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Subversive Visibility: Gender, feminist protests, and public spaces in Argentina

19/09/2024

19 pages long

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Subversive Visibility: Gender, feminist protests, and public spaces in Argentina

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The paper explores the intricate character of public urban spaces, unveiling their almost contradictory nature as both a source of gendered fear and as potential spaces where subjects gain political visibility through collective interventions. Globally, nearly 90 per cent of young women below 30 years of age report feeling unsafe in public spaces. Despite the fear […]

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A Campus Far Removed: Affect, genders, and space at Argentina’s largest public university

19/09/2024

24 pages long

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A Campus Far Removed: Affect, genders, and space at Argentina’s largest public university

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Extreme instances of COVID-19 policy-related violence against transgender (trans) communities in Latin America highlight the imperative to better understand how gender, power, and rights are entwined within public spaces. Peru is a useful vantage point to explore the intersections between gendered power asymmetries, violence, and access to safe public spaces, given the brief COVID-19 public […]

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Gender knowledge, territorialising the rhizome, and playing with creative methods

12/12/2023

20 pages long

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Gender knowledge, territorialising the rhizome, and playing with creative methods

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Constructing academic knowledge in and from the global South is riddled with negotiations of oneself, our collectivities, and the demands of productivity. In our activism in and outside academia, gender knowledge emerges like grass: unpredictable, collective, abundant, messy. In policy and higher education, the field is limited by the credentials of expertise with all the […]

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Briefing paper

From Stunt to Substance: An assessment of IMF engagement with civil society

09/01/2023

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is doling out billions of dollars, influencing economies around the world through its finance, and through the policies it expects governments to implement in return for the funds. But who has a say in those decisions? This paper presents case study research from Pakistan, Tunisia, Egypt, Ecuador, Argentina, Zambia and […]

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When women enter male-dominated territories in the platform economy: gender inequalities among drivers and riders in Argentina

07/12/2022

26 pages long

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When women enter male-dominated territories in the platform economy: gender inequalities among drivers and riders in Argentina

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Platform labour, especially when it comes to its flexible schedules, may represent a job insertion possibility and a source of income for many women. However, such opportunities are not exempted from gender bias. This article inspects how the expansion of the platform economy affects gender inequalities by focusing on two platform occupations: ride-hailing and delivery […]

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A feminist-economics analysis of Latin American budgets show an urgent need for redistribution of income and care work

31/08/2022

9 pages long

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A feminist-economics analysis of Latin American budgets show an urgent need for redistribution of income and care work

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Analysing fiscal policy from the perspective of feminist economics means examining gender equality policies, both in terms of tax revenue and other sources of fund (indebtedness), as well as redistribution and public spending. Finding out the number of resources assigned to these policies, their macroeconomic impact, and their temporality (longevity) is extremely essential. In this […]

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A new feminist ethic that unites and mobilizes people: the participation of young people in Argentina’s Green Wave

07/12/2021

15 pages long

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A new feminist ethic that unites and mobilizes people: the participation of young people in Argentina’s Green Wave

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The year 2021 began with good news: on 29 December 2020, the law that guarantees access to the right to legal, safe and free abortion was approved in Argentina’s National Congress and Senate. This achievement was the result of the struggles of the feminist and women's movement. A particular feature was the massive involvement of […]

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Discussion paper

Crisis y Captura: El descontento social en tiempos de pandemia en América Latina y el Caribe

01/07/2021

2 documents

25 pages long

Languages: Spanish

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Este documento esboza una propuesta de agendas de trabajo para promover el debate sobre cómo reconfigurar el pacto social por vías institucionales en América Latina y el Caribe, fortaleciendo así los sistemas democráticos de la región y hacer frente a privilegios. Estas cuestiones son esenciales en el contexto actual de pandemia y de crisis políticas. […]

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Briefing paper

The IMF and Lebanon: The long road ahead – An assessment of how Lebanon’s economy may be stabilized while battling a triple crisis and recovering from a deadly blast

15/10/2020

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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Lebanon is extremely unequal and has been rocked by massive protests in recent months. The country is facing a financial crisis and is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a potential bailout programme. Other IMF programmes in the region have focused on austerity and have driven increases in poverty and inequality. A […]

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Ten Years After the Global Food Price Crisis, Rural Women Still Bear the Brunt of Poverty and Hunger

29/03/2019

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Ten years after the global food price crisis, women are still disproportionately disadvantaged by structural and emerging market factors that mean that they bear the brunt of poverty and hunger. Women and smallholder farmers in particular have been negatively affected by trade policy, competitive markets, and the accumulation of private power. There is, however, insufficient […]

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