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  State of world population 2006: a passage to hope; women and international migration

  United Nations Population Fund, 2006

  Produced in tandem with the United Nations High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, this report emphasises the positive impacts that women migrants have had on reducing poverty through sending remittances. At the same time it warns that millions of female migrants face hazards in the form of trafficking and other types of exploitation.
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  Company Codes of Conduct and Workers Rights: Report of an Education and Consultation Programme with Garment Workers in Asia

  2002

  Women Working Worldwide carried out an education and consultation programme with women workers in Asia, in July 1999 and December 2001. Eight organisations in seven different Asian countries undertook to adapt and print educational materials on codes of conduct for use in their own education programmes, as well as programmes of other nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and trade unions.
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  Social Corporate Responsibility and the Role of the Women's Movement

  Women's Human Right's Net, 2004

  International corporations continue to move production zones to developing countries to benefit from cheap labour and poor standards. Conditions often include low wages, long hours, unsanitary and dangerous working conditions, sexual harassment, verbal and physical abuse, and the prohibition of unionising.
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  The Hidden Assembly Line: Gender Dynamics of Subcontracted Work in a Global Economy

  Kumarian Press, 2002

  There has been growing interest among nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Asia to better contextualise their labour organising work within a global economic framework. Activists were finding that solely localised organising strategies could not keep up with the effects of the constantly changing structures of global markets.
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  Power in Global Value Chains: Implications for Employment and Livelihoods in the Cashew Nut Industry in India, Summary Report

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  Employers take advantage of women's cheaper labour to lower their costs, and while employment in particular for women workers is essential for survival, it still does not pay enough to raise households out of poverty. This report explores the impacts of an expanding cashew nut market on the livelihoods of women workers in India.
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  Misfortune 500 - website

  2006

  MisFortune 500, a new website launched by the Women's Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO), aims to: expose corporate activities which violate women's rights, workers' rights and the environment; promote corporate accountability mechanisms; strengthen women's networking and engagement; and publicise women's resistance and alternatives to corporate globalisation.
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  The Gender Wage Gap in Chile 1992-2003 from a Matching Comparison Perspective

  Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2006

  Despite major advances in the education of the female labour force in Chile relative to males, gender differences in wages still exist. This paper analyses the evolution of the gender wage gap in Chile during the period of 1992 to 2003 using the 'decomposition approach' developed in ¥opo, 2004.
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  If you Want to Help us then Start Listening to us! From Factories and Plantations Women Speak out about Corporate Responsibility

  2002

  Ethical trade in Central America has mainly come about as a result of campaigns in the United States, and partly in Europe. Campaigns have focused on the rights and welfare of factory workers who supply a wide range of US brand names and retailers.
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  International Labour Standards, Codes of Conduct and Gender Issues: A Review of Recent Debates and Controversies

  Brill Academic Publishers, 2003

  The increase in international networks of production, centred around multinational corporations (MNCs) has led to calls for greater levels of protection for workers. This paper suggests that, states are now less able to enforce national labour standards as they are keen to attract foreign investment through MNCs.
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  Company Codes of Conduct, What Are They? How Can We Use Them?

  1999

  Workers who make mass-produced goods (clothing, sport shoes and toys) sold in Europe and North America often work long hours of forced overtime, with exposure to hazards, for low wages, and with trade union rights commonly suppressed. Consumers have become aware of this and are putting pressure on manufacturers and shops to improve workers' situations.

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