The LSE Gender Institute, Gender & Development journal, Oxfam and Routledge will co-host a public lecture.
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Chair: Dr Caroline Sweetman
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Speakers: Ms Chiara Capraro, Professor Naila Kabeer (pictured), Professor Diane Perrons and Ms Daria Ukhova
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Discussant: Ms Laurie Adams
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Date: Friday 2 October 2015
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Time: 6.30 - 8pm
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Venue: Old Theatre, LSE, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE
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Followed by a drinks reception
#LSEtalksGender
The panel presents new analysis of development programmes and feminist contributions to the field of development, gender and inequality, identifying areas for policymakers and practitioners to focus on.
A panel of four feminists will present the new analysis they developed for publication as articles in the Special Issue of Gender and Development journal (see below). They show thought leadership and academic/INGO partnership, each using a different location to address a key area for policymakers and practitioners to focus on.
Chair:
Caroline Sweetman
Editor, Gender & Development
Speakers:
Chiara Capraro is Christian Aid's Policy Advisor on Gender and in the advisory group of the UK Gender and Devlopment network (GADN).
Naila Kabeer is Professor of Gender and Development at the Gender Institute.
Diane Perrons is Professor of Economic Geography and Gender Studies, and Director of the Gender Institute.
Daria Ukhova is a policy adviser working on Oxfam's Even It Up policy campaign paper.
Discussant:
Laurie Adams is Director of Women's Rights at Oxfam GB.
Articles from the Special Issue of Gender and Development:
Gender, poverty, and inequality: a brief history of feminist contributions in the field of international development by Naila Kabeer
This paper provides a brief history of feminist contributions to the analysis of gender, poverty, and inequality in the field of international development. It draws out the continuous threads running through these contributions over the years, as the focus has moved from micro-level analysis to a concern with macro-level forces. It concludes with a brief note on some of the confusions and conflations that continue to bedevil attempts to explore the relationship between gender, poverty, and inequality.
Gendering the inequality debate by Professor Diane Perrons
Diane Perrons is a world renowned feminist economist and member of the International Association of Feminist Economists (IAFFE). Professor and Head of the Gender Institute of the LSE. In her article in this issue she relates current austerity policies to Structural Adjustment policies, and critiques them in the light of what we know about the relationship of gender inequality to economic growth and inequality.
Gender inequality and inter-household economic inequality in emerging economies: exploring the relationship by Daria Ukhova
Daria is a policy adviser working on Oxfam's Even It Up policy campaign paper. This paper (reviewed and advised on by the Research Team) explores how gender equality has been affected by economic growth in the BRICSAMIT countries. It shows a partial correlation between improvements in economic growth, equality and gender equality indicators but this is a mixed picture. It has policy implications: we do not yet know much at all about this relationship, and it cannot be assumed economic 'progress' benefits gender equality goals; if gender equality goals are not met, economic equality cannot happen; measures of gender equality fail to pick up all aspects of gender inequality; we need complementary research including other research methods to capture ways in which gender inequality is morphing in those countries. This article presents Oxfam as serious about research into this critical area. Daria is going to pursue this topic at PhD level and is a fantastic young feminist speaker.
Leave no one behind and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India by Jayshree P. Mangubhai and Chiara Capraro
This article focuses on advocacy and influencing work done in India by Christian Aid on two forms of horizontal inequality - caste and marital status - to uphold the rights of single and Dalit women, emphasising how vertical inequalities of wealth and income are worsened and in turn drive inequality associated with being a member of a marginalised group. Working on complex inequalities is a key challenge for INGOs and partners and this article offers a country perspective on a programme which tried to do this and offers lessons for others.