The project is a result of the long-standing project of the Heinrich Böll Foundation on gender and economics which was carried out in cooperation with Gender, Macroeconomics and International Working Group (GEM-IWG). The aim was to gender-sensitize economists from the wider Europe and integrate gender perspective into macroeconomic research and policy formulation in Europe with a special focus on the transition and emerging economies in Central, Eastern and Southern. In 2013 the focus was put on strengthening the network of feminist economists from CEE region and from the countries affected by financial and economic crisis.
The seminar was organized around the following themes all with a focus on the greater European region:
• Crisis in Europe and gendered perspectives
• Organization of care, work-life balance, paid and unpaid labor time (including family policies, labor market regulation, pension reforms, demographic issues)
• International trade, trade policies and gender
• Governance issues in the EU - Europe 2020 (what Europe we want from the perspective of sustainable economy and care economy)
Beyond sharing of research work, the seminar served to strengthen the GEM-Europe Network, which has emerged from the recent GEM-IWG initiatives on Capacity Building and Networking Workshops in Europe; first one held in October 2011 at Istanbul Technical Universityand the second one held in July 2012 at Jagiellonian University.
TOWARD A NEW EUROPE: ECONOMİC CRİSİS AND CRİSİS OF DEMOCRACY
Economic Crisis and Austerity in Europe and the US: Gendered effects and prospects for Gender Equality - Maria Karamessini
A Decade of Neoliberalism Gone Amok: Crony Capitalism, Destruction of the Environment and Patriarchy in Turkey - Nilüfer Çağatay
Financial Crisis, Austerity and Gender Equality in UK – Diane Elson
Gender Intrahousehold Distribution and the Recession (Ireland) – Sara Cantillon
Response of Urban Commons to the Global Crisis. Analysis from a Gender Perspective – Zofia Lapniewska; abstract.
Women in Solidarity Economy in Greece: Liberation Practices or One More Task Undertaken? – Irene Sotiropoulou; abstract.
Social and Gender Implications of Capital Account Regulations – Bilge Erten; abstract.
Wage-led Growth vs. Profit-led Growth – Ozlem Onaran
The Purple Economy: A Call for a New Economic Order beyond the Green – İpek İlkkaracan
Reforming Familialism? Family Policies in Europe East-West – Dorota Szelewa; abstract.
The impact of crisis on Polish Women – Anna Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz
EU governance / regional policy from a gender perspective – Ewa Ruminska-Zimny
Labour Market Participation in Transition Economies - Tamar Khitarishvili; abstract.
Global Recession and Turkish Labour Market – Ozge Izdes; abstract.
Determinants of Female Labour Force Participation in Turkey: Is Social Conservatism an Important Constraint? – Yasemin Dildar; abstract.
From unpaid to paid care provisioning: analytical and empirical consideration in times of crisis and beyond – Rania Antonopoulos
Economic crisis and the importance of social transfers in reducing poverty in Croatia, with attention to women – Predrag Bejakovic; abstract.
Accounting for Gender in the Scottish Modern Apprenticeship Programme – Emily Thomson
The Promotion of the EU’s Equality and non-discrimination Values Through the European Neighbourhood Policy – Volodymyr Streltsov; abstract
New Aspects of Gender Oriented Macroeconomic Policy in Georgia – Charita Jashi; abstract.