shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 14 2007 | women, environment, books
I saw a documentary on Marilyn Waring that was made in 1988 - sort of alarming how relevant her ideas still are today. She hightlights the sexist nature of fundamental UN and World Bank economic policies that countries must adopt in order to be part of the UN or take out loans from the WB in the first place.
Quoted: Safe drinking water counts for nothing. A pollution-free environment counts for nothing. Even some people - namely women - count for nothing. This is the case, at least, according to the United Nations System of National Accounts.
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