“Using the master’s tools” is a familiar feminist strategy. It means using the tools, institutions and language of mainstream, gender blind politicians and policy makers to convince them that investing in women and girls is the smart thing to do. Over the years, feminist economists have been driving the analysis that has fed activists, policymakers [...]
Tags: AWID 2012, Feminist Economics
A hot topic at this AWID Forum has been the revolutions in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. One of my favorite sessions so far has been about the innovative ideas young feminists in Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia and Lebanon used before, during and after the uprisings. These inspirational young women were out on the [...]
Tags: Arab Spring, AWID 2012
After much anticipation the AWID Forum has finally begun! Everyone gathered in the big auditorium at the Halic Congress Centre for the opening plenary. Looking around the room, the diversity of the group of women gathered was striking, and so colorful! According to the organizers, more than 2,200 people have gathered, aged 12-80 and representing [...]
Tags: AWID 2012
We’ve arrived in Turkey!!! We are waiting sleepily in the Istanbul airport arrivals lounge. Our colleagues from Sri Lanka are due to arrive shortly from the other side of the world. We’re keen to see them! Our flight from Ottawa to Istanbul was smooth and we met a couple of other AWID Forum participants along [...]
Tags: AWID 2012
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