Women and Constitutional Futures: Work and the Economy
- Date: Thursday 17 – Friday 18 January 2013
- Time: 2 days
- Location: Glasgow
- For: Open to the public
Gender Equality Matters in a New Scotland
- Why should women care about constitutional debates?
- Where are women’s voices and gender equality issues in the current discussions?
- What do different constitutional options mean for women’s lives and the likely progress towards a more gender equal society?
- What sort of Scotland do women want? Join the debate!
Scottish academics together with the STUC, Engender, Nordic Horizons and WiSE, present a series of events aimed at bringing women’s voices into the current debates on constitutional reform. The new programme provides an accessible and impartial space to promote debate and dialogue on gender equality matters in the run up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
The seminars are aimed at interested individuals, women’s and civil society organisations, practitioners, policy-makers and political parties. The first three focus on Care (December 6/7, 2012); Work and the Economy (January 17/18, 2013) and Constitutional Change itself, including issues of citizenship and representation (February 14/15, 2013).
The Economy and Constitutional Futures: Gender Equality Matters in a New Scotland: Work and the Economy
Glasgow, January 17/18, 2013
The second seminar in the series examines the challenges faced by women in the Scottish economy, and the gendered impact of economic austerity and welfare reform; it also asks what opportunities are presented by current constitutional debates to rethink economic strategies and envision alternative economic models that place gender equality at their core?
Speakers include:
- Stephen Boyd, Assistant Secretary, STUC
- Claire Annesley, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester, gender politics and policy expert
- Ailsa McKay, Professor of Economics, Glasgow Caledonian University, founder member Scottish Women’s Budget Group
- Diane Elson, Gender and Development expert, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at University of Essex, and founding member of the UK Women’s Budget Group
The Constitutional Futures programme is funded by the Scottish Universities Insight Institute and aims to draw lessons from international, UK and Scottish experience, and to promote informed discussion and inclusive dialogue about constitutional futures.
Further information:
email Ros Cavaghan
http://www.scottishinsight.ac.uk/Programmes/Programmes20122013/Constitutionalfutures.aspx
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