Radhika Balakrishnan

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]

A photograph of Radhika Balakrishnan, courtesy of the Center for Women's Global Leadership
A photograph of Radhika Balakrishnan, courtesy of the Center for Women's Global Leadership.

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

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

Recent articles and book chapters

References
  1. "Radhika Balakrishnan/Faculty Director/CWGL".
  2. "Mayor de Blasio Establishes Commission on Gender Equity". The official website of the City of New York. 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  3. "Interview with Radika Balakrishnan on Huffington Post Article Why Human Rights are Indispensable to Financial Regulation". Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  4. "Past presidents". International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. "From Classrooms to Centre Stage: A Professor Who Speaks for Women". Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  6. "Radhika Balakrishnan's Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  7. "Center for Popular Economics: Radhika Balakrishnan Bio". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  8. "Women Deliver 2010: Women and Power". Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  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. "Experts Comment on Rights in Times of Economic Crisis". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  11. Anastasia, Alex. "Radhika Balakrishnan, Faculty Director". www.cwgl.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  12. ""More Women Peacekeepers Is Not the Solution" Cléo Fatoorehchi interviews RADHIKA BALAKRISHNAN of the Centre for Women's Global Leadership". Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  13. "16 Days of Activism: Spotlight on Militarism". Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  14. "NGLS Interviews Radhika Balakrishnan, Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership". Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  15. "Radhika Balakrishnan, Faculty Director". The Center for Women's Global Leadership.
  16. "Radhika Balakrishnan, Faculty Director". The Center for Women's Global Leadership. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
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