers, factory workers, domestic workers, or
unpaid care workers, global women's movements confront systemic
issues at the global level as well. As they expose and oppose
violations to their human rights, women are also searching for
alternatives and proposing sustainable, gender-just economies. In
this course, we focus on contemporary dimensions of the political
movements pushing for alternative economics as well as ongoing
policy debates. Indeed, the question is what is a gender-just
economy? |