Feminism in Public Debt

Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is Senior Researcher in the field of finance and human rights at Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) at the National University of Río Negro.Mariana Rulli is Senior Researcher and Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies at the National University of Rio Negro.

• Foreword - Diane Elson1. Introduction: Feminist sovereign Debt: Utopia or Oxymoron? - Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Mariana RulliPART I: Debt and Feminist Agendas2. Debt, Economic Violence And Feminist Agenda - Corina Rodríguez Enríquez3. Debt, Development and Gender - Penelope Hawkins and Marina Zucker-Marques4. Debt and Climate Change: Twin Crises Burdening Women in the Global South - Iolanda Fresnillo Sallan and Leia AchampongPART II: Human Rights and Debt Approach5. Legal Standards on Debt and Women’s Rights - Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Julieta Rossi6. Letter from UN Special Procedures to the IMF (2022)7. Impact of Debt on Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights – Introduction to the 2023 Report of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women andGirls, ‘The Gendered Inequalities of Poverty: Feminist and Human Rights-Based Approaches’ - Dorothy Estrada-Tanck8. Debt and Human Rights in the World and Regional Conferences on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean - Marita Perceval and Mariana RulliPART III: International Financial Institutions, Gender and Diversity9. Gender Mainstreaming at the International Monetary Fund - Camila Villard Duran10. Why are Neoliberal Policies Machistas? - Diane Perrons11. Continuity of the IMF’s Androcentric Policies Before, During and After the Pandemic: The Case of Latin America - Alicja Paulina KrubnikPART IV: IMF, Women and Diversities in Latin America and Argentina12. Life Sustainability and Debt Sustainability. Care in the Centre - María Nieves Rico13. Where a Right Fails, a Debt Increases: Gender Inequalities and Economic Vulnerability of Women and LGTBQ+ Groups - Florencia Partenio and Ariel Wilkis14. Debt and the Right to Education in Latin America and the Caribbean - Francisco Cantamutto and Agostina CostantinoPART V: Gender Impact Analysis: Frameworks and Experiences15. Debt Sustainability Analysis: Life After Capital: A View from Feminist Economics - Patricia Miranda and Verónica Serafini Geoghegan16. Measuring and Managing Gender Equality: The Case of Gender Budgeting in Austria - Ulrike Marx17. Rights, Gender and Progress Indicators: The Debts of Democracy - Flavia Marco Navarro and Laura PautassiPART VI: Work Agenda for Egalitarian Transformations18. A Gender Lens for the International Monetary and Financial System: Truly Feminist Reforms Needed - Christina Laskaridis19. Gender Bonds: Do They Leverage or Threaten Women’s Rights? - Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Lena Lavinas20. Institutionalization of the Gender Approach in Public Finances: How to Strengthen – Rather than Dilute – Feminist Demands? - Magalí Brosio and Mariana Rulli

“So, you thought sovereign debt concerns have nothing to do with gender? This book – with all its infuriating description and illuminating analysis – will show you how the emergence and attempts at resolving sovereign debt problems are deeply gendered, how they reinforce and accentuate multiple inequalities and rely critically on placing greater burdens on women and girls. If only policy makers at all levels would not just read this book, but really take all its arguments seriously.” Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts Amherst