05: Liberty and Security in the Context of Women’s Rights
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Hauptschule
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in englischer Sprache’Women’s rights are human rights’ was a slogan in the 1990s. Gender inequality is still one of the biggest obstacles to sustainable development, economic growth and poverty reduction. Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advocates equal opportunities for men and women in economic development, the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, the elimination of early and forced marriage, and equal participation at all levels.
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Jayati GHOSH
Professor of Economics, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
| Jayati Ghosh is Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interests include globalisation, international trade and finance, employment patterns, macroeconomic policy, gender issues, poverty and inequality. She has authored and/or edited a dozen books and more than 180 scholarly articles, most recently "Demonetisation Decoded: A critique of India’s monetary experiment" (with CP Chandrasekhar and Prabhat Patnaik, Routledge 2017), the "Elgar Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development" (co-edited with Erik Reinert and Rainer Kattel, Edward Elgar 2016) and "India and the International Economy", (Oxford University Press 2015). Her research output has been recognised through several national and international prizes, including the M. Adisheshaiah Award for distinguished contributions to the social sciences in India in 2015; the International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work Research Prize for 2010; the NordSud Prize for Social Sciences 2010 of the Fondazione Pescarabruzzo, Italy; and the Ava Maiti Award and the Satyendranath Sen Prize from the Asiatic Society, Kolkata. She has advised governments in India and other countries at different levels. She was the Chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Commission on Farmers’ Welfare in 2004, and Member of the National Knowledge Commission reporting to the Prime Minister of India (2005-09). She is the Executive Secretary of International Development Economics Associates (www.networkideas.org), an international network of heterodox development economists. She has consulted for several international organisations including ILO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UN-DESA, UNRISD and UN Women. She writes regularly for popular media like newspapers, journals and blogs. |
Mag. Dr. Elisabeth HOLZLEITHNER
Professor, Philosophy of Law and Legal Gender Studies, University of Vienna, Vienna
| Law studies, University of Vienna | |
| 2006-2007 | Visiting Professor, University of Zurich |
| 2011 | Habilitation, University of Vienna |
| Since 2017 Professor; Institute Director, Institute for Philosophy of Law, University of Vienna | |
| Since 2017 Spokeswoman for the research network Gender & Agency of the University of Vienna |
