Care & Carelessness – a Feminist Economics Walking Tour of the IFSC

Care & Carelessness – a Feminist Economics Walking Tour of the IFSC

We’d be delighted if you’d join us for a feminist economics walking tour of the International Financial Services Centre, Dublin! As part of Culture Night on Friday the 20th of September, Financial Justice Ireland will host a walking tour of the IFSC. 

Our tour will focus on the operations of the global economic system and its representation throughout Dublin’s financial district. This year, we’ve chosen to place a particular emphasis on feminist economics, asking ‘’who benefits from the care at the foundation of our societies?’’ We will bring participants on a journey through Irish history, stretching back to the War of Independence and arriving at the contemporary situation of transnational capital.

Our wonderful collaborators will join us on this tour: CATU (Community Action Tenants Union), AFRI (Action from Ireland), speakers from global feminist movements, trade unionists, and those active in climate justice politics. 

Walking tour sites and speakers will include: 

1. Liberty Hall - Mags O’Brien, labour historian, former SIPTU tutor
2. Custom House - Minerva Escobedo & Yanett Alberto, Latina Women Against Violence
3. Famine Memorial - Joe Murray & Katie Martin AFRI (Action from Ireland)
4. Docklands - Aisling Hedderman, Training Officer, Community Action Tenants Union
5. Hibernia REIT - Orla Hasson & Cara McLoughlin, FJI collaborators and Global Development facilitators, based in Derry 
6. Facebook - Sian Cowman, Climate Justice Researcher and Educator
7. Central Bank - Hilary Darcy, FJI GCE coordinator & Neltah Chadamoyo, facilitator & artist, will open a discussion by asking, "How can we build a new world in the shell of the old?"

We will gather at the James Connolly Memorial at 5pm and the tour will conclude at 7pm.

This is a free event. Please register here.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Until then, why not check out our video of last year's IFSC tour?

Or, have a browse of our excellent IFSC Walking Tour teaching resource!