Feminist Economists Respond To IMF Note "Women, Work, And The Economy: Macroeconomic Gains From Gender Equity"

In this two part series, the authors share various responses to the IMF recent report entitled "Women, Work, And The Economy: Macroeconomic Gains From Gender Equity".  In part one, Dr. Mariama Williams gives a critical analysis of the report, highlighting the positive and shortfalls of its various sections. In part two, Prof. Stephanie Seguino, Assistant Prof. Elissa Braunstein and Dr. Anit N. Mukherjee take a look at some of the shortfalls in the report related to gender wage gap, how macroeconomic policies perpetuate gender inequality, female labour force participation rate (FLFPR) and unpaid care work.