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Introduction: gender, development, and migrants in a global economy

28/03/2019

13 pages long

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Introduction: gender, development, and migrants in a global economy

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Migration

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This is the introductory article to Gender & Development issue 27(1) Migrants in a Global Economy

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Be Outraged: There are alternatives

21/05/2012

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72 pages long

Languages: English

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An international group of economists and social scientists argue in this book that austerity is bad economics, bad arithmetic, and ignores the lessons of history. They are outraged at the narrow range of austerity policies which are bringing so many people around the world to their knees, especially in Europe. ‘Be Outraged’ argues that austerity […]

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Introduction to business and enterprise

23/03/2012

12 pages long

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This article does not have an description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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Introduction

01/07/2010

12 pages long

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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Organising home-based workers in the global economy: an action-research approach

01/02/2004

13 pages long

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This article describes an action-research project which has the multiple objectives of mapping the range of home-based work in different countries, investigating the ways in which such work is embodied in local or international production chains, and developing a methodology which will facilitate the establishment of sustainable organisations of home-based workers. The article focuses mainly […]

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Feminist responses to economic globalisation: some examples of past and future practice

01/05/2003

10 pages long

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Feminist responses to economic globalisation: some examples of past and future practice

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In order to challenge unfair international trade rules, it is essential to understand how each of them works. This article presents an overview of the various agreements concerning different kinds of economic activity, which are enforced by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). It aims to make these agreements comprehensible to non-economists, so that proposals to […]

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Moving the goalposts: gender and globalisation in the twenty-first century

01/03/2000

10 pages long

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Moving the goalposts: gender and globalisation in the twenty-first century

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Development institutions saw their work challenged by those working on gender and development in the last third of the twentieth century. Ruth Pearson argues that the new century will witness an assertion of the global relevance of gender in development, and see gender analysis applied in new contexts, and to men as well as women. […]

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Giving women the credit

01/11/1997

6 pages long

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The Full Circle Project is a response by a women’s organisation to the dynamics of women’s poverty and economic exclusion in contemporary Britain. The authors emphasise the need for credit provision for women to be seen as only one part of an integrated strategy for poverty reduction. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor […]

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NGOs and Cuba: opportunity or opportunism?

01/02/1995

10 pages long

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Reporting on a large gathering of international and Cuban NGOs and other agencies, this article explores the issues faced by Cuban society in undergoing rapid economic change; and examines why the New World Order has not led to any significant involvement with Cuba, either by the inter-governmental agencies or by independent NGOs. It describes the […]

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Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

01/06/1994

6 pages long

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Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

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The authors make their case for safe, legal, accessible, affordable abortion, as one part of reproductive health services that make all the choices, and information, available to women. Abortion is, they argue, about women’s rights and empowerment, and would reduce incidences of poor health and maternal mortality. Among the arguments are poor availability and reliability […]

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