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International Association for Feminist Economics

2010 Annual Report

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A vision, a promise… providing a space for research-based activism

Can feminism find a home in economics? This question, the theme of a session at the 1990 American Eco-

nomics Association annual conference, drew so much interest that the eager audience spilled into a nearby

hallway. Within months, the enthusiasm generated at this early gathering of researchers in the then-fledgling

field of feminist economics led to the creation of the International Association for Feminist Economics

(IAFFE).

From those vibrant beginnings, IAFFE has evolved into an open, supportive, and truly diverse community of

nearly 600 academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitioners from around the world. IAFFE’s purposes

include not just advancing feminist inquiry globally but also helping to expand opportunities for women

within the field of economics – especially for women from underrepresented groups, the Global South, and

transition economies. IAFFE aims high: it seeks to promote interaction among researchers, activists, and

policy-makers to the end of creating better analytical frameworks, better policy, better scholarship, and more

effective, research-based activism.

By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges,

IAFFE’s many activities and award-winning journal provide needed space for a variety of theoretical perspec-

tives and advance gender-based research on contemporary economics issues. The working version of IAFFE’s

mission statement, below, captures these objectives.

IAFFEThe International Association for Feminist Economics is an open, diverse community of academics, activists,

policy theorists, and practitioners from around the world. Our common cause is to further gender-aware and

inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis with the goal of enhancing the well-being of children, women,

and men in local, national, and transnational communities.

Cover photo courtesy of Brent Martin. Hebei Province, China, February 2010

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Diverse Membership

In 2010, IAFFE consisted of 585 members from 64 countries. Members hailed from around the world, including from

the African Union (25 members), Asian countries and territories (58), European countries and territories (154), North

America (292), South America (27), and Australia and New Zealand (29).

The 2010 IAFFE membership included 104 new members from 35 countries. Six of these countries were newly repre-

sented in the organization: Mauritius, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Senegal, Tanzania, and Venezuela.



Dear Friends,Diversity has been an important theme and objective of IAFFE since its inception. Its importance

arises, in part, from the need for IAFFE to be a truly representative organization, one that is relevant

to people from all over the world. People from various parts of the world face extremely different

economic, social, and cultural realities. Their experiences generate unique perspectives on how to

address social and economic exclusion, poverty, and democratic governance. Bringing diverse peoples

together enriches IAFFE members’ understanding of their current realities and how best to achieve

meaningful change. By engaging with those who offer new ways of viewing economic and social

issues, IAFFE promotes alternative perspectives.

In this context, the highlight of 2010 was IAFFE’s Annual Conference in Buenos Aires, “Global

Economic Crises and Feminist Rethinking of the Development Discourse,” which brought together 250

scholars and students from fifty- six countries. Thanks to the generosity of the Swedish International

Development Agency, scholars from thirty- six countries received travel grants that enabled them to

participate in and contribute to the conference.

As IAFFE’s first Latin American president, I was pleased by the strong representation of Latin Americans

at the conference. The event was the first completely bilingual one that IAFFE has organized, which

helped build IAFFE membership in the region. IAFFE further promotes regional and cultural diversity

in its membership through strategic selection of conference locations, the use of translation services,

and through global outreach to organizations and social movements.

Additionally, I am delighted to announce that IAFFE has begun a strategic visioning process to

further define IAFFE’s goals and to develop realistic means of achieving them. By the time you read this

letter, IAFFE’s strategic visioning process will be in full swing, with a formal plan for the organization’s

future on the near horizon. Determining what sort of organization IAFFE will be in the coming decade

is a vitally important task, one that the members, leaders, and founders of IAFFE will all participate in.

The current global situation represents not simply an economic crisis, but a crisis of confidence in

the prevailing model of how economies should work. In this context, IAFFE enhances the search for

alternative policies by challenging and exposing its participants to different perspectives.

Rosalba Todaro

IAFFE President

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Fostering a Culture of ImpactFrom the outset, in its vision and membership, IAFFE has sought to be inclusive and open, a global community

of economists and noneconomists, of academics, practitioners, and activists who are interested in feminist

viewpoints on questions of economic analysis, policy, and practice. Our goals are wide-ranging and include

creating collaborations to develop feminist analyses of economic issues; educating economists, policy makers,

and the general public on feminist points of view on economic matters; providing aid in expanding opportuni-

ties for women, especially women from underrepresented groups within economics; and encouraging inclu-

sion of feminist perspectives in the economics classroom. Current initiatives include a number of pathbreaking

special issues of Feminist Economics. In 2010 the journal published the first of two special issues on Unpaid

Work, Time Use, Poverty, and Public Policy, guest edited by Caren Grown, Maria Floro, and Diane Elson (with

the second volume following in 2011). Special issues in progress address a variety of urgent concerns, as

detailed below. In addition, various IAFFE members are working to educate a nonacademic audience in

feminist economic issues. For example, IAFFE member and former president Nancy Folbre has been contribut-

ing to the New York Times Economix blog since 2008.

Gender and International MigrationWomen are increasingly prominent in international migration, and by 2005 represented almost half of the

total number of international migrants, with many more women now migrating on their own rather than in

association with other family members. Increase in migration of women is partly in response to the care cri-

sis that has emerged in the North. An aging population and more women taking paid jobs has intensified

the need for caregivers. In some Asian societies shortfalls of women is generating international migration

of marriageable women. In general, women migrants tend to be located at the lower echelons of labor mar-

The photograph, courtesy of IAFFE member Rose-Marie Avin, is of a project for women’s empowerment in Nicaragua (2009).



kets, working in temporary and unstable jobs in the manufacturing and service sectors. Their jobs are often

poorly paid and reserved almost exclusively for migrant women. These employment conditions call for active

labor policies in migrant-receiving countries, particularly anti-discrimination measures and social protection

policies.

Migration can be especially disruptive in rural communities. The women or men who are “left behind” tend to

assume new responsibilities, which can be burdensome. In their newly found role, whether as head of house-

hold or as the migrant breadwinner, women may exercise greater agency in decision-making. Welfare of the

children left behind is also an issue of concern: children may benefit to the extent that remittances improve

their nutrition, health, and schooling prospects, but the increased care burdens in the migrant’s household may

also deprive daughters from schooling when they have to pick up these activities.

These issues highlight the importance of gender in the analysis of migration and in policy discussions.

The various intersections of gender and migration will be examined in a forthcoming special issue of Feminist

Economics, guest-edited by Lourdes Benería, Carmen Diana Deere, and Naila Kabeer, and supported by the

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Urrutia - Elejalde Foundation, and Rice University.

land, Gender, and Food SecurityHunger and food security have long been central issues in feminist economic analyses. The global food price

crisis of 2007–8, which was followed by economic recession and financial crisis, foreshadowed the intercon-

nectedness of food and energy policies and the vulnerability to rising food prices of the vast numbers of poor

and chronically malnourished people throughout the world. Diminishing access to food for growing numbers

of the poor in regions of sub-Saharan Africa, as well as land grabs by richer countries demonstrate the sense

of urgency for examining the multifaceted nature of the growing food security problem. Because women play

critical roles in the supply and consumption of agricultural products, these interdisciplinary efforts must also

focus on the gendered dimensions of these problems.

Women, as producers and consumers, and in their intimate role in the process of provisioning in the house-

hold, must be included at all stages in the analysis of solutions surrounding the growing food crisis. Are poor

women small holders being squeezed out as large companies lease or buy the land? What are the impacts

on intrahousehold allocation, agricultural productivity, and household food security? These large land deals

are being examined in a forthcoming special issue of Feminist Economics guest-edited by Cheryl R. Doss, Gale

Summerfield, and Dzodzi Tsikata, and supported by the Ford Foundation and Rice University.

Blogging at Economix: IAFFE member and former president Prof. Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been

contributing to the New York Times Economix blog almost every week for about two and a half years. Her

instructions were to focus on “analysis” rather than “opinion” though she notes that it’s hard to separate the

two. She often writes on issues of direct relevance to feminist economics, but she also tries to stay keyed into

current events, like the debt ceiling negotiations.

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Grants and in-kind supportIAFFE received significant grant support in 2010. The year saw receipt of the first installment of a three-year

(2010–12) total contribution of approximately $1.5 million from the Swedish International Development Co-

operation Agency (Sida). The very generous grant is being used to provide core support for IAFFE, fund three

special issues of Feminist Economics, and provide support for the Annual Conference and conference-related

activities, particularly in the area of providing travel grants and mentoring for scholars from the Global South

and transition economies. In addition, IAFFE received a $250,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to fund a

special issue on the important and very timely subject of land, gender, and food security. Support from the

International Development Research Center (IDRC) made it possible for five researchers from Latin American/

Caribbean countries and three researchers from the Global South to participate in the 2010 annual conference.

Also received in 2010 was a grant of approximately $19,000 from the Juan Urrutia Elejalde Foundation, to pro-

vide partial support for a workshop for Feminist Economics special issue on Gender and International Migration

(remaining support was provided by Sida). Finally, IAFFE and the journal benefited from generous in-kind sup-

port from Rice University, the University of Utah, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the law firm of Weil,

Gotshal, and Manges, which provided pro bono legal services in a wide variety of areas.

Buenos Aires IAFFE Annual Conference 2010



Thanks to our supporters – 2010The IAFFE Board of Directors is deeply grateful to the many individuals that support its activities! These gener-

ous donations are vital in building a strong foundation for IAFFE for years to come. The following list includes

gifts to the IAFFE Endowment Fund, Feminists Economics, and the IAFFE General Fund received for the calendar

year 2010. To find out more about supporting IAFFE, contact us at [email protected] or visit our website,

www.iaffe.org.

Visionary ($5,000 or more)

Diana Strassmann

Sustainer ($1,000 or more)

• Marianne Ferber

• Melanie Gray

• Katherine Vang

Sponsor ($500 or more)

• Suzanne Helburn

Supporter ($250 or more)

• Ulla Grappard

• Julie & Bruce Vang

Friend ($100 or more)

• Elisabetta Addis

• Eudine Barriteau

• Gunseli Berik

• Francesca Bettio

• Shirley Burggraf

• Colin Danby

• Carmen Deere

• Xiao-Yuan Dong

• Maria Floro

• Yoshiko Kuba

• Martha Madorin

• Paulette Olson

• Smrita Rao

• Anna Roberts

• Walter Scott

• Lois B. Shaw

• Sigeto Tanka

Contributor (up to $100)

• Nahid Aslanbeibui

• Ronald G. Bodkin

• Justin Challis

• Xinying Hu

• Willene Johnson

• Jeanne Koopman

• Seiichi Matsukawa

• Ann Mari May

• Jennifer Olmsted

• Diane Perrons

• Rosalba Todaro

• Peter Vadisirisak

• Krisana Vaisamruat

• Vivianne Ventura-Dias

• Catherine Weinberger

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In the news

In the MediaBina Agarwal. 2010. “Rural Women’s Relationship with Forests Is Complex.” Interview by Times of India,

November 8. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-08/interviews/28238140_1_

forest-management-gender-india-and-nepal.

• ———. “Women Are Key to Conservation.” Interview by Katie Baker and Tania Barnes, Newsweek (Interna-

tional), December 20. http://nobelconference.blog.gustavus.edu/files/2010/12/Bina-Newsweek-Interview1.

pdf.

• Ann Mari May. 2010. “In Hiring and Promoting Female Faculty Members, It May Help to Have a Union.”

Interview by Audrey Williams June, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 15. http://chronicle.com/

article/article-content/124424/.

• Yana Rodgers. 2010. “Married Economists Teach Their Kids about Money Using Kids Books.” Interview

by CNN American Morning, October 4. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2010/10/04/

am.dnt.romans.sitnr.kids.cnn?iref=videosearch.

ArticlesSiobhan Austen, Therese Jefferson, and Alison Preston. 2011. “(Un) Equal Remuneration in the Australian So-

cial & Community Sector,” in Gia Underwood, “Fair Work Australia Hands Down Landmark Decision. No Equal

Pay for Equal Work.” Advocate: Journal of the National Tertiary Education Union 18(2): 34–5. http://issuu.com/

nteu/docs/advocate_18_02.

• Susan Feiner. 2010. “Government Red Ink is a Girl’s Best Friend.” Womensenews.org, August 15. http://wom-

ensenews.org/story/economyeconomic-policy/100813/government-red-ink-girls-best-friend.

• ———. 2010. “How to Think Like A Feminist Economist.” On the Issues Magazine, Spring 2010. http://www.

ontheissuesmagazine.com/2010spring/2010spring_Feiner.php.

• Nancy Folbre. 2010. “Feminists at Fault?” Economix Blog, New York Times, August 9. http://economix.blogs.

nytimes.com/2010/08/09/feminists-at-fault/.



• ———. 2010. “Rich Mom, Poor Mom.”

Economix Blog, New York Times, Octo-

ber 25. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.

com/2010/10/25/rich-mom-poor-mom/.

• ———. 2010. “The Declining Demand for

Men.” Economix Blog, New York Times,

December 13. http://economix.blogs.

nytimes.com/2010/12/13/the-declining-

demand-for-men/.

• ———. 2010. “Why Girly Jobs Don’t Pay

Well.” Economix Blog, New York Times,

August 16. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.

com/2010/08/16/why-girly-jobs-dont-

pay/.

• Ann Mari May. 2010. “How Tenure

Promotes Diversity.” Invited Op Ed. New York Times, August 16. http://www.nytimes.com/roomforde-

bate/2010/8/15/aging-professors-who-wont-retire/tenure-is-not-the-reason-for-the-lack-of-diversity-on-

campus?scp=1&sq=ann%20mari%20may&st=cse.

• Wendy Sigle-Rushton. 2010. “Men’s Unpaid Work and Divorce: Reassessing Specialization and Trade in Brit-

ish Families.” Feminist Economics 16(2): 1–26.

• Yumiko Yamamoto. 2011. Quarterly Newsletter on Gender and Macroeconomic Issues (GEM) in Asia and the

Pacific 2(3). http://www.snap-undp.org/elibrary/Publication.aspx?ID=550.

Two Women in Kashgar Doorstep

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LIABILItIEs And nEt AssEts

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accounts payable $ 13,926

Unearned grant income 251,973

Deferred income 1,515

Total current liabilities 267,414

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted 428,931

Unrestricted – Board designated endowment 145,497

Permanently restricted endowment 48,912

Total net assets 623,430

Total liabilities and net assets $ 890,754

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stAtEMEnt OF FInAnCIAL POsItIOnDecember 31, 2010

AssEts

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents $ 816,888

Accounts receivable 54,556

Prepaid expenses 19,310

Total current assets $ 890,754



stAtEMEnt OF ACtIvItIEsYear ended December 31, 2010

CHANGES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS

Revenue and support

In-kind contributions $ 727,559

Grants 392,879

Conference registration fees 68,120

Membership dues 41,195

Contributions 1,660

Publisher editorial stipend 35,000

Royalty income 2,835

Interest income 409

Other income 12,200

Total revenue and support 1,281,857

Expenses

Program services

Annual conference 275,687

Feminist Economics Journal 789,319

Supporting services

Administration 159,689

Total expenses 1,224,695

Increase in unrestricted net assets 57,162

CHANGES IN PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS

Member contributions to endowment 11,810

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS 68,972

Net assets, beginning of year 554,368

Net assets, end of year $ 623,340

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Board of Directors – 2011

ROSALBA TODARO PRESIDENT, Centro de Estudios de la Mujer, Chile • AGNETA STARK PRESIDENT-ELECT,

Dalarna University, Sweden • ANN MARI MAY Executive Vice President and Treasurer, University of Nebras-

ka-Lincoln, USA • GALE SUMMERFIELD Executive Vice President and Secretary, University of Illinois Urbana-

Champaign, USA • DIANA STRASSMANN Editor, Feminist Economics, Rice University, USA • STEPHANIE

SEGUINO Past President, University of Vermont, USA • MARIA S. FLORO Vice President for Development,

American University, USA • RAJ MANKAD Vice President for Information & Technology, Rice University, USA

• MEENA ACHARYA Tanka Prasad Acharya, Memorial Foundation, Nepal • RADHIKA BALAKRISHNAN Rut-

gers University, USA • SILVIA BERGER FLACSO, Área Economía y Tecnología, Argentina • XIAO-YUAN DONG

University of Winnipeg, Canada • JOYCE JACOBSEN Wesleyan University, USA • NAILA KABEER London

University, UK • CONSOLATA KABONESA Makerere University, Uganda • CORINA RODRÍGUEZ-ENRÍQUEZ

CONICET - CIEPP, Argentina • CARMEN SARASÚA Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain

Feminist Economics Editorial Board – 2011

EDITOR: DIANA STRASSMANN Rice University, USA • CO-EDITOR: GÜNSELI BERIK University of Utah, USA

• ASSOCIATE EDITORS: BINA AGARWAL Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, India • RANDY

ALBELDA University of Massachusetts Boston, USA • LOURDES BENERÍA Cornell University, USA • RACHEL

CONNELLY Bowdoin College, USA • CARMEN DIANA DEERE University of Florida, USA • ASHWINI DESH-

PANDE University of Delhi, India • XIAO-YUAN DONG University of Winnipeg, Canada • MARIA S. FLORO

American University, USA • NANCY FOLBRE University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA • CAREN A. GROWN

American University, USA • SUSAN HIMMELWEIT Open University, UK • JANE HUMPHRIES All Souls Col-

lege, University of Oxford, UK • NAILA KABEER School of Oriental and African Studies, UK • MARLENE KIM

University of Massachusetts Boston, USA • MARY C. KING Portland State University, USA •EBRU KON-

GAR Dickinson College, USA • EDITH KUIPER State University of New York at New Paltz, USA • MARTHA

MACDONALD St. Mary’s University, Canada • JULIE A. NELSON University of Massachusetts Boston, USA •

INGRID ROBEYNS Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands • YANA VAN DER MEULEN RODGERS Rutgers

University, USA • JILL RUBERY University of Manchester, UK • CARMEN SARASÚA Universidad Autónoma

de Barcelona, Spain • STEPHANIE SEGUINO University of Vermont, USA • CATHERINE WEINBERGER Univer-

sity of California at Santa Barbara, USA • EDITORIAL BOARD: GEORGE AKERLOF University of California at

Berkeley, USA • NIKOL ALEXANDER-FLOYD Rutgers University, USA • IRMA ARRIAGADA Economic Com-

mission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile • KENNETH ARROW Stanford University, USA • MINA

BALIAMOUNE-LUTZ University of North Florida, USA • NINA BANKS Bucknell University, USA • WILLIAM J.

BAUMOL New York University and Princeton University, Emeritus, USA • BARBARA R. BERGMANN University

of Maryland and American University, Emerita, USA • FRANCINE D. BLAU Cornell University, USA •

Our global reach



ROSE M. BREWER University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA • CRISTINA CARRASCO University of Barcelona,

Spain • S. CHARUSHEELA University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA • CECILIA CONRAD Pomona College, USA •

LISA D. COOK Michigan State University, USA • LYN CRAIG University of New South Wales, Australia • MA-

RIA LAURA DI TOMMASO University of Turin, Italy • MARIANNE A. FERBER University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign, Emerita, USA • DEBORAH M. FIGART Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA • AUGUSTIN

K. FOSU World Institute for Development Economics Research, Ghana • SAKIKO FUKUDA-PARR The New

School, USA • REGENIA GAGNIER University of Exeter, UK • SANDRA HARDING University of California, Los

Angeles, USA • HEIDI HARTMANN Institute for Women’s Policy Research, USA • NANCY HARTSOCK Uni-

versity of Washington at Seattle, USA • JOYCE P. JACOBSEN Wesleyan University, USA • HELEN E. LONGINO

Stanford University, USA • NORA LUSTIG Tulane University, USA • THANDIKA MKANDAWIRE London School

of Economics and Political Science, UK • CHANDRA TALPADE MOHANTY Syracuse University, USA • JESSICA

GORDON NEMBHARD City University of New York, USA • MARTHA NUSSBAUM University of Chicago, USA

• ABENA D. ODURO University of Ghana-Legon, Ghana • ROBERT A. POLLAK Washington University in St.

Louis, USA • MARILYN POWER Sarah Lawrence College, USA • MOZAFFAR QIZILBASH University of York,

UK • RHODA REDDOCK University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago • DOROTHY

ROBERTS Northwestern University, USA • AMARTYA SEN Harvard University, USA • JEAN SHACKELFORD

Bucknell University, USA • AGNETA STARK Dalarna University, Sweden • IRENE VAN STAVEREN Institute of

Social Studies, the Netherlands • MYRA H. STROBER Stanford University, USA • JOMO KWAME SUNDARAM

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Malaysia • ROSALBA TODARO Women’s Stud-

ies Center, Chile • DORIS WEICHSELBAUMER University of Linz, Austria • MAUREEN WERE Central Bank of

Kenya, Kenya • PATRICIA WILLIAMS Columbia Law School, USA • FRANCES WOOLLEY Carleton University,

Canada • JAYOUNG YOON Korea Labor Institute, Republic of Korea

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IAFFE and Journal Offices

IAFFE

Ann Mari May

Executive Vice President and Treasurer

toni Benzing

Business Coordinator/Accounting Assistant

Brent Martin

Conference Coordinator/Grant Administrator

Joy Coates

IAFFE Consultant

IAFFE Interns

Lesa Johnson, Marianna Khachaturyan

Feminist Economics

Diana Strassmann and Günseli Berik

Editors

polly Morrice

Managing Editor

Christine Cox and Anne Dayton

Senior Staff Editors

Becky Byron

Financial and Events Administrator

Alexander Adkins, Joanna Fax, Heba Khan,

Jessica lockrem, James toweill

Feminist Economics Fellows

Jaclyn Dean, lee Johnson, Sherry lin

Interns

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