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    “Corporate social responsibility” across Middle East and North Africa

    2006
    A vivid debate is taking place across the world questioning the social role of business and balance of power between institutions. This paper attempts to synthesise the reports prepared by various authors, who live and work in their homeland in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), on the notion of “corporate social responsibility” (CSR).
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    Developing Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Papua Highlands

    International Labour Organization, 2010
    This briefing documents the progress of ILO’s Entrepreneurship Skills Development project, which ran in 2009 and 2010 in the Papua Highlands, Indonesia, as part of the UN joint programme for the area.
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    Integrating women into mining operations: the examples of Newmont Ghana and Lonmin South Africa

    International Finance Corporation, 2008
    Mining has not always had good press in the development arena, due to a history of inadequate environmental and social governance. This short paper argues that there is enormous opportunity to be had in including women in mining operations.
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    Green jobs: towards decent work in a sustainable, low-carbon world

    International Labour Organization, 2008
    Amidst a visible period of transition with trade unions, employers’ organisations, the private sector and the UN allying themselves to low-carbon and sustainable thinking, this paper reports on the emergence of a “green economy” and its impact on the world of work in the 21st Century.
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    Key feminist concerns regarding core labor standards, decent work and corporate social responsibility

    Women in Development Europe, 2008
    This paper discusses the gendered nature of measures such as international labour standards, decent work approach and corporate social responsibility, and highlights its implications for women workers in developing countries. It is primarily a study of the existing literature, both academic and official - in this area.
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    Building national campaigns: activists, alliances, and how change happens 

    Oxfam, 2007
    Women workers are an increasing part of the global labour force. However, they often find only poor-quality employment, thus, they are working, but remain trapped in poverty. No matter the context, many women workers face multiple challenges.
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    Toolkit for mainstreaming employment and decent work

    International Labour Organization, 2007
    Decent work has been defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and endorsed by the international community as being productive work for women and men in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.
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    Global report: equality at work: tackling the challenge

    International Labour Organization, 2007
    In its most comprehensive report on discrimination to date, this International Labour Organisation (ILO) report provides a global picture of job-related discrimination, citing both progress and failures in the struggle to fight discrimination ranging from traditional forms such as sex, race or religion, to newer forms based on age, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status and disability.
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    Solidarity Center

    The Solidarity Center helps workers build stronger unions, stand up for their rights, and overcome repression.
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    African Labour Research Network (ALRN)

    The African Labour Researcher's Network is a group of trade union-linked researchers from all over Africa.

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