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  Trading away our rights: women working in global supply chains

  Oxfam, 2004

  While much research has focused on the content of labour codes of conduct and how suppliers meet them, this paper argues that in practice it is the supply-chain purchasing practices of the large companies themselves that undermine the labour standards the codes claim to support.The paper argues that a new model of business practice that requires increasing flexibility through "just-in-time" del
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  Public policies impacts on Latin American labor structures: preparing for integration

  GDNet document store, 2002

  Employment and other labor markets public policies are an important area for consideration if Latin American economies are to be adjusted to a regional integration network, so what are the impacts of governmental measures presented in the diverse economic conditions of those countries?
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  Trickle-down, trickle-up or puddle?: participatory value chains analysis for pro-poor enterprise development

  Enterprise Development Impact Assessment Information Service, 2003

  This paper provides a practical guide to value chains analysis, and how it can be used as part of participatory processes for strategic learning and ongoing accountability within and between enterprise sectors.
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  Workers’ tool or PR ploy? A guide to codes of international labour practice

  Dialogue on globalisation, 2003

  Ethical production and consumption is the aim of several trade-related initiatives launched in recent years, including social labelling, WTO campaigns, framework agreements and codes of conduct.
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  Tunnel vision: women, mining and communities

  Oxfam, 2002

  Provides practical examples of situations where women and children have consistently suffered disproportionately from the negative impacts of mining projects due to the policies and behaviour of the companies involved.The following list represents a consolidation of grievances expressed by women during the research:companies only entering into negotiations with men, making women neither
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  Addressing the general and reproductive health of women in global supply chains

  Business for Social Responsibility, 2002

  Women comprise a majority of the workforce in labor-intensive manufacturing industries such as apparel, footwear, toys, electronics, food processing and house-wares. They also work extensively in the informal sector, including in agriculture and handicrafts. The working environment in these industries can present health hazards to both male and female workers.
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  Fourth Synthesis Report on the working conditions situation in Cambodia's garment sector

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  Under an agreement between the governments of Cambodia and the United States of America, which increases Cambodia's export entitlements to the US if labour standards improve, the ILO produces an annual report on standards in Cambodian garment factories.This document presents the fourth such report. It reports on monitoring procedures and results.
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  Trade liberalisation and women

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1999

  WWW site for UNIFEM programme on women and international trade. Aims to bring together relevant data on trade issues and their gender-differentiated impact on womenIncludes an overview of issues, list of acronyms, calandar of trade-related events.

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