The Feminist Economy: Women's Perspectives on Trade and Labour

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This exhibit examines women’s labour struggles and feminist opposition to free trade in the context of the current United States trade war with Canada and Mexico. It begins by exploring how feminists interpreted the sexual division of labour and accounted for women’s contribution to the global economy beginning in the early 1970s, including both waged and unwaged forms of “women’s work.” The second section examines women’s participation in union organizing, strike action, and other forms of working-class struggle in Canada, underscoring women as significant stakeholders in the restructuring of global economies which took place throughout the second half of the twentieth century.Following this historical context, the final sections analyze Canadian feminist opposition to free trade agreements including the FTA, NAFTA, and APEC.