Video Summary of the SNIS Annual Conference 2011

Find some conference highlights and interviews with speakers in the video summary.

The SNIS held its annual conference on the subject of Gender and the Global Care Economy. The eminent Sociologist, Professor Saskia Sassen (University of Columbia) delivered a captivating key-note speech on the question of globalisation and the importance of looking in the penumbra of overarching analytical concepts for a better understanding of the world. The event gathered academics, practitioners – namely ILO representatives – as well as activists involved with the everyday questions arising from the global care economy.