THE SEXIST ECONOMY - Meet Devaki Jain, A Mother of Feminist Economics

"Fighting inequality should be at the core of our new economic
theory". Devaki Jain is one of the most famous southern feminist
leaders.  She has been a world-renowned thinker on feminism
and economics, who has for decades been an activist and economist
fighting for economic justice and for equality. Devaki was one of
the first feminists to identify the economic implications of the
millions of hours of unpaid care work that women do.  She
pioneered the voice of southern women in the global feminist
movement.  


In the interview she looks back on her life and reflects with
Winnie on the inseparability of the feminist struggle from the
wider struggle for economic justice. She talks about how she was
deeply inspired by Gandhi and the struggles for freedom around
the world, including the role of women freedom fighters. She
describes her role on the South Commission, led by the deeply
influential and inspirational former Tanzanian President Julius
Nyerere.  She also reflects on the failure of some current
feminists to confront the links between feminism, and that gender
equality can only be achieved through a wider economic struggle
against inequality and our broken economic model.

Hosted by Nabil Ahmed and Nadia Daar.


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