(WILPF logo and the words “Feminist Political Economy” on dark blue background.)
(Images of a hand holding a pencil shaped like a magnet, a vote ballot box against black background.)
Economic policies should be based on how we want our societies governed
(Images of a gasoline container, a globe, a tree, a cow and a woman move towards the magnet shaped pencil.)
our resources distributed, as well as our relationship to the planet.
(Images of a building, a politician giving speech at a podium and a group of people standing in the audience with banners, against a dark blue background.)
As activists or citizens we rarely get a chance to engage in this decision-making. It’s seen as the expert’s domain.
(Image of a monument built with stacks of cash and coins against a dark blue background. People and cars go in. The monument has an image of a factory on the left side and image of a crane on the right.)
But the economy and how we organise it is actually a matter of understanding how we can best care for each other
(Images of blooming flowers, leaves, a barn, a tractor and houses get added to the existing image.)
and the environment.
(Image of a globe coloured in grey, against a dark blue background.)
Policies should be based on the values
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we want our societies built on.
(The image of the globe splits in half and a board with the word “Equality” and a copper badge at the bottom comes out.)
WILPF works towards putting equality,
(The word on the board is replaced by the word “justice”.)
justice,
(Word on the board is replaced by the word “solidarity”.)
solidarity
(The word on the board is replaced by the word “care”.)
and care at the center of our societies
(The word on the board is replaced by the word peace.)
and of peace.
(The board falls down and a golden key with a blue sache with the words “Sustainability appear.)
And the sustainability of our planet is key.
(Images of trees and animals on both sides, human figures carrying a brick with “capitalism” written are in the centre. On top of the brick are figures of buildings, a crate, a cow, a crane and an army tank.)
But the current mainstream political economy based on capitalism
(Words on brick are replaced by the word “neoliberalism” and bags of money fall on top of the brick.)
and neoliberalism creates the exact opposite,
(Missings fall from above. The brick cracks.)
fueling conflict, inequality and environmental destruction.
(Six hands appear and cover the image.)
(The writing “We want to change that” against a light blue background and images of women with banners, a tree, a cow and a building surrounding the words.)
We want to change that.
(Figure of a woman staring at a grey wall with two framed photos and a vase on the left. One of the photos is of a group of men with faces cut out, labeled as “Parliament” to the left and the other frame with a woman working in a factory labeled “Economy” to the right.)
We are carrying out a feminist political economy analysis,
(The woman moves to the frame labeled “Economy”.)
focusing on how gender determines our social and political relationships and structures and
(The woman moves to another framed photo to the right with many men sitting at a table. The frame is labeled “Resources”.)
the different economic effects they create.
(Focus on the frame. The man sitting at the center of the table eats all the fall and his face doubles in size.)
We also look at power and the distribution of resources. Who’s in control and why and how that impacts the rest of us. We analyse how race, class, age, disability, geographical location and gender
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which includes LGBTI play into it. That includes
(Image of a house with a car parked on the left. Figures of a man and a woman. The woman irons clothes.)
the gendered division of labour in both the formal or productive economy
(The woman nurses a child and the man gets ready, takes a briefcase and leaves the house. He sits in a car and the car leaves.)
and the informal or reproductive economy
(The woman works on a laptop)
which usually takes place in homes and communities.
(Woman vacuums in the house. The man gets ready and leaves in his car.)
Our analysis helps us understand how political and economic decisions shape our everyday lives.
(Face of the woman comes to the front and the colour in the background changes to light blue.)
We as a society should not merely be recipients of policies.
(Five women figures emerge from behind the woman. One woman on the right released a dove.)
We should be the agents making change
(The words “Making Change” appears on left side of the existing image.)
to better serve the needs of all.
(A woman’s face against a blue background with a paper cutout with the words “We can”.)
Through a progressive feminist political economy we can
(Paper cutout with the words “Work for” appears in front of the woman’s face)
work for
(Image of a woman against blue background with words “Equality justice and the fair distribution of power and resources” on the left.)
equality, justice and the fair distribution of power and resources.
(Image of a woman’s face against a blue background with words “Equality justice and the fair distribution of power and resources” on the left and the words “Let’s realise the solidarity, care and sustainability our communities and planet deserve” on the right.)
Let’s realise the solidarity, care and sustainability our communities and planet deserve.
(A dove flies in. WILPF logo against blue background.)
Together let’s achieve feminist peace.