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In the spirit of #CiteAfricanWomen / #CiteBlackWomen, here's a thread of African & Diaspora thinkers on the economy. First up, Fadekemi Abiru @FadekemiAbiru in @republicjournal on the impact of the SAPs. #Afrifem #economicjustice #MondayMotivation https://republic.com.ng/augustseptember-2018/africas-lost-decade/
Timely and much-needed country level analysis in @africasacountry by Liepollo Lebohang Pheko ( @Liepollo9 ) of the SA Covid-19 economic rescue / recovery plan and the opportunity it could present to break away from market orthodoxy: https://africasacountry.com/2020/05/the-real-pandemic
Public Private Partnerships: so what is the actual the deal? Crystal Simeoni ( @crystalsimeoni ) in @openDemocracy looks at what they are and why they need to always be properly interrogated: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/when-it-comes-development-public-private-partnerships-give-us-lot-wonder-about/
Wangari Kinoti ( @wangkinoti ) in @openDemocracy, getting straight to the point on the importance of placing gender justice right at the heart of our economies: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/its-time-put-gender-justice-heart-our-economies/
A go-to reference over the last decade by Senegalese economist @YassineFall on “The Cost of Commoditisation of Food and Water for Women” in a great anthology of feminist policy analysis. Can’t find a digital copy, but here it is for when libraries re-open (or to buy):
Masego Madzwamuse ( @nangabe ) with Kofi Kouakou on of the future of work in a stellar Issue of Buwa! published by @OSISA. This editorial article nails the theme and also a great intro 4 getting a grip on the what 4th industrial revolution is all about:
https://osisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BUWA-Issue9_DIGITAL_web.pdf
https://osisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BUWA-Issue9_DIGITAL_web.pdf
Another long-time go-to source by Dzodzi Tskikata ( @DzodziTsikata ) on a research agenda for the intersections between gender, land, labour and livelihoods in Feminist Africa, Issue 12:
http://www.agi.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/429/feminist_africa_journals/archive/12/fa12_feature_tsikata.pdf
http://www.agi.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/429/feminist_africa_journals/archive/12/fa12_feature_tsikata.pdf
More great #Afrifem analysis from Crystal Dicks with Prakashnee Govender on Feminist Visions of the Future of Work:
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/15796.pdf
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/15796.pdf
Clear thoughts from Jessica Horn ( @stillSHErises) on African women’s labour rights, especially the right to rest and leisure in systems that have canonised women’s productivity for capitalist agendas https://medium.com/@stillsherises/a-workers-day-wish-for-african-women-d5426723cb25
Zenebework Tadesse writing for @FEMNET with much needed analysis of the gender effects of illicit financial flows (IFFs):
https://femnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/FEMNET.-Full-Research-paper-on-Gender-Dimensions-of-IFFs-21.7.2017.pdf
https://femnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/FEMNET.-Full-Research-paper-on-Gender-Dimensions-of-IFFs-21.7.2017.pdf
Katindi Sivi-Njojo, writing for @AWDF on projected trends (including economic) for African women by 2030, expertly pulling together a wide range of data sets across various themes:
https://awdf.org/wp-content/uploads/Futures-English-12th-July.pdf
https://awdf.org/wp-content/uploads/Futures-English-12th-July.pdf
From macro level to granular micro level analysis - yes #Afrifem's are doing it all. Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed @zahrahnesbitt on the lives of domestic workers in Nigeria:
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3359/
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3359/
And the classic by Mariama Williams, laying down foundations in the area of gender and trade way back when the naysayers were at their loudest... still important to revisit now:
https://books.thecommonwealth.org/gender-mainstreaming-multilateral-trading-system-paperback
https://books.thecommonwealth.org/gender-mainstreaming-multilateral-trading-system-paperback
I'll stop there for now otherwise I could be here for a while. More to share another time. Until then, all additions welcome...
