BRICS Feminist Watch: Following the Yellow BRICS Road

[Priti Darooka]

Dear friends,

I am happy to share BRICS Feminist Watch Paper titled Following the Yellow BRICS Road by Shubha Chacko

 

If you are in New York for CSW 61, please do come for our parallel event on March 16^th at 12:30 PM at Salavation Army. (invite attached)

 

Warm regards,

Priti

 

 

Following the Yellow Brics Road

In the Wizard of Oz, following the Yellow Brick Road leads to success and adventures.

BRICS, the forum of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), has elicited considerable interest among observers of international relations, governments and civil society. BRICS has grown in terms of significance and power and the response from other governments, international forums and scholars has changed from skepticism to acknowledgement that BRICS has to be taken seriously.  It has elicited criticism for being driven by the same market-oriented impulses as other multilateral bodies; even while others view it as a game-changer in the current geo-political scenario.

 

BRICS focus areas of trade and investment, manufacturing and energy processing, energy, agricultural cooperation, science-technology and innovation, financial cooperation, connectivity, and ICT cooperation have important implications for the day-to-day lives of women and men in the BRICS countries and the absence of women in policy formulation only reinforces gender-blind policies. Given that all macroeconomic policy is gendered and neoliberal policy has distinct impacts depending on gender, (besides class, age, ethnicity etc.) an integrated gender analysis within all policy and project design is imperative to guaranteeing women’s rights and ensuring that the most marginalized women benefit from development.

 

 

[Shanta Shrestha]

Dear Priti,

Good morning!

Thanks. I will be there.

Warm regards,

Shanta Laxmi Shrestha, M. Phil (Education)

Chairperson

Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC)

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[Priti Darooka]

It would be great to have you Shantaji.

 

Also remember our South Asian Caucus which we had to cancel on 14^th will meet on 17^th at Astrea Foundation.

 

Warmly,

Priti