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Instructors: (In alphabetical order) Charles
Abugre (University of Wales and ISODEC), Rania Antonopoulos
(NYU), Nilufer Cagatay (University of Utah), Gary Dymski
(University of California, Riverside), Diane Elson (University
of Essex), Gerald Epstein (University of Massachusetts,
Amherst) Korkut Erturk (University of Utah), Maria Floro
(American University), Hande Keklik (UNIFEM), Mumtaz Keklik
(UNDP), Cecilia Lopez (Foundation Agenda Columbia), Sule
Ozler (UCLA), Mariama Williams (DAWN and IGTN).
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| Daily Schedule |
| 9:00 - 9:15 am |
Introductory or summary remarks on the previous day's
sessions, questions, comments, suggestions |
| 9:15 - 10:30 am |
(Session I) Presentation by the instructors |
| (Break 10:30 - 10:45) |
| 10:45 - noon |
(Session II) Presentation by the instructors |
| (Lunch Break 12: 00 - 1: 30) |
| 1:30 - 2: 45 pm |
(Session III) Continuation of morning sessions and
/or small group discussions |
| (Break 2: 45 - 3: 00) |
| 3:00 - 4:00 pm |
(Session IV) Lab session or presentation by the instructors
or large group discussion |
| 4:00 - 5:00 pm |
(Session V) Unstructured time (in general time that
can be used for reading, consultations, meetings with
the instructors, meetings with the assistants, library
visits, conversations, and networking; some days there
will be presentations by the instructors) |
Day 1: Monday, May 19 Economics and Gender (un)Awareness
| I. |
Introduction to basic theoretical concerns of feminist
economics (R. Antonopoulos) |
| II. |
Gender-aware methodology in economics (R. Antonopoulos) |
| III. |
Method and measurement issues (R. Antonopoulos and
M. Floro) |
| IV. |
Introductions and discussion sessions |
| V. |
Continuation of discussion sessions |
Day 2: Tuesday, May 20 (Gender) Inequalities,
Poverty and Globalization
| I. |
International trade, finance, growth and development
(N. Cagatay) |
| II. |
Inequalities and poverty in the age of globalization
(N. Cagatay) |
| III. |
The neoliberal economic regime and its gender implications
(D. Elson) |
| IV. |
Discussion sessions |
Day 3: Wednesday, May 21 Macroeconomics and
Gender-awareness
| I. |
Macroeconomics: methodology, approaches, heterodox
views (K. Erturk) |
| II. |
Gender aware macro economic models: general introduction
(D. Elson) |
| III. |
Continuation of session II, and general group discussion
(D. Elson and K. Erturk) |
| IV. |
Challenging orthodox macroeconomics through the process
of macroeconomic policy making (C. Lopez) |
Day 4: Thursday, May 22 Macroeconomic Modeling
with Gender
| I. |
Macroeconomic modeling with gender I (K. Erturk) |
| II. |
Macroeconomic modeling with gender II (K. Erturk) |
| III. |
Discussion sessions |
| IV. |
The political economy of macroeconomic modeling (C.
Abugre) |
Day 5: Friday, May 23 Gender Dimensions of Fiscal
Policy
| I. |
Gender and fiscal policy (D. Elson) |
| II. |
Gender budget initiatives (D. Elson) |
| III. |
Discussion sessions |
| IV. |
Lab exercise on budget initiatives (D. Elson) |
Day 6: Monday, May 26 Gender, International
Trade and Trade Policies
| I. |
International trade: orthodox and feminist perspectives
(N. Cagatay) |
| II. |
International trade and gendered patterns of work
(S. Ozler) |
| III. |
Discussion sessions |
| IV. |
Lab sessions:pedagogical methods and tools for teaching
gender-aware macroeconomics and international economics
(R. Antonopoulos and all the participants) |
Day 7: Tuesday, May 27 Gender, International
Trade and Trade Policies continued
| I. |
International trade and gender based inequalities
in wages and work conditions (S. Ozler) |
| II. |
The impacts of gender inequalities on trade patterns
(N. Cagatay) |
| III. |
Gender and international trade agreements (M. Williams) |
| IV. |
The Progress of the World's Women: The Search
for Data (H. Keklik) |
Day 8: Wednesday, May 28 Gender, Finance and
Monetary Policy
| I. |
Financial crises and impoverishment (G. Dymski) |
| II. |
Gender and finance (M. Floro) |
| III. |
Central banks, monetary policy and gender (G. Epstein) |
| IV. |
Gender, FDI and bargaining power (G. Epstein) |
| V. |
Race, gender and credit markets (G. Dymski) |
Day 9: Thursday, May 29 International Trade,
Investment and Labor:
| I. |
Modalities of assessing the impacts of trade agreements
(M. Keklik) |
| II. |
Globalization and informalization of labor: the gender
dimensions (M. Floro) |
| III. |
Labor in the global economy (N. Cagatay) |
| IV. |
Discussion sessions |
Day 10: Friday, May 30
| I. |
Presentations by the Fellows (will break into groups
of five) |
| II. |
Presentations by the Fellows |
| III. |
General group discussion to identify the gaps in research,
teaching and policy making |
| IV. |
General discussion on the course, comments, suggestions
and closing |
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