As many developing countries are facing increasingly higher levels of debt and economic instability, this interdisciplinary volume explores the intersection of sovereign debt and women's human rights. Through contributions from leading voices in academia, civil society, international organisations and nations governments, it shows how debt-related economic policies are widening gender inequalities and argues for a systematic feminist approach to debt issues. Offering a new perspective on the global debt crisis, this is an invaluable resource for readers who seek to understand the complex relationship between economics and gender.
Foreword Diane Elson
1. Introduction: Feminist Sovereign Debt Utopia or Oxymoron? Juan Pablo
Bohoslavsky and Mariana Rulli
Part 1: Debt and Feminist Agendas
2. Debt, Economic Violence and Feminist Agenda Corina Rodrķguez Enrķquez
3. Debt, Development and Gender Penelope Hawkins and Marina Zucker-Marques
4. Debt and Climate Change: Twin Crises Burdening Women in the Global South
Iolanda Fresnillo Sallan and Leia Achampong
Part 2: Human Rights and Debt Approach
5. Legal Standards on Debt and Womens Rights Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and
Julieta Rossi
6. Letter From UN Special Procedures to the IMF (2022) - UN Working Group on
Discrimination Against Women and Girls, Independent Expert on Debt and Human
Rights, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development and Special Rapporteur
on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
7. Impact of Debt on Womens and Girls Human Rights Introduction to the
2023 Report of the UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and
Girls, The Gendered Inequalities of Poverty: Feminist and Human Rights-Based
Approaches Dorothy Estrada Tanck
8. Debt and Human Rights in The World and Regional Conferences on Women in
Latin America and the Caribbean - Marita Perceval and Mariana Rulli
Part 3: International Financial Institutions, Gender And Diversity
9. Gender Mainstreaming at the International Monetary Fund - Camila Villard
Duran
10. Why are Neoliberal Policies Machistas? - Diane Perrons
11. Continuity of the Ifis Androcentric Policies Before, During and After
the Pandemic. The Case of Latin America - Alicja Krubnik
Part 4: IMF, Women and Diversities in Latin America and Argentina
12. Life Sustainability and Debt Sustainability. Care in the Centre - Marķa
Nieves Rico
13. Debt and the Right to Education in Latin America and the Caribbean -
Francisco Cantamutto and Agostina Costantino
14. Where a Right Fails, a Debt Increases: Gender Inequalities and Economic
Vulnerability of Women and LGTBQ+ Groups - Florencia Partenio and Ariel
Wilkis
Part 5: Gender Impact Analysis: Frameworks and Experiences
15. Debt Sustainability Analysis: Life After Capital. A View from Feminist
Economics - Patricia Miranda and Verónica Serafini
16. Measuring and Managing Gender Equality. The Case of Gender Budgeting in
Austria - Ulrike Marx
17. Rights, Gender and Progress Indicators. The Debts of Democracy - Flavia
Marco Navarro and Laura Pautassi
Part 6: Work Agenda for Egalitarian Transformations
18. A Gender Lens for the International Monetary and Financial System. Truly
Feminist Reforms Needed - Christina Laskaridis
19. Gender Bonds. Do They Leverage or Threaten Women“s Rights? - Juan Pablo
Bohoslavsky and Lena Lavinas
20. Institutionalization of the Gender Approach in Public Finances. How to
Strengthen - Rather Than Diluting - Feminist Demands? - Magalķ Brosio and
Mariana Rulli
Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is Senior Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina (CONICET), National University of Rio Negro (CIEDIS). Mariana Rulli is Senior Researcher and Professor of Political Science at the National University of Rio Negro (CIEDIS).
