Shahra Razavi
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Shahra Razavi is an Iranian-born academic and senior United Nations official specialising in gender and social development. A graduate of the London School of Economics and Oxford University, she is currently Director of the Social Protection Department of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland.[1]
Biography
Razavi obtained her bachelor's degree from the London School of Economics. She completed a Masters and Doctorate of Philosophy at St Anthony's College, University of Oxford.[2]
From 1993 to 2013 Razavi was Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).[3] Razavi praised the 2012 World Development Report's proposed microeconomic reforms to tackle economic gender inequality, but criticised the report for not addressing the ways in which macroeconomic policies disadvantaged women, who make up a majority of smallholders.[4]
In June 2013 Razavi was appointed as Chief of Research and Data at UN Women.[5] At UN Women, she was director of the flagship report, Progress of the World’s Women 2019-2020: Families in a Changing World.[2] The report focused on the role of women in the family, and addressed topics such as international migration and intimate partner violence.[6] Razavi's research has also explored issues such as unpaid labor and the economic burden placed on women internationally.[7][8]
Publications
- Shahra Razavi and Silke Staab, ed. (2012). Global Variations in the Political and Social Economy of Care: Worlds Apart. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-52250-2.
- Razavi, Shahra; Jenichen, Anne (2010). "The Unhappy Marriage of Religion and Politics: problems and pitfalls for gender equality". Third World Quarterly. 31 (6): 833–850. doi:10.1080/01436597.2010.502700. JSTOR 27896584. PMID 20857564.
- Shahra Razavi, ed. (2009). The Gendered Impacts of Liberalization: Towards "Embedded Liberalism"?. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-91120-1.
- Maxine Molyneux and Shahra Razavi, ed. (2002). Gender Justice, Development, and Rights. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-925645-7.
- Carol Miller; Shahrashoub Razavi (1998). Missionaries and mandarins: feminist engagement with development institutions. Intermediate Technology Publications in association with the United Nations Research Instiute for Social Development. ISBN 978-1-85339-434-8.
References
- ^ "Staff list". www.ilo.org. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ a b "Shahra Razavi". World Bank Live. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "Shahra Razavi | Staff | About UNRISD | UNRISD". www.unrisd.org. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ Meyers, Diana Tietjens (2014-07-22). Poverty, Agency, and Human Rights. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-939690-0.
- ^ "Expert's take: No 'empowerment' without rights". UN Women. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "Unseen and Unsafe: Violence Against Women within Migrant Families | Inter Press Service". www.ipsnews.net. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ "The other gender gap: Who's doing the bulk of the housework in 2019?". Stuff. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ link, Get; Facebook; Twitter; Pinterest; Email; Apps, Other. "Value of women's 'unpaid' labour in India 40% vs global 13%, can add 27% to GDP". Retrieved 2020-02-20.
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