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  An overview of health and occupational hazards of rural women in Nigeria

  Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 2015

  Women all over the world have been acknowledged for their important roles in providing livelihoods for their families, winning an enviable reputation for their economic contribution through food production, processing and trading. Yet in Nigeria, few research studies have been documented on the health and occupational hazards of rural women.
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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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  African trade unions and Africa’s future: strategic choices in a changing world

  Solidarity Center, 2014

  Economies and labour markets throughout Africa are undergoing radical and fast-paced change,
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  Women's rights in the cocoa sector: examples of emerging good practice

  Oxfam, 2016

  Women cocoa farmers are central to the sustainability of the cocoa supply chain, cocoa growin
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  Gender equality and labour movements: toward a global perspective

  Solidarity Center, 2012

  This report offers a critical review of the English-language research on gender equality and
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  Men and masculinities: promoting gender equality in the world of work

  International Labour Organization, 2013

  Why do workplace gender inequalities persist after decades of interventions with substantial intellectual reflection, policy and programming attention? Could part of the answer be that, faced with the urgency of empowering women socially and economically at work, we have missed the opportunity to engage men?
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  Women’s economic empowerment and inclusive growth: labour markets and enterprise development

  School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2012

  How well do we understand the relationships between women's economic empowerment and growth? What evidence exists to suggest that one leads to the other and vice-versa?
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  2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development Women’s Control Over Economic Resources and Access to Financial Resources, Including Microfinance

  Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2009

  Long-standing inequalities in the gender distribution of economic and financial resources have placed women at a disadvantage relative to men in their capability to participate in, contribute to and benefit from broader processes of development. This survey provides an overview of the gender equality implications of economic growth, monetary, fiscal and trade policies and capital flows.
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  Recasting the Global Political Economy: Counting Women's Unpaid Work

  New Political Economy, 2009

  To date, the discipline of International Political Economy (IPE) has prioritised the study of the state and the market. But what about the spheres of the social, the domestic and the household? There is a widespread, growing depletion of the capacities and resources for social reproduction - that is, the 'glue' that keeps households and societies together and active.
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  Promoting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Arab States: The Case of Lebanon

  International Labour Organization, 2008

  Thousands of women leave their homes each year to work as domestic workers in the Arab world with the hope of securing a better economic future. Some have their dreams fulfilled; others find themselves in a financial and emotional bind.

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