{"id":11291,"date":"2019-04-10T15:33:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T15:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=11291"},"modified":"2020-10-19T15:47:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:47:14","slug":"the-bread-and-butter-series-growth-for-whom-a-pan-african-feminist-reflection-on-macro-level-economic-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/the-bread-and-butter-series-growth-for-whom-a-pan-african-feminist-reflection-on-macro-level-economic-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bread and Butter Series: Growth for Whom? A Pan African Feminist Reflection on Macro Level Economic Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11264\" src=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/FEMNET_BreadButter_FINAL-April-2019-dragged.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/FEMNET_BreadButter_FINAL-April-2019-dragged.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/FEMNET_BreadButter_FINAL-April-2019-dragged-318x450.jpg 318w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/FEMNET_BreadButter_FINAL-April-2019-dragged-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/FEMNET_BreadButter_FINAL-April-2019-dragged-724x1024.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The first article in our Bread and Butter series was written by Crystal Simeoni from <span class=\"s1\">the African Women\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Development and Communication Network (FEMNET),\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">convenors of the African Feminist\u00a0<\/span>Macroeconomics Academy. The article provides a feminist reflection on current neoliberal macro level economic policies in Africa and how they affect women\u2019s lives. The writer argues that current definitions of women\u2019s economic empowerment are too narrow to offer impactful strategies. This follows from increasing analyses that, in as much as Africa\u2019s economies grow, so does inequality between her people. Simeoni argues that current neoliberal macroeconomic frameworks will continue to exacerbate the problem.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/FEMNET_BreadButter_FINAL-April-2019_compressed.pdf\"><em><strong>Please click\u00a0HERE\u00a0to read the article.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The first article in our Bread and Butter series was written by Crystal Simeoni from the African Women\u2019s\u00a0Development and Communication Network (FEMNET),\u00a0convenors of the African Feminist\u00a0Macroeconomics Academy. The article provides a feminist reflection on current neoliberal macro level economic policies in Africa and how they affect women\u2019s lives. 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