The enthusiasm with which the Davos Forum once again declared gender equality as an economic priority left me with an ambivalent feeling, because on the one hand what it says to a large extent sounds rational and convincing, but on the other hand, the logic behind it and the political implications of that framing are not so easy to digest. The insistence on presenting equality as an “intelligent strategy” for economic growth reveals to what exte…
The enthusiasm with which the Davos Forum once again declared gender equality as an economic priority left me with an ambivalent feeling, because on the one hand what it says to a large extent sounds rational and convincing, but on the other hand, the logic behind it and the political implications of that framing are not so easy to digest. The insistence on presenting equality as an “intelligent strategy” for economic growth reveals to what exte…