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marilyn waring

marilyn joy waring , -lrb- born 7 october 1952 -rrb- , is a new zealand feminist , a politician , an activist for female human rights and environmental issues , a development consultant and united nations expert , an author and an academic , known as a principal founder of the discipline of feminist economics .
she served as a member of the parliament of new zealand for the conservative new zealand national party , successively representing the constituencies of raglan and , between 1975 and 1984 .
aged 23 , she was the youngest member of parliament at the time of her election .
as a member of parliament , she served as chair of the public expenditure committee , senior government member of the foreign affairs committee and member of the disarmament and arms control committee .
between 1978 and 1981 she was the sole woman in the government caucus .
waring precipitated the new zealand general election , 1984 by threatening to vote for the opposition-sponsored nuclear-free new zealand legislation , leading prime minister rob muldoon to call a snap election , stating that waring 's `` feminist anti-nuclear stance '' threatened his ability to govern .
the nuclear-free new zealand legislation was subsequently enacted by the new labour government , and has been a sacrosanct touchstone of new zealand foreign policy since .
after leaving politics , waring obtained a d.phil .
in political economy -lrb- 1989 -rrb- .
her 1988 book `` if women counted '' -lrb- originally published with an introduction by gloria steinem -rrb- is a feminist analysis of modern economics , that argues that women 's work and the value of nature are not taken into account .
it `` persuaded the united nations to redefine gross domestic product , inspired new accounting methods in dozens of countries and became the founding document of the discipline of feminist economics . ''
since 2006 , marilyn waring has been a professor of public policy at the institute of public policy at aut university in auckland , new zealand , focusing on governance and public policy , political economy , gender analysis , and human rights .
she has held fellowships at harvard and rutgers universities .
waring was a member of the board of the reserve bank of new zealand from 2005 to 2009 , and has worked as a consultant for organizations such as the commonwealth secretariat , the secretariat of the pacific community -lrb- spc -rrb- , united nations development programme , regional assistance mission to solomon islands -lrb- ramsi -rrb- , and the international development research centre -lrb- ottawa , canada -rrb- .
waring 's work was the subject of a 1995 film by oscar-winning director terre nash , titled `` who 's counting ?
marilyn waring on sex , lies and global economics '' .
she became a companion of the new zealand order of merit in the 2008 new year 's honours list , for her services to women and economics , and was awarded an honorary d.litt .
in 2011 .
in 2012 , she was included on the `` wired magazine '' smart list of `` 50 people who will change the world . ''
an anthology named '' '' was published in 2014 , edited by margunn bjørnholt and ailsa mckay and with contributions of a diverse group of scholars on advances made in the field since the publication of `` if women counted '' .
