GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY: A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE
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https://doi.org/10.51200/manu.v35i2.5763Keywords:
Ketidaktentuan ekonomi, pemerkasaan wanita, keselamatan manusia, Economic uncertainty, women's empowerment, human securityAbstract
Abstrak Laporan yang dijalankan oleh Forum Ekonomi Dunia menunjukkan bahawa manusia masih terancam serius oleh kesan sosial dan ekonomi akibat daripada wabak COVID-19. Vaksin yang diedarkan secara tidak sama rata, ditambah pula dengan ketegangan geopolitik yang semakin memuncak dan peningkatan inflasi di seluruh dunia, telah menimbulkan kemunduran yang ketara ke arah kemajuan pemulihan. Pertumbuhan ekonomi global dijangka merosot daripada 6.1 peratus pada 2021 kepada 3.6 peratus pada 2022 dan 2023. Dengan mengandaikan bahawa perang di Ukraine masih tidak dapat diselesaikan, dunia diunjurkan akan menghadapi kenaikan inflasi yang lebih lama berikutan kenaikan harga bahan api dan komoditi sebagai akibat limpahan. konflik berterusan antara Ukraine dan Rusia. Di tengah-tengah ketidaktentuan ekonomi ini, wanita akan menjadi salah satu kumpulan yang lebih terdedah kepada risiko. Ketidaksamaan jantina telah menjadi masalah struktur yang panjang yang masih mencabar untuk diselesaikan. Malah sebelum ketidaktentuan ekonomi timbul, IMF telah mengisytiharkan bahawa untuk mencapai kesaksamaan antara lelaki dan wanita masih jauh lagi, apatah lagi dalam krisis. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan perspektif feminis sekiranya berlaku ketidaktentuan ekonomi global. Memandangkan wanita akan lebih terkesan berbanding lelaki, memperkasakan lagi wanita menjadi penting dalam menghadapi ketidaktentuan ekonomi global.
Abstract A report conducted by World Economic Forum indicated that humanity is still seriously threatened by social and economic effects resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Unequally distributed vaccines, coupled with the escalating geopolitical tensions and increasing inflations worldwide, have created a significant setback toward recovery progress. Global economic growth is expected to decline from 6.1 percent in 2021 to 3.6 percent in 2022 and 2023. Assuming that the war in Ukraine remains unresolved, the world is projected to encounter a longer inflation rise due to increasing fuel and commodity prices as the spillover consequence of continuous conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Amid this economic uncertainty, women would be one of the groups more vulnerable to risk. Gender inequality has become a long structural problem that remains challenging to be resolved. Even before the economic uncertainty arises, IMF has declared that achieving equality between men and women still has a long way to go, let alone in a crisis. This study aims to provide a feminist perspective in the event of global economic uncertainty. As women would be more impacted than men, further empowering women becomes crucial in facing global economic uncertainty.
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