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  Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourse

  Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1991

  Mohanty charges western feminist research with producing an image of a homogenous 'third world woman' as victims without agency, oppressed by family, culture and religion.
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  Gender Aspects of the Cotonou Agreement

  2001

  In June 2000, a new Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states and the European Union (EU) was signed in Cotonou, Benin. The Cotonou Agreement sets out the general framework for the ACP states and the EU development co-operation relations for the next twenty years. As compared to its predecessor, Lom?
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  Trade Myths and Gender Reality: Trade Liberalisation and Women's Lives

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 1998

  This publication draws together concepts, policy and case studies on what has been the impact of trade liberalisation on women workers.
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  Global Feminization Through Flexible Labour: a Theme Revisited

  1999

  The types of employment and labour force participation traditionally associated with women (insecure, low paid, irregular) has been spreading relative to the type of employment traditionally associated with men (regular, unionised, stable).
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  The Effects of Globalization and the East Asian Crisis on the Employment of Women and Men: the Philippine Case

  Commission for Racial Equality, 2000

  Research has shown that men and women are affected differently by stabilisation and structural adjustment policies, as well as by globalisation. The focus of this article is to analyse the differential employment impacts on and vulnerabilities of women and men caused by the East Asian economic crisis.
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  International Capital Flows: Identifying the Gender Dimension

  Center of Concern, COC, 2000

  Women lose more than men from slow or unstable economic growth and financial crises. Although the increased liberalisation of trade has been given considerable attention there has been little exploration of the gender implications of financial liberalisation.
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  Women's Economic Agenda in the 21st Century

  International Gender and Trade Network, 2001

  The United Nations (UN) has been a catalyst for the emergence of the global women's movement however UN conference documents are flawed because they are negotiated in the self-interest of nation states; therefore the women's agenda is always in danger of co-option.
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  Trade, Sustainable Development and Gender: papers presented in support of the themes discussed at the Pre-UNCTAD X Expert Workshop on Trade, Sustainable Development and Gender, 12-13 July, 1999, Geneva, Switzerland

  Forum News, 1999

  The Pre-UNCTAD Expert Workshop on Trade, Sustainable Development and Gender focused on the role of employment in the eradication of poverty and on women's empowerment. UNCTAD has always been concerned with examining patterns of trade with a view to assessing its contribution to development.
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  Female Employment Under Export-propelled Industrialization: Prospects for Internalizing Global Opportunities in Bangladesh's Apparel Sector

  Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1999

  Women entering the industrial labour force in Bangladesh generally find themselves in low paid, low skilled jobs. In fact this paper argues that the success of the country's export-oriented industry is built on a large supply of cheap and flexible female labour.
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  The Gender Dimension of Economic Transition in Mongolia

  2000

  To study economic transition in Mongolia, the authors of this article introduce a macro-economic model that incorporates both the productive and reproductive economies thereby making it possible to link economic objectives with social development ones.

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