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Advancing Human Rights through Gender-Responsive Public Services: A feminist alternative to privatisation

  • Day 4: Dec 17 (UTC+8) 10:00 am-11:30 am

Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR)

Speakers:
Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona (GI-ESCR)
Kate Donald (Centre for Economic and Social Rights)
Verónica Montúfar (Public Services International)
Anjela Taneja (OXFAM India)

"It's clear that privatisation can have very discriminatory effects, because the private actors who come in to public service provision are motivated not by making sure that everybody has coverage, but by making a profit. And that almost always means that the people who are worse off already then get even more disadvantaged by the privatised public services." — Kate Donald, Centre for Economic and Social Rights.

This session convened feminist activists, experts, and practitioners working to counter the privatisation and commercialisation of public services that are essential for the realisation of women’s rights and the advancement of gender equality. A moderator was present to spark the debate between key speakers sharing their insights and experiences in the fields of care, education, and health.

Participants were encouraged to engage in the conversation by making interventions, posing questions, and contributing to the analysis related to the following key questions:
• How has the privatisation and commercialisation of public services impacted women’s rights?
• Why and how do we need to re-organise, own, manage and fund public services to advance gender justice?
• Which are the alternatives to privatisation and commercialisation proposed by feminist social movements, activists, and grassroots women’s rights organisations?

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