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If your mission is putting an end to global poverty, you've got to
have a strategy for stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS. Just as if you
work to secure sexual freedom, you must first come to terms with the
material conditions that such autonomy requires.
Sexual oppression and economic oppression are inextricably linked,
but the movements and theoretical frameworks that address each of these
issues so often treat them as discrete. Contemporary movements for
global economic justice tend to shy away from sexuality issues, while
campaigns for sexual rights rarely foreground economic concerns. In some
spheres, however, the gap is beginning to close.
BCRW highlights these potential intersections with its new project
entitled, Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice. The project
has several components, the first is a public lecture funded by the
Overbrook Foundation, featuring renowned feminist scholar and activist
Josephine Ho and award-winning, world renowned journalist, syndicated
columnist and internationally best-selling author Naomi Klein. A
one-day colloquium, which is funded by the Ford Foundation, follows the
public lecture, bringing together these two leaders alongside a
distinguished group of scholars and activists working on the mutual
configuration of sexual and economic justice. Lastly, there will be a
series of publications summarizing the outcome of the discussions and
disseminating them to inform academic and activist debate about sexual
and economic justice.
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