The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) is a non-profit international association dedicated to raising awareness and inquiry of feminist economics. It has some eight hundred members in over 90 countries.[2] The association publishes a quarterly journal entitled Feminist Economics.[3]
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| Abbreviation | IAFFE |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1992 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Association |
| Purpose | Our common cause is to further gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis with the goal of enhancing the well-being of children, women, and men in local, national, and transnational communities. |
Professional title | International Association for Feminist Economics |
Region served | Members in 92 countries |
Membership | 800 |
President | Lee Badgett |
President-Elect | Sara Cantillon |
Main organ | Board of Directors[1] |
History
In 1990 Diana Strassmann organized a panel named, Can feminism find a home in economics? in which a number of scholars, including Nobel Prize-winnder Claudia Goldin, participated. Strassmann credits Goldin for suggesting the panel's title. Jean Shackelford and April Aerni specifically invited members of the audience to join a start-up network for economists which would be overtly feminist in outlook. In 1992 this network became the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) with Shackleford becoming the first president.[4]
By 2003 IAFFE had more than five hundred members from over thirty countries.[4] The association's president from 2003 to 2004 was Lourdes Benería. Shahra Razavi paid tribute to Benería in a speech at the IAFFE conference in 2012 describing Benería's work as, "not only empirically grounded and conceptually informed, but also contributing to a feminist critique that is systemic and connected to a broader critique of capitalism".[5]
IAFFE was awarded a grant of $1.5 million in 2010 from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), to continue their work, including the publication of special issues of Feminist Economics.[6] Since then the association has gone on to number eight hundred members in over ninety countries.[2]
Starting in 2022 the organization entered a new, increasingly dynamic phase of its existence. This builds to some extent on the paradoxical success of its 2020 Conference: due to be held in Quito in 2020, it was postponed for a year due to COVID, and then had to move entirely online when it took place in 2021. The Conference's online nature attracted a large participation and set the ground for a new and rich series of online events.[7] Online events include introductions to key topics in Feminist Economics, such as sessions on Feminist Macroeconomics with Diane Elson and Jayati Ghosh, or on the Purple Economy with Ipek Ilkkaracan.
In 2023 IAFFE launched new activities on teaching Feminist Economics and on identifying barriers to Feminist Economics.
The Association's funders now include Co-Impact and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. IAFFE's Annual Conferences receive regular support from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and others.
Conferences
One of IAFFE's main activities is its annual Conference. The most recent took place in Cape Town, South Africa, in July 2023. IAFFE also takes part in the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) annual conference every year.[8]
| # | Year | Place | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1992 | American University, Washington DC USA | IAFFE Conference Programs |
| 2nd | 1993 | American University, Washington DC USA (August); Amsterdam, the Netherlands in conjunction with "Out of the Margin" conference (June) - also organized 8 panels for the UN Conference in Beijing, China | Feminist economic inquiry.[9] |
| 3rd | 1994 | Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA | IAFFE Conference Programs |
| 4th | 1995 | Tours, France | Feminist economic inquiry.[10] |
| 5th | 1996 | American University, Washington DC, USA | Feminist economic inquiry.[11] |
| 6th | 1997 | Taxco, Mexico | Feminist economic inquiry.[12] |
| 7th | 1998 | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Feminist approaches to economics.[13] |
| 8th | 1999 | Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada | Feminist economic inquiry.[14] |
| 9th | 2000 | Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey | Feminist economic inquiry.[15] |
| 10th | 2001 | Holmenkollen Hotel, Oslo, Norway | Feminist economic inquiry.[16] |
| 11th | 2002 | Occidental College, California, USA | Feminist economic inquiry.[17] |
| 12th | 2003 | The Centre for Gender and Development Studies, The University of the West Indies, Barbados, West Indies | Feminist economic inquiry.[18] |
| 13th | 2004 | St Hilda's College, Oxford, England | Feminist economic inquiry.[19] |
| 14th | 2005 | Washington DC, USA | Feminist economic inquiry.[20] |
| 15th | 2006 | Sydney, Australia | Feminist economic inquiry.[21] |
| 16th | 2007 | Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand | Feminist economic inquiry.[22] |
| 17th | 2008 | Torino, Italy | Women's work and education in the global economy.[23] |
| 18th | 2009 | Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA | Global economic crises impacts women differently.[24] |
| 19th | 2010 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Global economic crises and feminist rethinking of the development discourse.[25] |
| 20th | 2011 | Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China | Reorienting economic theory, policies, and institutions: Feminist perspectives in the aftermath of the global economic crisis.[26] |
| 21st | 2012 | Barcelona, Spain | Human well-being for the 21st century: weaving alliances from feminist economics[27] |
| 22nd | 2013 | Stanford University, Palo Alto, California | Feminist economists’ perspectives on women's education and work across the globe[28] |
| 23rd | 2014 | University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana | Women's economic empowerment and the new global development agenda.[29] |
| 24th | 2015 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Papers invited on the issues of: Gender, monetary and fiscal policies / Women's employment, families and austerity programs / Deflation and gender in a complex global world / Women's employment and Central Bank policies during the post-crisis period economic empowerment, ethics and gender development / Gender, microcredit and microfinance.[30] |
| 25th | 2016 | Galway, Ireland | Transitions and transformations in gender equality.[31][32] |
| 26th | 2017 | Sungshin University, Seoul, South Korea | Gender equalities in a multi-polar world.[33][34] |
| 27th | 2018 | SUNY New Paltz, New Platz, NY USA | Feminist debates on migration, inequalities and resistance.[35] |
| 28th | 2019 | Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland | Theme: tbc.[36] |
| 29th | 2020 | FLACSO Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador | Cancelled due to COVID. |
| 29th | 2021 | FLACSO Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador | Online only. |
| 30th | 2022 | Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland | Transforming global governance for social justice: Feminist economics and the fight for human rights [37] |
| 31st | 2023 | ACEIR, Cape Town, South Africa | Envisioning Feminist Economics Strategies for an Equitable and Sustainable World [38] |
| 32nd | 2024 | Sapienza, Rome, Italy | Caught Between the Digital Revolution and a Crisis of Democracy: Feminist Economics Responses and Imaginations for the Future [39] |
| 33rd | 2025 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA | Theme to be determined |
Grants
| Year | Awarding body / organization | Amount | Purpose of grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) | $1,500,000 US | IAFFE work and special issues of Feminist Economics.[6] |
| 2011 | Ford Foundation | $250,000 US | In support of a project on "Land, Gender, and Food Security".[40] |
| 2014 | Routledge and Taylor & Francis | $1,500 US | The Rhonda Williams Prize (see above).[41] |
| 2022 | Co-Impact Gender Fund | approx $1 million US | Building a Transformative Feminist Economics and Feminist Leadership to Shape the Future of Economics[citation needed] |
The Rhonda Williams Prize
IAFFE offer a prize scholarship in memory of former associate editor of Feminist Economics (1994–1998), Rhonda Williams. In 2014 the amount awarded was $1,500 to be given out at their summer conference to allow underrepresented groups in IAFFE attend the conference and present a paper. Award winners must demonstrate a commitment to one or more of the following issues: inequalities; interrelationships (racism, sexism, homophobia, and classism); and connections between scholarship and activism. Funding is provided by both Routledge and, Taylor & Francis.[41]IAFFE also offers other prizes for published works or service to Feminist Economics.
Association members
2020-21 Board of Directors
This is list of who is sitting on the board of IAFFE.[42]
- President - Lee Badgett
- President-Elect - Sara Cantillon
- Executive Vice President and Treasurer - Shaianne Osterreich
- Executive Vice President and Secretary - Lynda Pickbourn
- Editor, Feminist Economics - Elissa Braunstein
- Past President - Cheryl Doss
Additional board members
- Valeria Esquivel
- Lynda Pickbourn
- Caroline Shenaz Hossein
- Sheba Tejani
- Marcella Corsi
- Heidi Hartmann
- Fatimah Kelleher
Past presidents
This is a list of presidents of the IAFFE.[42]
- 1993–1995 Jean Shackelford
- 1995–1997 Marianne Ferber
- 1997–1999 Myra Strober
- 1999–2000 Barbara Bergmann
- 2000–2001 Rhonda Sharp
- 2001–2002 Jane Humphries
- 2002–2003 Nancy Folbre
- 2003–2004 Lourdes Benería
- 2004–2005 Bina Agarwal
- 2005–2006 Robin L. Bartlett
- 2006–2007 Edith Kuiper
- 2007–2008 Martha MacDonald
- 2008–2009 Cecilia Conrad
- 2009–2009 Susan Himmelweit
- 2009–2010 Eudine Barriteau
- 2010–2011 Stephanie Seguino
- 2011–2012 Rosalba Todaro
- 2012–2013 Agneta Stark
- 2013–2014 Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
- 2014–2015 Alicia Girón
- 2015–2016 Şemsa Özar
- 2016–2017 Joyce Jacobsen
- 2018–2019 Naila Kabeer
- 2019–2020 Cheryl Doss
- 2020–2021 Radhika Balakrishnan
- 2021–2022 Abena Oduro
- 2022–2023 Ipek Ilkkaracan
- 2023–2024 Lee Badgett
Publications
Journals
Books by IAFFE members
- Bahramitash, Roksana (2013). Gender and entrepreneurship in Iran: microenterprise and the informal sector. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137342867.
- Bettio, Francesca; Plantenga, Janneke; Smith, Mark (2013). Gender and the European labour market. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415664332.
- Bjørnholt, Margunn; McKay, Ailsa (2014). Counting on Marilyn Waring: new advances in feminist economics. Bradford, Ontario: Demeter Press. ISBN 9781927335277.
- Blau, Francine D; Ferber, Marianne A; Winkler, Anne E (2014). The economics of women, men, and work (seventh ed.). Boston: Pearson. ISBN 9780132992817.
- Deshpande, Ashwini (2013). Affirmative action in India. New Delhi Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198092087.
- Dokmanović, Mirjana; Kuzmanović, Tatjana Đ. (2012). Guidelines for introducing gender budgeting at national level in the Republic of Serbia (in Serbian). Serbia: Gender Equality Directorate, Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Policy. ISBN 9780132992817.
- Figart, Deborah M.; Warnecke, Tonia L. (2013). Handbook of research on gender and economic life. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN 9780857930941.
- Gornick, Janet C.; Jäntti, Markus (2013). Income inequality: economic disparities and the middle class in affluent countries. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804778244.
- Kabeer, Naila; Sudarshan, Ratna; Milward, Kirsty (2013). Organizing women workers in the informal economy: beyond the weapons of the weak. London New York: Zed Books. ISBN 9781780324517.
- Kalabikhina, Irina (2012). Economic and demographic development: gender transition - theory, indexes, prediction, policy. (in Russian). Russia: LAB Lambert Academic Publishing.
- Karamessini, Maria; Rubery, Jill (2014). Women and austerity: the economic crisis and the future for gender equality. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9780415815376.
- Mejiuni, Olutoyin (2013). Women and power: education, religion and identity. Dakar: CODESRIA. ISBN 9782869785731.
- Mills, Julie; Franzway, Suzanne; Gill, Judy; Sharp, Rhonda (2013). Challenging knowledge, sex and power: gender, work and engineering. New York: Routledge, IAFFE Book Series. ISBN 9780415676861.
- Tanaka, Shigeto (2013). A Quantitative Picture of Contemporary Japanese Families: Tradition and Modernity in the 21st Century. Sendai: Tohoku University Press. ISBN 9784861632266.
See also
- American Economic Association (AEA)
- Capability approach
- Critique of political economy
- Equality of autonomy
- European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE)
- Feminist economics - the subject
- Feminist Economics - the journal
- Human Development and Capability Association
- International Development Research Centre
