Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) is a network of feminist scholars and activists from the economic South, engaged in feminist research, analysis of the global environment, working for economic and gender justice, and sustainable development.

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Publications

• Cokanasiga, L. (2020). ‘Public Private Partnerships: Are they a healthy investment model? Lautoka and Ba Hospitals - Fiji A Case Study.’ DAWN Discussion Paper #22. DAWN. Suva (Fiji).

• Cokanasiga, L. (2021). ‘Public Private Partnerships: Are they a healthy investment model? Lautoka and Ba Hospitals - Fiji A Case Study’. In DAWN Informs: PPPs & Women’s Human Rights - Feminist Analysis from the Global South. pp. 68-70. DAWN. Suva (Fiji).

María Graciela Cuervo

• Currently based in: Dominican Republic, Latin America and the Caribbean

• Publications and resources:

  • Llavaneras Blanco, M. and Cuervo. M.G. (2021) ‘The pandemic as a portal: policy transformations disputing the new normal.’ DAWN Discussion Paper #32. DAWN. Suva (Fiji).

  • Video: Reflections on Political Economy of Globalisation (PEG) and Political Restructuring & Social Transformation (PRST) (2014)

Masaya Llavaneras Blanco

• Currently based in: Venezuela, Latin America and the Caribbean

• Other affiliations: International Migration Research Centre (IMRC), Huron University College (Canada)

• Publications and resources:

  • Llavaneras Blanco, M. and Cuervo. M.G. (2021) ‘The pandemic as a portal: policy transformations disputing the new normal.’ DAWN Discussion Paper #32. DAWN. Suva (Fiji).

  • The Blended Finance Project (6 April 2021) ‘Feminist analysis on private forms of development financing’ - Interview with Masaya Llavaneras Blanco and Corina Rodriguez Enriquez from Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era.

  • Webinar: Corporate Capture of Development: Public Private Partnerships & Global Resistance - Parallel event at NGO CSW 2021 organised by DAWN (22 March 2021).

  • Rodríguez Enríquez, C., Llavaneras Blanco, M., Sindhu, S., Gock, D., D’Angelo H. and Engert, C. (2021) ‘DAWN Informs: PPPs & Women’s Human Rights - Feminist Analysis from the Global South.’ DAWN. Suva (Fiji).

  • Blanco M. L. and Ponte, N. B. (2013) ‘Interlinking Gender, Economic and Ecological Justice in Latin America: Towards a Development Based on the Sustainability of Life’. Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era.

Florencia Partenio

• Currently based in: Argentina, Latin America and the Caribbean

• Other affiliations: UNAJ (Argentina)

• Publications and resources:

  • Atienza, M. y Partenio, F. (3 de marzo 2021) ‘Lecturas feministas de la pandemia: construcciones, alternativas y desafíos rumbo al 8M.’ Pikara Magazine.

  • Partenio, F. (15 de marzo 2021). ‘La recuperación económica tras la pandemia debe incluir a las mujeres’. Entrevista realizada por France24.

  • Activist Florencia Partenio: 'My hope is that we will not go back to normal' - Interview by Oxfam

  • Partenio, F. (2008). ‘Género y participación política: Los desafíos de la organización de las mujeres dentro de los movimientos piqueteros en Argentina.’ Informe final del concurso: Las deudas abiertas en América Latina y el Caribe. Programa Regional de Becas CLACSO.

Corina Rodríguez Enríquez

• Currently based in: Argentina, Latin America and the Caribbean

• Other affiliations: GEM-LAC, CIEPP, IAFFE

• Email: crodriguezenriquez@ciepp.org.ar

• Publications and resources:

  • Rodríguez Enríquez, C., Llavaneras Blanco, M., Sindhu, S., Gock, D., D’Angelo H. and Engert, C. (2021) ‘DAWN Informs: PPPs & Women’s Human Rights - Feminist Analysis from the Global South.’ DAWN. Suva (Fiji)

  • Rodríguez Enríquez. C. (2021) ‘Corporate Accountability and Women’s Human Rights: an Analytical Approach to Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).’ DAWN Discussion Paper #31. DAWN. Suva (Fiji).

  • Rodríguez Enríquez, C., Hopenhaym, F. and Kachingwe, N. (2021) ‘Our Labour Rights in the Face of the Onslaught of Corporate Power: Feminist Visions and Alternatives.’ DAWN. Suva (Fiji).

  • Rodríguez Enríquez, C. (2018). ‘Care systems and SDGs: reclaiming policies for life sustainability.’ In Spotlight on Sustainable Development Report 2018: Exploring new policy pathways - How to overcome obstacles and contradictions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Civil Society Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. pp. 87-93.

  • Rodríguez Enríquez, C., Bidegain Ponte, N. and Grondona, V. (2016). ‘Illicit Financial Flows Undermining Gender Justice.’ Friedrich Ebet Stiftung and DAWN.

Gita Sen

• Currently based in: India, Asia Pacific

• Other affiliations: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, High-Level Task Force for ICPD, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)

• Publications and resources: 

  • Sen, G., Govender, V. and El-Gamal, S. (2020). ‘Universal Health Coverage, Gender Equality and Social Protection: A Health System Approach.’ UN Women.

  • Alemany, C. and Sen, G. (2019). ‘SDG 5 Advancing women’s rights and strengthening global governance: the synergies.’ Extract from the civil society report Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2019. pg. 117-121.

  • Sen, G. and Durano, M. (2014). The Remaking of Social Contracts: Feminists in a Fierce New World. London, Zed Books.

  • Sen, G., and Grown, C. (1987). Development crises and alternative visions: Third world women's perspectives. Routledge.

Claire Slatter 

• Currently based in: Fiji, Asia Pacific 

• Other affiliations: University of the South Pacific (Fiji), PANG

• Email: claire.slatter@usp.ac.fj

• Publications and resources:

  • Webinar: Ending the debt crisis for women - A conversation with Wangari Kinoti (ActionAir International), Claire Slatter (DAWN) and Lidy Nacpil (APMDD). Organised by ActionAid (September 2020)

  • Slatter, C. (2020). ‘Social Protection and Ending Poverty in Pacific Island States: a new fad or a real solution?.’ In DAWN Informs: Social protections in the global South. pp. 114-117. DAWN. Suva (Fiji).