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consequences of trade and globalization for women's livelihoods in the Caribbean
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Lyhne, Jette
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B6556 - B
- Thesaurus
- handel, agrarische samenlevingen, globalisering, kapitalisme, economie, crisissen, Caraïbisch gebied
- Description
- Global market mechanisms have caused an economic and social crisis throughout the Caribbean. For this booklet Jette Lyhne interviewed different women: tradeswomen, banana farmers, farm workers and women who are active in women's organisations or organisations involved with trade, gender, or development. With small surveys on the situation in St. Lucia, Dominica, and Suriname. The interviews were conducted during CAFRA's General Assembly and World Trade Seminar, May 2002 in Paramaribo, Suriname.
a report on the proceedings of the Conference, WTO+10 meets Beijing+10 : the impacts of trade liberalization on women's human rights in the U.S.
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Sampson, Kristin > (ed.)
- Creator
- Spieldoch, Alexandra > (ed.)
- Creator
- Riley, Maria > (ed.)
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- handel, liberalisme, werkgelegenheid, sociale zekerheid, landbouw, voedselproductie, veiligheid, autonomie, gender mainstreaming, gelijke behandeling, overheidsbeleid, wereldvrouwenconferenties, Verenigde Staten, Mexico, Canada, congresverslag
- Description
- This document presents the findings of the conference within the context of a broader critique of economic .liberalization which includes limited reference to the experiences of Canada and Mexico. The paper contains background information on the Beijing Platform for Action, U.S. governmental and NGO involvement in .the UN 4th World Conference on Women, an overview of trade liberalization, sections on employment, access to services, agriculture and food security, and national sovereignty. Each section weaves analysis with excerpts from the presentations given at the November 17th seminar.
culture, power, and economy among market women in Cuzco
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Seligmann, Linda J.
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B6554 - B
- Thesaurus
- inkomen, marktvrouwen, plattelandsvrouwen, handel, antropologie, Peru, Zuid-Amerika, onderzoeksverslag
- Description
- This book traces the impact on market women and market activities in Cuzco, Peru, of distant forces such as economic globalization. It also shows how market women earn a living, combat discrimination, and overcome existing racial and gender ideologies, within the cultural traditions they have developed.
confronting unequal development between the UN rights framework and the WTO trade agreements
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Macdonald, Mandy > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Dütting, Gisela
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- C1468 - C
- Thesaurus
- mensenrechten, gelijke behandeling, UN, handel, EU (eng), organisaties, internationaal, congresverslag, statistiek
- Description
- A report of WIDE's Annual Conference 2004 at the Gustav-Stresemann-Institut, Bonn, 21-22 May 2004. The theme is the globalisation of women's rights: to inform about United Nations and World Trade Organization agreements and the contradictions and dilemmas they create for women's rights: to redefine or develop positions vis-à-vis development concepts, economic policies, multilateral players and alternative perspectives: and to work concrete proposals for WIDE's future work and inspire action, advocacy and political strategies for intervention in the EU and multilateral agendas.
challenging corporate led trade liberalisation : the Seattle to Brussels Network
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Wandel, Alexandra > (ed.)
- Creator
- Fuchs, Peter > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Karadenizli, Maria
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- handel, internationaal, congresverslag
- Description
- The report contains an article on feminist challenges in the 'post-Cancun era'.
learning from Austria, Belgium, and the UK
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Painter, Genevieve
- Contributor
- Brown, Emily
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- handel, gender mainstreaming, overheidsbeleid, internationale politiek, Oostenrijk, België, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- An overview of the relationship between trade and gender inequality is given. Discussed is gender segregation of labour, informalisation of women's employment through sub-contracting, increases in gender wage gaps, reductions in women's access to health and education, inequality in access to credit, land, property and deepening the feminisation of poverty.
an analysis of agriculture and services
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Wyss, Brenda
- Creator
- White, Marceline
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
gender perspectives and women’s action
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Campanile, Verónica
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- handel, arbeidsparticipatie, recht, Amerika, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw, onderzoeksrapport
gender, poverty and the millennium development goals : Country Gender Strategy
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- Book/Boek
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- gelijke behandeling, overheidsbeleid, wetgeving, armoede, onderwijs, gezondheid, werkgelegenheid, inkomen, duurzame ontwikkeling, voorzieningen, mobiliteit, energie, water, handel, toerisme, migratie, vrouwenhandel, ontwikkelingsbeleid, gender mainstreaming (eng)
- Description
- This paper updates the country briefing paper on women of 1996 in light of recent developments and gender issues, and provides an updated gender strategy and recommendations for ADB’s future country strategy and program.
the new slave trade in the 21st century
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- King, Gilbert
- Creator
- Clift, Eleanor > (forew.)
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B6162 - B
- Thesaurus
- prostitutie, kinderarbeid, slavernij, handel
- Description
- The author describes human trafficking as a modern form of slavery and exploitation. A profile of the traffickers is given. The book contains an overview of the history of slavery and suggestions on breaking the new slave trade are given.