Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Global Care Chains: Why Should We Care: Dr. Durano Attends Berlin Workshop, Roundtable

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Dr. Marina Durano, Assistant Professor of the Asian Center, took part in a workshop, “Global Care Chains: Why Should We Care?” from 22 to 23 October 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the event brought together scholars and labor union representatives from Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Latin America, and Europe to discuss emerging issues on the global care economy, which covers crosscultural and transnational care and service work. This includes work done by caregivers, nurses, and other forms of domestic work performed by women.

Dr. Durano took part in panel discussions in which participants discussed the nature of the global care chain, shared regional experiences, and developed “gender-just” strategies and policy actions that will be implemented on the national and international level.

Photo:Participants in the workshop on the Global Care Chain. Photo courtesy by Marina Durano.

At the Asian Center, Dr. Durano has taught graduate-level courses such as Theories of Development (PS222), Industrialization and Urban Development in Asia (AS205), and Socio-economic Development in Southeast Asia (AS255.1). She finished her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Manchester, and her MA and BS in Economics at the University of the Philippines Diliman. She specializes on development economics, feminist economics, Philippine economic history, and trade and industrialization.

Dr. Durano received an “Outstanding Book Award” for co-authoring a book, “2012/2013 Philippine Human Development Report: Geography and Human Development” with Dr. Toby Monsod and Dr. Emmanuel de Dios. The award was given by the National Academy of Science and Technology at their Annual Scientific Meeting in July 2014.

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