Gender and the Economy: Environment, Work, and Care
Thursday, April 3rd
3:30 pm - 5 pm
Room 210 Illini Union
Moderated by Min Zhan
Director, Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity (CSGGE)
Speakers:
"Government Policies and Their Impacts on Women's Empowerment." Mary Arends-Kuenning. Professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Associate Dean of ACES International Programs
"Forging a Human Rights Economy within Planetary Boundaries: A Response to Unprecedented 'Glocal' Crises and Opportunities." Vernita Pearl Fort. Ecologist, Economist, and Former United States Diplomat, Research Scholar, Illinois Global Institute.
"The Work of Women Environmental Defenders of Extractive Economies." McKenzie Johnson, Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
"Deportations and the Care Economy." Elizabeth T. Powers, Associate Professor, Economics Department and Associate Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs