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The Political and Social Economy of Care

Mar 6, 2009 | 9:00am
Conference
James Room
4th Floor Barnard Hall

UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development) Conference:
This conference is free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Opening Remarks and Keynote Addresses
(9:00-11:00)

  • Joan Tronto, Hunter College and City University of New York
  • Elizabeth Jelin, CONICET, University of Buenos Aires
  • Shahra Razavi, UNRISD

Session 1:
State Responses to Social Change
(11:00-12:50)

  • Mary Daly, Queen’s University, United Kingdom
  • Ito Peng, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Eleonor Faur, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Argentina
  • Jorge Papadopulos, CIESU, Uruguay

Session 2:
Extensive Familialism
(13:50-15:00)

  • Juliana Martínez Franzoni, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
  • Rajni Palriwala, University of Delhi, India

Session 3:
Public, Private and Community Care Workers
(15:00-16:50)

  • Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts Valeria Esquivel, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina
  • Marjorie Mbilinyi, Tanzania Gender Networking Programme, Tanzania

Session 4:
Creating a Policy Agenda for Care
(16:50-18:00)

  • Fiona Williams, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
  • Kate Bedford, University of Kent, United Kingdom

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