Purposes & Activities
IAFFE Purposes
- To foster dialogue and resource sharing among economists and others from all over the world who take feminist viewpoints
- To advance feminist inquiry into economic issues
- To educate economists, policy makers, and the general public on feminist points of view on economic issues
- To foster evaluations of the underlying constructs of the economics discipline from feminist perspectives
- To aid in expanding opportunities for women, and especially women from under represented groups, within economics
- To promote interaction among researchers, activists, and policy makers in order to improve scholarship and policy
- To encourage the inclusion of feminist perspectives in the economic classroom
IAFFE Activities
- Organization of an annual conference to present current research, plan future research, and interact with economists and advocates with similar interests
- Organization of sessions at national, regional, and international meetings of economists
- Publication of a newsletter which reports on activities, opportunities, and resources of interest
- Maintenance of an electronic mail network to provide quick and low-cost communication among subscribers interested in feminist economics
- Compilation of bibliographies, course syllabi, and a list of working papers on feminist economics
- Publication of a scholarly journal, Feminist Economics, to increase awareness of feminist research in economics