Applying Feminist Human Rights Perspectives to Macroeconomic Policy: An Economic Justice Training, Istanbul, Turkey: April 18, 2012

As feminists advocating for the full realization of human rights and the achievement of gender equality, women’s rights activists need to have knowledge of macroeconomic policies to fully comprehend systemic issues of inequality. To this end, on April 18, 2012, ActionAid International and CWGL co-sponsored an Economic Justice Training to expose advocates from NGOs to feminist human rights perspectives of macroeconomic policy. As a take away, a participant noted, “We advocate for women’s employment, for example, but we do not build close linkages with macroeconomic policies. This will strengthen the power of our arguments and will provide alternative perspectives.” CWGL will build on this training and hopes to convene a three and a half day training on economic justice in Fall 2012. Trainers included: Radhika Balakrishnan, CWGL; Diane Elson, University of Essex; and James Heintz, Political Economy Research Institute. Participants came from countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, and the Pacific.