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    Guidelines for Integrating Gender Analysis into Biodiversity Research

    1998
    How can gender be mainstreamed into programmes concerned with the sustainable use and management of biodiversity? The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has produced guidelines on how to integrate gender analysis into biodiversity research.
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    The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka

    Verso Press, 2000
    In this study the lives of Bangladeshi garment workers are examined to highlight the question of what constitutes 'fair' competition in international trade. While Bangladesh is generally considered a poor, conservative Muslim country, with a long tradition of female seclusion, women here have entered factories to take their place as a prominent first generation labour force.
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    Transcending Boundaries: Labour Migration of Women from Bangladesh

    University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2001
    In recent times a major structuring of the global economy has taken place. This, among other things, has resulted in an increase in short-term migration of labour. An important feature of such restructuring is a high demand for female labour. A large number of Bangladeshi women have responded to such demand and joined the labour markets of Middle East and South East Asian countries.
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    Trade Liberalization: Impacts on African Women

    2001
    Trade liberalisation processes impact differently on men and women due to the fact that men and women have different roles in production. Despite the fact that women are actively involved in international trade, WTO agreements are gender blind and as such have adverse impacts on women.
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    A Gender-analytical Perspective on Trade and Sustainable Development

    United Nations, 1999
    Gender discrimination, exacerbates the tendency of trade to increase overall inequality within and between nations. Gender discrimination also affects the price and income trends, which are unfavourable to development in primary commodities and in basic manufactured goods.
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    World Survey on the Role of Women in Development: Globalisation, Gender and Work

    United Nations, 1999
    This global survey examines the impact of current trends and policies on the overall social and economic situation of women. It starts by describing the main economic trends produced by globalisation: trade liberalisation; increased globalised production due to direct investment of multinational corporations; and financial liberalisation.

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