News about EU, trade, development and gender justice, Newsletter May 2015, issue 2

European Parliament FEMM Committee adopts its recommendations for the EU Strategy for equality between women and men The FEMM committee of the EP adopted by 20 votes in favour, 12 votes against and 3 abstentions the own-initiative report on "the…

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:…