Transcript neoliberaluri ekonomikuri politikis genderuli winaaRmdegobebi

Gender Resistant of Neo Liberal
Economic Policy
Charita Jashi
UNDP- “Gender and Politics in South Caucasus”
programme
17 July, 2009
Tbilisi
Neoliberal Policy and Resistent of Global
Development
• Neo-liberal policy produce inequality and
deterioration in living standards, increasing
levels of inequality both between and
within countries
Neoliberal Economic Model
Washington Consensus”, market
fundamentalism
Mandates of three ``sisters` /IMF, World
Bank, WTO/
• Finance and Monetary Stabilization
• Poverty Reduction
• Cutting government expenditure
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Main slogan of Liberal Policy
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High economic growth will automatically
reduce poverty and income disparities.
No to social welfare.
Estimate the Processes
• Increasing poverty caused deeping social
and gender ineqauility/Nobel prize awarded in economic
Jozeb Stiglitz, Amartea Sen/
• Main reason of crisis aggravation is the
week response of the government on every
stage that cost lost of trust and gave
stimulus to crisis./ /Nobel prize awarded in economic
in 2008 P. Krugman /
The Washington Consensus is over“/2009 G20 London summit G. Braun/
Consequences of neoliberal economy
Policy
• Global economic production will fall by 2.6 percent in
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2009;
People all over the world are losing their jobs, their
income, their savings, their homes, and their ability to
survive.
Up to 22 million women may lose their jobs, jeopardizing
gender equality gains both at home and at work
Break the taboo
• Recognation the failing of neoliberal
economic policy
• The State role should be not only
regulating, but stimulating social welfare
• Financial Institutions became more
gender oriented
Three Aspects of Gender Relations
• Inequality in the Labour Market
• Inequality in the Home
• Social Welfare
Gender Inequality in the Labour Market
• Gender segregation of the labour market has
deepened.
• The existing legislation/Labour Code/ does not
protect the interests of the employed population
• There are no legislative limits for women to be
engaged in entrepreneurial activities, however,
they find it very difficult to make business.
Inequality in the Home
• Cutting social expenditure strongly impact
on care economy /Reproductive
responsibility only on the women /
• Increased value of unpaid labour at
househods
Gender and Social Well-fare
• Lack of social protection
• Work, family and State policy
• Measure of social-well-being /GDP/
Gender Aspects of Crisis
Consequence
• Unpaid work done by individuals in their families reflect
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the gender inequality, / Care Economy/
Trade liberalization does not work in in favour of social
and economic development, hampering women’s socialeconomic status
Lack of access to resources
Decreasing income and employment security
Budget deficit
Increasing price of finance resource
New Risks
• Increasing number of unemployed people in different sectors of
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economic: construction, bank, tourism and service industries
Increasing social risk
Absence of social dialogue
Due of bank crisis population will lose their life savings as they lose
their homes
Reduce credit portfolio
Price increase and consumption restraint
Decrease direct investment
State Regulation of the
Employment
Georgia adopted a variety of measures to
stimulate renewed economic growth and
mitigate the impact on peoples’ lives. Each of
these measures should have gender
dimensions
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Promoting Sustanaible institutions for vocational training
Creation system of credits and subsides
Investing and issuing credits in the field of agriculture
Strenghten rural infrustructure
Labour Migration
• 200 Million migrants 49,6 women
• 10-15 % are illegal migrant
• The growth of female migrant workers in
Georgia
• Decrease amount of remittances
• Migrant women are at greater risk of violence
in hard times.
• Increased xenophobia in the context of crisis
Gender Blind Budgeting in Georgia
• The state financing in absolute figures has increased at
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higher rate during the last 5 years, however it increased
considerably in the male employment spheres rather
than in the female employment spheres.
The expenditures for male employment twice exceeded
the expenditures made in female employment spheres.
Shifting from the universal system of social protection to
poverty oriented assistance has failed to ensure effective
protection of the population, especial women.
Gender Budgeting
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Effective mechanisms for gender and social
policy making and implementation.
Advocated and raised awareness on GRB
initiatives and built capacities of various
stakeholders
Participatory and responsive governance with
equal allocation and distribution of resources to
be equally enjoyed by women and men
population of Georgia.