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  Study of Homebased Workers in the Southern Province

  HomeNet South Asia, 2007

  In Sri Lanka, numbers of women engaged in home-based work are increasing. Despite this, their work is often invisible to policy-makers and governments, and its economic value is rarely acknowledged.
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  2005

  How can gender be mainstreamed into the workplace so that it improves gender equality in the world of work? This report presents 25 gender equality initiatives carried out by governments, employers' organisations and trade unions across 21 countries. 'Good Practices' by these institutions fall into eight main categories. They include :
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  Garment Industry Supply Chains: a Resource for Worker Education and Solidarity

  2004

  How can sub-contracted garment workers claim their legal rights in a context of increasing globalisation where complex supply chains make it difficult to trace employers and enforce them to fulfil their legal responsibilities?
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  Bottom of the ladder: exploitation and abuse of girl domestic workers in Guinea

  Human Rights Watch, 2007

  Worldwide, domestic work is the largest employment category for children - especially girls. While other children in the family attend school, these girls are often denied an education. Many of them work up to 18 hours a day. They may also suffer beatings and sexual harassment or abuse.
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  Out and About - Towards a Better Understanding of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons in the Workplace

  Parks Canada, 2005

  For many GBLT employees, not revealing sexual orientation or gender identity can inhibit professional and personal development, yet 'coming-out' can result in bullying and discrimination. This brochure provides information on how to improve GBLT people's wellbeing at work and outlines the individual rights of GBLT people, as well as employers obligations to GBLT.
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  Women's Experiences of Economic Liberalisation: Confronting Challenges, Developing Opportunities

  International Gender and Trade Network, 2006

  Although agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have often been devastating to women, their families and their communities in the United States, relatively few American women have heard of them or are debating their impact. In 2002, the Center of Concern decided to encourage women in the U.S. to begin this discussion.
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  Working Positively - A Guide for NGOs Managing HIV/AIDS in the Workplace

  UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development, 2003

  HIV and AIDS are most prevalent in adults in their productive prime. As a result, addressing HIV/AIDS in the workplace is becoming a priority for governments, commercial organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). However, gender differentials need to be taken into account when developing HIV/AIDS workplace strategies.
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  Survey, Analysis and Action Plan for Equal Pay - An In-Depth Analysis on Effects of the Regulations of 2001

  BRIDGE, 2005

  Swedish Equal Pay legislation is unique in a European perspective - not only does it pro-actively seek to close the gender gap in men and women's salaries, but it has been significantly effective in achieving its goals. This report, conducted by J?mO, the Swedish Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, aimed to give a detailed picture of the functioning of equal pay legislation and the problems occurring.
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  Corporate Social Responsibility in Latin America: Chiquita, women banana workers and structural inequalities

  Siyanda, 2004

  How can multilateral companies improve labour conditions for women workers? This paper focuses on the multinational Chiquita, and on its sourcing of bananas from Latin America. Over the last decade, Chiquita has taken a number of steps to rectify a bad public image and has improved its ethical performance through the development of a comprehensive CSR policy.
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  Made by women: gender, the global garment industry and the movement for women worker’s rights

  Clean Clothes Campaign, 2006

  Gender influences labour practices in countless ways - ideas about the jobs women can do, how they should do them, their wages, their relationship to employers and the law. This publication aims to provide a clear understanding of the key role that gender plays in shaping the issues that labour rights activists in the garment industry are tackling.

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