About and History

The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) is a global community of academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitioners who share a common purpose: advancing gender-aware and inclusive economic research and policy analysis. Our aim is to foster gender equality and improve the well-being of all, particularly those facing the greatest socio-economic exclusion. IAFFE opens new areas of economic inquiry. The association’s award-winning journal, Feminist Economics, fosters critical exchanges and enlarges and enriches economic discourse. 

The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) is a membership-based organization that was founded at the 1990 meetings of the American Economics Association in Washington, D.C. Since then, it has grown to include 800 members from 64 countries. IAFFE’s influential network of scholars, activists, and advocates has defined and shaped feminist economics since the association’s founding and has had a tangible impact on scholarship and policy.

“IAFFE was founded as a professional organization meeting the need and desire for an active, nonsexist organization for feminists in economics in a context in which that work was marginalized because of sexism in the discipline.” (Orozco Espinel and Gomez Betancourt, 2022)