Many speakers and moderators made the conference possible. They came together in different panels and workshops thanks to the WIDE+ conference Working Group. One can read a brief biography of each speaker, moderator and organizer below (in alphabetical order). https://wideplus.org/conference-2016/meet-speakers-moderators-and-organizers/…
Category: Meetings and Workshops
Workshop 9: EU-Africa trade agreements: drivers for development or more poverty?
Listen to the workshop hier: This workshop discussed the impact of EU-Africa trade agreements, namely EPAs, that have been negotiated over the past years on women’s livelihoods and poverty in Africa. Approaches of grassroots resistance against neoliberal free trade regimes in…
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Workshop 10: Building alternatives to policy of austerity and current economic model in Europe from a feminist perspective
This workshop addressed the need for a new economic framework that centres wellbeing and redresses structural power imbalances, in line with feminist economic principles. While gender concerns are often touched on only peripherally in alternative economic models, this workshop will…