EconomÚ Feminista y Ambientalismo para una RecuperaciÓn Justa

This report, produced by Friends of the Earth International, the World March of Women, and the Latin American Network of Women Transforming the Economy (REMTE), synthesizes a webinar on feminist economics and environmentalism. It argues that the COVID-19 pandemic is a symptom of a systemic crisis caused by a capitalist, racist, and patriarchal model. The document proposes a 'just recovery' centered on the sustainability of life, the decommodification of public services, and a rupture with neoliberal doctrines to prioritize social, environmental, and gender justice.

• The COVID-19 pandemic is viewed not merely as a health crisis but as a consequence of systemic failures inherent in the capitalist, racist, and patriarchal system, which prioritizes profit over human life and ecological balance.
• Feminist economics proposes placing the 'sustainability of life' at the center of economic organization. This requires a redistribution of domestic and care work, which is currently performed in an unjust and unequal manner, primarily by women.
• The report argues that a just recovery requires a total rupture with neoliberalism, including the abandonment of austerity measures, trade liberalization, and the privatization of nature.
• Public services, including health, water, and energy, must be decommodified and returned to public or community control to ensure they function based on the common good rather than profit.
• The document advocates for a 'new multilateralism' based on internationalist solidarity and the rights of peoples, rather than the interests of transnational corporations. This includes ending the intellectual property system that commodifies health and ensuring universal access to vaccines and medicines.
• The report identifies 'greenwashing' and 'net zero' targets as false solutions promoted by corporations to maintain the extractive model and seize community lands and resources as carbon sinks.
• Food sovereignty and agroecology are presented as essential responses to the multiple crises, opposing the industrial agro-model which is linked to the emergence of pandemics in 'sacrifice zones'.
• The report calls for the recognition of an 'ecological debt' owed by the Global North to the Global South, suggesting that climate and pandemic financing should be provided as donations rather than loans to avoid deepening debt crises.
• The pandemic exacerbated existing inequalities, leading to increased domestic and sexual violence against women and a higher burden of care work during lockdowns.

APA

Nansen, K., & Faria, N. (2020). EconomÚ Feminista y Ambientalismo para una RecuperaciÓn Justa. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ATI-MMM-REMTE-economia-feminista-y-ambientalismo-Esp-PAGES.pdf

Chicago

Nansen, Karin, and Nalu Faria. EconomÚ Feminista y Ambientalismo para una RecuperaciÓn Justa. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ATI-MMM-REMTE-economia-feminista-y-ambientalismo-Esp-PAGES.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{nansen2020econom, author = {Nansen, Karin and Faria, Nalu}, title = {{EconomÚ Feminista y Ambientalismo para una RecuperaciÓn Justa}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ATI-MMM-REMTE-economia-feminista-y-ambientalismo-Esp-PAGES.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }