Mothers of the World Unite: Gender inequality and poverty under the neo-liberal state

Melinda Vandenbeld Giles

Development, 2014, vol. 57, issue 3-4, 416-422

Abstract: Much literature on globalization and increasing inequalities has failed to fully acknowledge how women, specifically mothers, are both excluded and included within global markets. Despite the neo-liberal reliance upon the poorly remunerated or unpaid labour of women and mothers, there has been distinctive silence in terms of recognizing this economic and political contribution. This article is an attempt to start a pivotal conversation regarding the specific positionality of women, particularly mothers, within the neo-liberal paradigm, and the ways in which a transformative feminist alternative economic paradigm can be imagined.

Date: 2014
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