Critical analysis and proposals of ESEPE from an ecofeminist perspective

2022/11/28 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Osasuna
• Giza zientziak
• Berdintasuna
• Hidrologia
• Ingurumena
• Energia berriztagarriak
• Energia
• Nekazaritza

A group of researchers and activists has conducted a study of the Strategic Projects of Revitalization and Economic Transformation (ESEPE) from an eco-feminist perspective and published in a report conclusions and proposals for eco-feminist transition. New way to weaken public investment in the eco-feminist transition: The report, called the Five Strategic Projects for Reactivation and Economic Transformation to Review, focuses on five of the eleven areas funded by the European NextGeneration EU funds in the areas of health, energy, agri-food, water and surveillance.

According to the authors, the aim of the research is to help discuss current economic policies and public funding figures from a feminist perspective. According to the study, the technocapitalist approach prevails in the transition promoted by the ESEPE. They even say that “they do not paint their policies in greenwashing or lilaz (purplewashing), although this is encouraged in words favorable to Next Generation EU funds.”

They have also reflected on the social and political organization for an eco-feminist transition and have developed a proposal based on five pillars: collectivization and de-watering; the relocation of socio-economic processes; adaptation to the limits of the planet, balancing global privileges and inequalities; the reorganization and revaluation of key works; and democratisation and co-surveillance.

The report, signed by Blanca Bayas Fernández, Mirene Begiristain Zubilwaukee, Irene González Pijuan, Mònica Guiteras Blaya, Ruth Pérez Lázaro and Amaia Pérez Orozco, has been published through the observatory of Latin American multinationals OMAL.