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  Reflections on prospects and problems of globalisation on Nigerian women workers' interests in trade union leadership

  International Labour and Employment Relations Association, 2012

  This paper provides a brief overview of the global economic system as it relates to and impacts upon employment relations and workers rights, particularly in Nigeria.
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  Decent Work? The Cambodian Garment Industry

  One World Action, 2007

  Has the garment industry in Cambodia led to the creation of decent work for women?
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  Globalisation, Labor Standards and Women's Rights: Dilemmas of Collective (In)action in an Interdependent World

  Taylor and Francis Group, 2004

  In the context of trade liberalisation and the deregulation of the labour market, there has been an emergence of a northern-based alliance demanding that certain minimum labour standards be observed by all multinationals. This paper questions the view that globally enforced labour standards are in the interests of workers everywhere.
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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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