New Book: Women in Turkey – Silent Consensus in the Age of Neoliberalism and Islamic Conservatism
By Gamze Çavdar, Yavuz Yaşar. From Routledge: This book provides a socio-economic examination of the status of wome
ILO: Global wage growth lowest since 2008, women still earning 20 per cent less than men
The latest ILO Global Wage report finds global wage growth has been weak while the gender pay gap, at about 20 per cent glo
New Book: Feminist Freedom Warriors – Genealogies, Justice, Politics, and Hope
Edited by Linda Carty and Chandra Talpade Mohanty. From Haymarket Books: A collection of compelling narratives highl
Call for Papers: 50 Years of Socialist Feminism
2019 marks 50 years since the publication of Margaret Benston’s “The Political Economy of Women’s Liberation,” a semi
Democratizing Care
By Johanna Brenner, Let’s consider moving beyond the social-democratic welfare state and the family/househo
New Book: How We Get Free – Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. From Haymarket Books: The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of ra
Press Release: More than 1,000 Economists Urge AEA to Address Misogyny in the Field
Contacts: Jennifer Clark, clark@iwpr.org, 202.785.5100; Michael Reich, michaelreich.prof@gmail.com Washingto
New Book: Gender and Economics in Muslim Communities – Critical Feminist and Postcolonial Analyses
Edited by Ebru Kongar, Jennifer C. Olmsted, & Elora Shehabuddin. From Routledge: Bringing together feminist ana
“Weren’t We Women First Out on the Streets?”: The Incomplete History of 1917
By Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild, In the year of the pussy, and also coincidentally the centennial of the Russian Revolu
A Feminist History of Capitalism
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuQRFOP5vdw&w=560&h=315] This is a presentation by Lily Mat
We Need a Feminism of the 99%
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyC8tthTNXU&w=560&h=315] Feminist scholar Nancy Fraser ta
Women’s Liberation reading guide from Haymarket Books
March is Women’s History Month, and March 8th is International Working Women’s Day. This year, women all
The Women’s March on Washington and the Coming of Age of Feminism
By Julie Matthaei, For those who believe in equality and solidarity, and face the outrage of the upcoming Trump inaugur
Trump, Republicans & the War on Women
By Susan Pashkoff Those that have been watching the right-wing war on women for at least a decade may think that all we are
TANF didn’t fight poverty, full employment did
By Virginia Rutter Welfare reform hits 20 this month. The Center for Economic and Policy Research has done much work exa