Seminar 2: Key Challenges for Research on Women and The New Economy in the 21st century

Programme:

10.30    Introduction: Ruth Pearson (University of Leeds)

Key Research Issues on Women and the New Global Economy

(Setting Out Questions for the Round Table to take place at the end of the day)

11.00     Angela Coyle (City University) and Tina Basi (Leeds/Bristol University) –

Women working in call centres in India : Exploited workers or active agents in the new global economy?

12. 00     Lunch – and Launch of the Home Workers Worldwide Training Manual – The Rt. Hon. Hilary Benn,     Secretary of State for International Development

1.30     Eleonore Kofman (Middlesex University)

Women Migrants and Welfare Regimes in Europe

2.15    Jasmine Gideon (Birkbeck College, London) 

Health Insurance for Informal Sector Workers

3.00    Tea

3.15    Round Table on Key Challenges to Research on Women, Work and Globalisation : Chair Ruth Pearson

Contributors to include :Diane Elson* , Funmi Para- Mallam*, Hannah McDowell* Jane Tate* plus others to be announced.

5.30    Close and drinks

This seminar is a being organised jointly to incorporate two other events:

(a) the launch of the HomeWorkers Training Manual published by HomeworkersWorldwide. HWW is a Leeds based organisation which works with groups of women homebased workers in Eastern Europe, South and Central America. South, South East and East Asia. The Secretary of State for Development – Hilary Benn is going to officially introduce the manual

(b) a Round table on Key Challenges for Development Research on Women an Work in the 21st Century. This is sponsored by the IDS at the University of Sussex, and will feed into their 40th anniversary conference in September 2006.

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