The School of Feminist Economics (SFE) is a training space to socialise analysis and tools for the construction of critical perspectives on the interrelationships between economic dynamics, gender, class, race and ethnic relations, and the mechanisms of inequality reproduction.
During the last three years, DAWN has worked towards a process of envisaging and formulating collective statements together with political and social organisations, feminist networks, unions and educational organisations based on feminist pedagogies. These spaces have been organised around exchanges mainly in Spanish and Portuguese, and so, the collective documents, statements, audiovisual productions, publications and training materials produced during the first stage of the SFE are in Spanish.
From the feminist economy perspective, the SFE intends to be a space for reflection. Its main themes are global financial capitalism, corporate capture, the digital economy, public policy financing, the future of work and feminist experiences of resistance. At the same time, it aspires to be a space that offers training in feminist pedagogies to activists. In the current context of resistance in a deeply unequal and unjust world, this will help strengthen dialogue and connection between analysis and social mobilisation.
The SFE is coordinated by Corina Rodríguez Enríquez and Flora Partenio, both members of DAWN’s Executive Committee. The first edition of the SFE, “Narratives and resistance to financial capitalism and the power of corporations”, was held within the framework of the “G20/IMF Out! Global Action Week” in November 2018. It was built on previous work and collective articulation, including The Peoples’ Summit “WTO Out! Building Sovereignty” and The Feminist Forum Against G20. This initiative was promoted by DAWN and co-organised by a series of feminist organisations from Latin America and the global South. Subsequently, and within the framework of the World Social Forum of Transformative Economies, DAWN launched the website of the SFE.
The virtual site of the SFE is a pedagogical space that offers access to training resources and feminist self-training, and allows the sharing and dissemination of audio visuals and readings for reflection. The website retraces the path travelled up to this point with ally organisations and feminist activists from different countries. It is the start of a new cycle of collective work in the face of challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this space for training and self-learning, one will find a series of thematic modules focused on analysis from a feminist economy perspective:
Among the materials that are already translated into English, you will be able to get to know some of the collaborators of the School, learn about the School’s first edition and find information about our recent webinars:
La Escuela de Economía Feminista se propone abrir un espacio de formación para socializar análisis y herramientas para la construcción de perspectivas críticas sobre la interrelación entre la dinámica económica, las relaciones de género/clase/raza/etnia y los mecanismos de reproducción de la desigualdad.