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Shahra Razavi (Shahrashoub 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, Razavi is currently Director of the Social Protection Department of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland.[1]

Biography

Razavi obtained a Bachelor of Science from the London School of Economics. She completed a Masters and Doctorate of Philosophy at St Anthony's College, University of Oxford.[2] [3]

From 1993 to 2013, Razavi was Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).[4] 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.[5] As a guest contributor, Razavi presented the sociological and economic analysis of the caretaker role of women on the journal of the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research in Japan. This evaluated and lead to further discussion on the family-centered Care Diamond social welfare scheme the Japanese government pioneers among countries with larger aged population of baby-boomers and declining birthrates.[6] In 2012, Ravazi went to the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (ICGS), the University of Bern, as a visiting professor to also work with Brigitte Schnegg, a Swiss feminist historian and the founder of the centre.[7]

Positions at the United Nations

In June 2013, Razavi was appointed as the Chief of Research and Data at UN Women.[8] UN Women and its flagship report, Progress of the World's Women 2019-2020: Families in a Changing World was published under the direction of Razavi which corresponds to UN goals of SDGs for economic, labor, women issues. The discussion on the roles of women in the family was expanded into other focal points along with international migration pointing out the success of Indonesian government drawing a legislature in 2017, addressing the needs of women citizens working outside of the nation, or approximately 4.5 million work forces (2016) who would be granted social security programs and gender equality, or could sought protections against trafficking and violence. Intimate partner violence was discussed in the light of working opportunities for husband or the male leader of the household, especially for migrants.[9] Razavi's research has also explored issues such as unpaid labor and the economic burden placed on women internationally.[10] [11] The debate on SDGs would continue in Ravazi's article in Global Policy

Razavi is on the editorial/advisory boards of the following journals: Feminist Economics (Associate Editors),[12] Global Social Policy (International Advisory Board)[13] and Journal of Peasant Studies (International Advisory Board).[14]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Social Protection Department – Staff list. 2012-04-03. International Labour Organization. en. 2020-02-19.
  2. Web site: Shahra Razavi. 2018-10-03. World Bank Live. en. 2020-02-19.
  3. Agrarian change and gender power: a comparative study in southeastern Iran. 1993. en. Shahrashoub. Razavi. PhD. University of Oxford. Faculty of Social Studies.. 863270666.
  4. Web site: Shahra Razavi. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. 2020-02-19.
  5. Book: Meyers, Diana Tietjens. Poverty, Agency, and Human Rights. 2014-07-22. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-939690-0. en.
  6. Razavi. Shahra. 2010. The political and social economy of care in a development context. Seiji shakai keizai kara mita kea no kokusai hikaku kaihatsu no shiten kara. Kaigai shakai hoshô kenkyû 海外社会保障研究. ja. 170. 31–49. 5172806401. NCID. National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. excerpt from the Gender and Department Programme Paper No.3, UNRISD.
  7. Web site: In Memory of Brigitte Schnegg (1953-2014). 21 May 2014. Shahra . Razavi. News & Views. UNRISD. 23 February 2020.
  8. Web site: Expert's take: No 'empowerment' without rights. UN Women. en. 8 June 2015. 2020-02-19.
  9. Web site: Unseen and Unsafe: Violence Against Women within Migrant Families. Pigliucci. Caley. 2 July 2019. Inter Press Service. 2020-02-20.
  10. Web site: The other gender gap: Who's doing the bulk of the housework in 2019?. Stuff. 24 September 2019 . en. 2020-02-20.
  11. Web site: Counterview. Value of women's 'unpaid' labour in India 40% vs global 13%, can add 27% to GDP. Sheshu. Babu. 16 June 2019 . 2020-02-20.
  12. Web site: Feminist Economics - Editorial Board. www.feministeconomics.org. 2020-02-20.
  13. Web site: Global Social Policy. 2015-11-04. SAGE Publications Inc. en-us. 2020-02-20.
  14. Web site: The Journal of Peasant Studies. www.tandfonline.com. 2020-02-20.

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