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Marilyn Waring on Women and Economics Show Two

1996 30 min
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As chairperson of New Zealand's Public Expenditures Committee, which reviewed all the parliamentary budgets of her government, Marilyn Waring travelled to over 35 countries and discovered that the rules governing the finances of her own country were operating worldwide. In each country she visited, Waring spent a day with a local woman her own age. She witnessed the enormous, unrecorded, unacknowledged extent of women's work. Women remain more than 50 percent of the world's population, yet hold no more than 10 percent of the seats in national legislatures. In one government in three, there are no women in the highest …

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Marilyn Waring on Women and Economics Show Two

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As chairperson of New Zealand's Public Expenditures Committee, which reviewed all the parliamentary budgets of her government, Marilyn Waring travelled to over 35 countries and discovered that the rules governing the finances of her own country were operating worldwide. In each country she visited, Waring spent a day with a local woman her own age. She witnessed the enormous, unrecorded, unacknowledged extent of women's work. Women remain more than 50 percent of the world's population, yet hold no more than 10 percent of the seats in national legislatures. In one government in three, there are no women in the highest decision-making bodies. This film takes a hard look at the disparity between what women contribute to communities and how their work is valued.
  • director
    Terre Nash
  • producer
    Kent Martin
  • executive producer
    Colin Neale
    Don Haig
  • cinematography
    Susan Trow
  • sound
    Diane Carrière
  • editing
    Terre Nash
    Markham Cook
  • sound editing
    Jackie Newell
    Danuta Klis
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
    Serge Boivin
  • music
    Penny Lang
    Penguin Café Orchestra
    Brian Eno
    Daniel Lanois
    Jason Lang
    Lance Neveu

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Education

Ages 14 to 17
Study Guide
School subjects
Have students research and assess outcomes of recent global economic summits, UN support of women in developing countries and global environmental activist groups. Have students choose research projects that apply Waring’s statements about women’s invisible economic value. Have them research and assess local, regional and federal government environmental initiatives, the environmental/economic pros and cons of the Canadian Alberta Tar Sands project, and Waring’s prediction about the economic effects of pollution.