#Feminist, Londoner, working for a fairer world. Currently Snr Policy Advisor on Women's Economic Justice at Oxfam GB. Views my own.
London, UK
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My critical reflections on the dire shortfalls of #FFD4 for gender justice and rights, but also the opportunities to build on and the steps the @FCDOGovUK must take to advance meaningful change
The Financing for Development conference let us down: now the fight for feminist economic justice continues.
The Seville event disappointed us on gender justice, debt reform and private finance - but it did open up opportunities to build on, says @Rfn100 voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/07/…
The UK claims to put women and girls at the heart of everything they do. The most meaningful action they can take to advance gender equality is support meaning reform of the global financial architecture #FFD4 #ffd4
Civil society calls out the UK government and rich countries for blocking progress on debt reform ahead of FfD4. Read our press release with Bond members attending #FfD4 #FFD4Sevilla : bond.org.uk/press-releases/2…
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Featuring articles by the brilliant Lumonya Faith & Jennifer Lipenga (Africa), Nalini Rathnarajah (South Asia), Samia Al-Botmeh (MENA) and Natalia Quiroga Diaz (LAC) on the perils of GDP-growthism & the urgent need for feminist alternatives #BeyondGDP #FeministAlternatives #FFD4
Global South feminists know how our fixation with GDP hurts people and planet: it's time to listen to them, says our CEO @Halima_Begum, as she introduces a new collection of think pieces on replacing a metric that ignores two thirds of work done by women views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/20…
False narratives of scarcity continue to see a push towards privatisation of public services while the crisis of care and gender inequality deepens. In this new blog, Myrah Nerine and I call for a fundamentally new approach
#CareEconomies #FeministAlternatives #FFD4
Want an economy that works for women? Keep care services public – and fund them properly. Deep cuts to public spending or abandoning provision to profit-making providers won't deliver the decent services millions of women need, say Myrah Nerine and @Rfn100 views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/20…
Later this month, the Pact for the Future will be agreed at the UN #SoTF. To ensure a future that is #feminst, equitable, just, it is vital the Pact centres care and wellbeing of people and planet and pushes for transformative approaches #beyondGDP
Recognising Care as a Human Right and a Public Good in THE PACT OF THE FUTURE
United global call for a bolder approach to care. Care, both paid and unpaid, is central to the functioning of our societies.
publicservices.international…
@ActionAid @social_rights @DAWNfeminist @GIESCR @TaxJusticeNet @PSIglobalunion @FemnetProg @WomanKind
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A new blog by me and @AnamParvezButt capturing critical insights from an awesome lineup of feminists at our #IAFFE event challenging the cult of #growthism. It was a privilege to collaborate with and learn from @shereent @crystalsimeoni @jenny_ricks @danaabed_ @N_Kabeer
When oil spills and weapons production are good for growth and GDP, isn't it time we changed our economic goals and how we measure them? Rachel Noble and @AnamParvezButt report back from #IAFFE and why we need to reject the cult of growth in this blog.
views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/20…
A new blog by me and @AnamParvezButt capturing critical insights from an awesome lineup of feminists at our recent #IAFFE event challenging the cut of #growthism. It was a privilege to collaborate with and learn from @shereent @crystalsimeoni, @jenny_ricks
and @danaabed_
When oil spills and weapons production are good for growth and GDP, isn't it time we changed our economic goals and how we measure them? Rachel Noble and @AnamParvezButt report back from #IAFFE and why we need to reject the cult of growth in this blog.
views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/20…
Evidence abounds of the problems with PPPs, including from from a #GenderJustice perspective. These include increased costs, poor working conditions, increased unpaid care loads, with the financial risks carried by the state. Eg: dawnfeminist.org/projects/pu… eurodad.org/new_report_expos…
At best naive and uninformed. Look at the record; the impact of private equity plunderers in the US
The state has proved itself incapable of winning in these partnerships; the losses are huge and paid for by us. Look at adult & children's social care! theguardian.com/society/arti…
@danaabed_ of @Oxfam 'Feminist and queer movements need unconditional support so they can centre their radical messages without risk of losing funds '
#IAFFE2024 #FeministEconomies #BeyondGDP
@jenny_ricks @FightInequality 'The challenge is on movements to win hearts and minds, provide narratives people can understand that challenge the terms of the debate'
#IAFFE2024 #FeministEconomies
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@N_Kabeer 'We need progressive feminist economists to deconstruct the rules. Need for multimedia, multilingual ways of communicating this using art, poetry, culture - disseminate knowledge in ways that make sense to people'
#BeyondGDP #FeministEconomies #IAFFE2024
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Shereen Talat @MenaFem 'We have to challenge the mainstream narrative, create #FeministAlternatives that speak to what our communities need. This is how we move #BeyondGDP'
#IAFFE2024 @oxfamgbpolicy
@crystalsimeoni on challenging hegemonic knowledge production and cult of growthism: '@NawiAfrica is all about knowledge, the story has to be told by African women, we must decide on the questions, what knowledge looks like & who decides'
#BeyondGDP #IAFFE2024 #FeministEconimies
@jenny_ricks of @FightInequality Alliance 'The horror of Gaza is helping people put the pieces of the puzzle together and understand how systems of oppression intersect'
#CeasefireNOW #IAFFE2024 #FeministEconomies #BeyondGDP
@N_Kabeer 'Growth premised on an economy that doesn't exist, the idea of perfect competition. The reality is huge wealth inequalities where ordinary people get squeezed out'
#BeyondGDP #FeministEconomies #IAFFE2024
@oxfamgbpolicy
Shereen Talat of @MenaFem 'Growthism is about GDP, a colonial construct created by capitalism and extractivism. Linked to the situation in Palestine'
#CeasefireNOW #BeyondGDP #FeministEconomies
@oxfamgbpolicy
@crystalsimeoni of @NawiAfrica reflecting on uprisings in Kenya against IMF-backed tax policies as symptomatic of growth-centric economies that serve capital rather than people #IAFFE2024 #BeyondGDP #FeministEconomies
@oxfamgbpolicy @Oxfam
@danaabed_ The ongoing genocide in Palestine cannot be forgotten in conversations about the cult of growthism #IAFFE2024 @oxfamgbpolicy @Oxfam
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@N_Kabeer kicking off our session at #IAFFE2024 on challenging the cult of growthism @oxfamgbpolicy @NawiAfrica @MenaFem @FightInequality @LSEInequalities
#beyondGDP #FeministEconomies
Plse register & share! #CSW68 official side event:
WHY SHIFTING BEYOND GDP IS CRITICAL FOR ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY & THE EMPOWERMENT OF ALL WOMEN & GIRLS - Sponsored by Gov of Colombia, supported by @Oxfam
21st March '24
10–11.30am EST / 2-3.30pm GMT
us06web.zoom.us/j/8437244218…