Learning and resistance: the School of Feminist Economics

2018

The Escuela de Economía Feminista (School of Feminist Economics, SFE) promoted by DAWN and co-organised with feminist organisations across Latin America and the Global South, is a training space designed to share analysis and tools for developing critical perspectives on the intersections of economic dynamics, gender, class, race, ethnic relations, and the mechanisms reproducing inequality. The initiative builds on previous collective work, including the People’s Summit WTO Out! Building Sovereignty” and the Feminist Forum Against the G20.

The first edition, titled “Narratives and Resistance to Financial Capitalism and the Power of Corporations”, takes place in November 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, within the framework of the G20/IMF Out! Global Action Week.

Subsequent editions of the SFE continue to provide feminist political education grounded in Southern realities, including “Transformative Proposals from the Solidarity and Feminist Economy” (2020); “Labour Rights under Corporate Power’s Offensive: Feminist Visions and Alternatives” (2020); “Commodification and Financialisation of Life: Alternatives and Resistance from Solidarity Economy” (2021); “Feminist Perspectives from the Global South in the Digital Age” (2023)

The SFE becomes a critical platform for Southern feminist political education, fostering knowledge, collective reflection, and strategies for resistance in global and local economic contexts.