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Houstonians Participate in Conference on Feminist Economics Held in Bangkok
by Raj
Thursday, Jun. 28, 2007 at 10:34 PM
The annual meeting of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) is holding its annual conference in Bangkok at Ramkhamhaeng University. Over the next three days, scholars, activists, and leaders from government and NGOs from thirty-five countries will present talks at the conference. Many will focus on issues of major importance to this region of the world including international trade, sex work, migrant labor, and the informal labor market.
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Four Houstonians, including myself, have traveled to Bangkok and are participating in the IAFFE conference in connection with our work at the editorial offices of the journal Feminist Economics, which is based at Rice University.
At the opening plenary, the speakers were Dr. Juree Vichitvathakran of the National Institute of Development Administration in Bangkok, Naiyana Supapung of the National Human Rights Commission in Thailand, Jean D’Cunha of the UNIFEM East and Southeast Asia Regional Office, and Jackie Pollock, the Director of the MAP Foundation for the Health and Knowledge of Ethnic Labour, Chiang Mai.
Unfortunately, I could not attend the first two talks. D’Cunha spoke about migrant workers in Southeast region, many of whom are domestic workers. She spoke about the situations of women who clean houses and take care of children. Jackie Pollock spoke about Burmese migrants to Thailand. She started her talk with a story of a migrant worker who came to her office asking for help. Her employer had not paid her for three years.
This is the first report in what I hope will be a series on the 2007 IAFFE conference.
Ramkhamhaeng University Students
by Raj
Thursday, Jun. 28, 2007 at 10:34 PM
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Students from the host university attended the plenary. The talks in English were translated and projected on a screen.
Local Media Speak to Naiyana Supapung
by Raj
Thursday, Jun. 28, 2007 at 10:34 PM
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