Diane Elson and the Casablanca Dreamers

8 03 2010

CRESI’s Prof. Diane Elson‘s work featured recently in two panel sessions at the United Nations as part of the 54th Annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (March 1-12, 2010).

The first, “Vision for A Better World: From Economic Crisis to Equality” centred on the contributions of the Casablanca Dreamers, an international group of female activists and thinkers established in 2007 with the aim of empowering women in the developing world in order to help them overcome poverty.

Speaking to MediaGlobal, Diane who is a member of the Casablanca Dreamers criticised the response of many governments to the current economic crisis Read the rest of this entry »





Seminar – Gender equality and the economic crisis

12 02 2009

CRESI’s 26th February 2009 seminar will be given by Prof. Diane Elson (Dept. of Sociology, University of Essex). Seminars are held in Room 6.345, are open to all staff and students and are followed by a reception in the Sociology Common Room (6.341). Read the rest of this entry »








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