Radhika Balakrishnan Explained

Radhika Balakrishnan (born in Ootacamund, India) is the faculty director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University.^[1] Currently, she serves as the Chair of the Board of the United States Human Rights Network and Chair on the Board of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Commissioner for the Commission for Gender Equity for the City of New York,^{[2] [3]} and President of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) for 2020-2021.^[4]

Biography

Radhika Balakrishnan grew up in Tamil Nadu, India and moved to Chicago, Illinois at the age of 13.^[5] She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign initially to study engineering, but switched majors and graduated in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. It was at the University of Illinois that she first became involved in the women's movement, which inspired her to study economics.^[5] In 1985 she received her Master of Arts in Economics, and in 1990 she received her Ph.D. in Economics, both from Rutgers University.^[6]

Career

From 1992 to 1995, Radhika Balakrishnan worked at the Ford Foundation as a program officer in the Asian Regional Program.^{[7] [8]} From 2003 to 2009, she was a professor at Marymount Manhattan College where she taught economics and international studies ^{[6] [9]} In September 2009, she joined Rutgers University as a professor of Women's and Gender Studies and the executive director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership,^{[6] [10]} where she focused on issues of economics and social justice from a feminist perspective as they relate to macroeconomic policy, especially in health and education.^[5] Balakrishnan now serves as the faculty director of the Center.^[11]

Interviews

• "More Women Peacekeepers Is Not the Solution" Cléo Fatoorehchi interviews RADHIKA BALAKRISHNAN of the Centre for Women's Global Leadership. Inter Press Service, December 2010.^[12]
• 16 Days of Activism: Spotlight on Militarism. Global Fund for Women, November 2010.^[13]
• Interview with Radika Balakrishnan on Huffington Post Article Why Human Rights are Indispensable to Financial Regulation. Law and Order Radio, Pacific Radio, April 2010.^[3]
• NGLS Interviews Radhika Balakrishnan, Executive Director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership. UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN NGLS), January 2010.^[14]
• Experts Comment on Rights in Times of Economic Crisis. Center for Economic and Social Rights, November 2009.^[10]

Research and publications

Balakrishnan's primary research interests are gender and development, human rights and the global economy, and human rights and economic social rights.^[15]

Her publications include:^{[6] [16]}

Books

• Book: Balakrishnan, Radhika . Why MES with human rights?: Integrating macro economic strategies with human rights . Marymount Manhattan College . New York . 2005 . 821054967 .
• Book: Balakrishnan . Radhika . The hidden assembly line: gender dynamics of subcontracted work in a global economy . Kumarian Press . Bloomfield, Connecticut . 2002 . 9781565491403 .
• Book: Balakrishnan . Radhika . Jung . Patricia . Hunt . Mary . Mary E. Hunt . Good sex: feminist perspectives from the world's religions . Rutgers University Press . New Brunswick, New Jersey . 2001 . 9780813528847 .

Recent articles and book chapters

• Balakrishnan . Radhika . Heintz . James . Corporate control of our democracy: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission . . July 2010 .
• Balakrishnan . Radhika . Heintz . James . Making the International Monetary Fund accountable to human rights . . April 2010 .
• Balakrishnan . Radhika . Elson . Diane . Patel . Raj . Diane Elson . Raj Patel . Rethinking macro economic strategies from a human rights perspective . . 53 . 1 . 27–36 . 10.1057/dev.2009.83 . March 2010 . 86077721 .
• Balakrishnan . Radhika . Heintz . James . Why human rights are indispensable to financial regulation . . March 2010 .
• Balakrishnan . Radhika . Elson . Diane . Diane Elson . Auditing economic policy in the light of obligations on economic and social rights . Essex Human Rights Review . 5 . 1 . July 2008 .
• Balakrishnan . Radhika . Exploring collaborations: heterodox economics and economic social rights framework . . 13 . 1 . 87–116 . 10.1080/13545700601086838 . January 2007 . 153719183 .
• Balakrishnan, Radhika; Sayeed, Asad (2004), "Why do firms disintegrate? Towards an understanding of the firm-level decision to subcontract and its implication for labor", in Book: Milberg . William . Labor and the globalization of production: causes and consequences of industrial upgrading . 104–118 . Palgrave Macmillan . Houndmills New York, N.Y . 2004 . 9781403935021 .

External links

• From Classrooms to Centre Stage: A Professor Who Speaks for Women
• "More Women Peacekeepers Is Not the Solution" Cléo Fatoorehchi interviews RADHIKA BALAKRISHNAN of the Centre for Women's Global Leadership
• 16 Days of Activism: Spotlight on Militarism
• Interview with Radika Balakrishnan on Huffington Post Article Why Human Rights are Indispensable to Financial Regulation
• NGLS Interviews Radhika Balakrishnan, Executive Director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership
• Radhika Balakrishnan's Biography on the CWGL Website
• Radhika Balakrishnan's Publications
• Radhika Balakrishnan's Articles, Statements, and Interviews

Notes and References

1. Web site: Radhika Balakrishnan/Faculty Director/CWGL.
2. Web site: Mayor de Blasio Establishes Commission on Gender Equity. 2015-06-24. The official website of the City of New York. 2016-06-15.
3. Web site: Interview with Radika Balakrishnan on Huffington Post Article Why Human Rights are Indispensable to Financial Regulation . 13 December 2010.
4. Web site: Past presidents . International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) . 2 August 2020 .
5. Web site: From Classrooms to Centre Stage: A Professor Who Speaks for Women . 23 November 2010.
6. Web site: Radhika Balakrishnan's Curriculum Vitae. 27 September 2010.
7. Web site: Center for Popular Economics: Radhika Balakrishnan Bio . 15 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000907/http://www.populareconomics.org/bios/balakrishnan_r.htm . 2008-12-05 . dead .
8. Web site: Women Deliver 2010: Women and Power . 15 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101207004152/http://laffsociety.org/blog/?m=201006 . 2010-12-07 . dead .
9. Targeted News Service (18 February 2009) New! MMC's Radhika Balakrishnan to Present Report on Macro Economics and Human Rights Factiva Document TARGNS0020090219e52i000xk
10. Web site: Experts Comment on Rights in Times of Economic Crisis . 13 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101206123015/http://www.cesr.org/article.php?id=398 . 2010-12-06 . dead .
11. Web site: Radhika Balakrishnan, Faculty Director. Anastasia. Alex. www.cwgl.rutgers.edu. 2016-06-01.
12. Web site: "More Women Peacekeepers Is Not the Solution" Cléo Fatoorehchi interviews RADHIKA BALAKRISHNAN of the Centre for Women's Global Leadership . 13 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101205215736/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53766 . 2010-12-05 . dead .
13. Web site: 16 Days of Activism: Spotlight on Militarism . 13 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101205211945/http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/what-we-do/the-issues/analysis/1842-16-days-of-activism-spotlight-on-militarism- . 2010-12-05 . dead .
14. Web site: NGLS Interviews Radhika Balakrishnan, Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership . 13 December 2010.
15. Web site: Radhika Balakrishnan, Faculty Director. The Center for Women's Global Leadership.
16. Web site: Radhika Balakrishnan, Faculty Director. The Center for Women's Global Leadership. 27 September 2010.