Turning Promises into Progress – joint GADN GAPS and UKSRHR network report

2015 represents an important moment for gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights. It is twenty years since the landmark Beijing Conference on Women and fifteen years since the ground-breaking United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace…

A feminist perspective on the 4th De-Growth Conference

In this article Christa Wichterich reflects on the discourses and strategies discussed during the 4th De-Growth Conference. De conference brought 3000 people together in Leipzig, in September 2014, through 450 workshops, cultural events and plenaries. In terms of discourse the current “de-growth” discourse can be…

Recent resources on gender, development and trade

Gender and Social and Solidarity Economy, paper by UNRISD. This paper synthesizes the insights and findings of some 70 papers and think pieces prepared under the Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy research project: Social and Solidarity Economy:…