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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 `` Main slogan of Liberal Policy • 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 • • 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 • • • • • 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 • • • • • • 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 • • • • • 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 • 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 • • • 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.