GNDR 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Structural Adjustment, Transnationalism, Intersectionality

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Gender Studies
• Course: GNDR 1000
• Professor: Vicky Hallett

Document Summary

In unit 11 we look at the concept of globalization through a feminist lens. Current economic and political inequalities between the global north and south are examined with an eye racialized and classed aspects. Discussions of restructuring programs and policies in canada and north. There is also a focus on what women and men are doing around the world to resist the neo-liberal agenda, through transnational feminist activism and organizing. The film gives an account of one fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)ist"s atte(cid:373)pts to (cid:373)ake glo(cid:271)al (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s u(cid:374)paid (cid:449)ork (cid:448)isi(cid:271)le i(cid:374) glo(cid:271)al economic systems: by the end of unit 11 we will: Have a critical understanding and ability to work with the concepts of globalization, and transnationalism. Be introduced to various forms of feminist activism that take a transnational approach. International at http://www. imf. org/external/index. htm, and the world bank (wb) found at http://www. worldbank. org, are international organizations that are funded by the (cid:449)orld"s (cid:449)ealthiest (cid:374)atio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d (cid:271)a(cid:374)ks.