International Feminist Conference

International Feminist Conference

Myths and realities

Feminist Perspectives on Globalisation

11th – 14th of September, 2003, Graz/Austria

The myth of neoliberalism promises wealth for all. Social and economic realities show the contrary. For most people, especially women, neoliberal globalisation signifies growing economic pressure and restrictions of personal freedom. It is the ame of the conference, to make interrelations clearer, to open further spaces of political activism and to encourage personal as well as collective actions.

Conference venue:

RESOWI-Centre, Graz University, Universitätsstraße 15

MOXX, Moserhofgasse 34 and Schlossbergrestaurant

The programme:

Thursday, September 11, 2003 – 7 p.m.

MOXX, Moserhofgasse 34

Myths and realities:

The WTO negotiations in Cancun and their consequences

·  Services (GATS), Susanne Schunter-Kleemann, Germany

·  Intellectual Property (TRIPS), Bhanumathi Natarajan, Norway

·  Agriculture (AoA), Susanne Mark, Austria

·  Investment, Maria Mies, Germany

Moderation: Karin Küblböck, chairwoman of ATTAC Austria

Plenary discussion

Thereafter: performance with LadyTigersNightClub (LTNC) Graz, opening reception

Friday, 12th of September, 2003 – 9.00 a.m.

RESOWI-Centre, Universitätsstraße 15, plenary room 15.03

Opening of the Conference "Myths and realities"

Elisabeth Klatzer, feministATTAC, Austria,

Ada Pellert, Vice-Rector of the University of Graz, Austria,

Tatjana Kaltenbeck-Michl, City-Councillor for women and youth, Graz, Austria

International economic order from a feminist perspective

Starting statements:

·  Mirjana Dokmanovic, Women’s Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, Serbia and Montenegro

·  Christiane Marty, femmes et mondialisation, France

·  Bettina Musiolek, Clean Clothes Campaign, Germany

Reports:

·  “At the center of power: financial markets and international financial institutions”
Mascha Madörin, Aktion Finanzplatz, Switzerland

·  „Corporate Global Players and their influence on trade politics/WTO”
Maria Mies, Germany

·  “Women against Global Players: Unpaid work as the basis of the international economic order”
Claudia von Werlhof, Austria

Discussion and Introduction into the conference design

2.00 to 5.00 p.m., Workshops:

RESOWI-Centre, Campus

·  Financial liberalization, impact on corporate governance and consequences on labor, from a gender perspective (Esther Jeffers, femmes et mondialisation, France; Herta Kindermann-Wlasak, AMS, Austria)

·  How to measure gender effects of globalisation? A general focus on gender indicators (Christiane Marty, femmes et mondialisation, France)

·  Politics of Matriarchy (Heide Göttner-Abendroth, Akademie HAGIA, Germany)

·  Feminist Analysis, critique and alternatives to neoliberal globalisation (Maria Mies, em. Prof. Univ. Köln, Germany; Claudia v. Werlhof, Univ. Innsbruck, Austria)

·  Influence of Globalisation, WTO and MNCs on the life of women in the South (Asha Kachru, India)

·  EU-Constitution and WTO negotiations (Monika Christann, Feministische Partei DIE FRAUEN, Germany)

·  Lobbying Politics within EU and WTO (Susanne Schunter-Kleemann, Inst. f. social and political science, Univ. Bremen, Germany)

·  Contesting Neo-Liberalism (Jill Steans, Birmingham University, United Kingdom)

·  Gift Economy (Genevieve Vaughan, USA; Kaarina Kailo, feministATTAC Finnland; Bhanumathi Natarajan, India/Norway)

·  Economic Literacy Workshop: Economic and Social Rights in the context of current WTO policies (Benedicte Allaert, Sophie Fetu, Ana Lydia Fernandez, WIDE, Belgium)

“Open Spaces”:

·  “Remembering”

·  Working on texts

·  Spontaneous working groups

·  Networking

5.30 – 6.30 p.m., Evening-plenary: Myths and realities/make visible:

documentation of the days’ work, plenary room 15.03

(highlights, results, perspectives)

7.00 – 8.00 p.m., international feministATTAC - meeting

Evening programme:

Friday, 12th of September, 2003 - 8.30 p.m.

MOXX, Moserhofgasse 34

In Co-operation with “Steirische Gesellschaft für Kulturpolitik”

Jazz Concert

Agnes Heginger (Voice)

with Georg Breinschmid (Bass) and Luis Ribeiro (Percussion)

Saturday, 13th of September, 2003 – 9:00 a.m.

RESOWI-Centre, Universitätsstraße 15, plenary room 15.03

Neoliberal order and violence - patriarchal power unleashed?

Starting statements:

·  Dilma Felizardo, Casa Renascer, Brasil

·  Shashi Sail, World March of Women, India

·  Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert, United Kingdom

·  Herta Kindermann-Wlasak, AMS Steiermark, Austria

Reports:

·  “Neoliberal economy – gender relations – structural violence”
Benedicte Allaert, WIDE (Women in Development Europe, Belgium)

·  “Commodification: trafficking in women”
Bernadette Karner, LEFÖ, Austria

·  “Structural violence in the labour market”
Esther Jeffers, femmes et mondialisation, France and
Renate Csörgits, ÖGB (Austrian Labour Union), Austria

Plenary Discussion

2.00 to 5.00 p.m., Workshops:

RESOWI-Centre, Campus

·  Internationalisation of sex labour/prostitution as transnational phenomenon (Indrani Sinha, SANLAAP, India)

·  Trafficking in Women and Trafficking Prevention (Lemme Haldre & Sirje Saar, Child Support Center in Tartu, Estland; Niki Roubani, European Network of Women, Greece; Dilma Felizardo, Casa Renascer, Brasil)

·  Working conditions in the context of neoliberal globalisation: Where do Cashew Nuts come from? (WERKMOBIL, Austria); Concrete globalisation critics: international Clean Clothes Campaign (Bettina Musiolek, Germany)

·  Impact of Globalisation, Privatization and Structural Adjustment in Transition Countries on the Economic and Social Position of Women (Mirjana Dokmanovic, Women’s Center for Human Rights and Tanja Djuric-Kuzmanovic, Advanced Business School, both Serbia and Montenegro; Eglantina Gjermeni, Women’s Center, Tirana, Albania)

·  Women, globalisation, social justice and economic security in Latin America (Linda M. Helfrich, Inst. f. political sciences and intern. Connections, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

·  Food Security (Veronika Mayr, FIAN Austria; Susanne Mark, MUT, Austria)

·  Experiences and encounters: Asian Social Forum, January 2003 (Helga Neumayer, Frauensolidarität, Austria; Nadja de Mond, World March of Women, Italy)

·  Our political role as consumers: breaking economics restraints (Jutta Ried, Germany)

·  Making Connections: War, Women, Wealth, Racism and Rights (Carol Barton, WICEJ, Belgium)

“Open Spaces”:

·  “Remembering”

·  Working on texts

·  Spontaneous working groups

·  Networking

5.30 – 6.30 p.m., Evening-plenary: Myths and realities/make visible:

documentation of the days’ work, plenary room 15.03

(highlights, results, perspectives)

Evening programme:

Saturday, 13th of September, 2003 – 7.30 p.m.

MOXX, Moserhofgasse 34

Womens movements – Critics of Globalisation

highlights and Perspectives

·  Johanna Dohnal, former minister for women’s affairs, Austria

·  Grete Schurz, first „Frauenbeauftragte“ of Graz, Austria

·  Karin Lukas, feministATTAC Vienna, Austria

·  Eva-Maria Glatz, feministATTAC Vienna, Austria

Thereafter: Performance LTNC Graz and Party

Sunday, 14th of September, 2003, 10 a.m.

A female Breakfast at the “Schlossbergrestaurant”:

„A feminist world is possible“

Visions – Strategies - Actions

Close of conference at about 2.00 p.m.

Conference Facilitators:

Daniela Jauk, „Frauenbeauftragte“ of Graz, Austria

Sabine Schebrak, cultureworks, Austria

Conference Languages:

German and English, Live-Translation of the Starting statements and reports, Workshops in German or English

Information and registration:

Tel.: +43 (0) 1 – 54641 430 and +43 (0) 316 - 72 20 44

www.attac-austria.org/gruppen/feministattac/feministattac.php

To allow all people to take part in the conference, participants don’t have to pay a conference fee. For helping us with the high costs of organizing the conference, we ask you to pay a bounty to the bank account of ATTAC Austria (bank account nr.: 92.145.148, Bank: PSK Austria, Bank-code: 60.000, codeword: “feministATTAC-conference”).

The conference is open for both sexes.

This conference is organised by

feministATTAC Austria (Vienna and Graz), ATTAC Austria and the Department for International Management of the University of Graz

in Co-operation with

femmes et mondialisation France, Frauennetz ATTAC Germany and several feminist and gender-ATTAC groups from Sweden, Belgium, Norway and Finland

The Speakers

joined the conference because of an International Call for Inputs. Thank you very much!

The Organisation

programme: Elisabeth Klatzer, Karin Lukas, Eva-Maria Glatz, all feministATTAC Wien

organisation: Ruth Bartussek, Daniela Pamminger, both feministATTAC Graz, Kristin Haas, Heike Treuer, Leonhard Plank, ATTAC Graz, Veronika Reininger, feministATTAC Wien, Ingrid Schmid, Fiona Steinert, ATTAC Wien

conference design: Daniela Holzer, Daniela Winkler, both feministATTAC Graz

press: Maggie Jansenberger, Christian Felber, ATTAC Österreich

layout Logo, poster and folder: Sophie Matysek