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Java furniture makers: Globalisation winners or losers?

01/06/2005

8 pages long

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This article is concerned with the question of whether participation in the global economy leads to sustainable income growth. It examines the furniture industry of Central Java, which has grown rapidly since the financial crisis in 1997. The article shows that the exporting small and medium-sized enterprises generated substantial employment and income growth. However, this […]

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Briefing note

Making the Case for Cash: Humanitarian food aid under scrutiny

08/04/2005

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5 pages long

Languages: English

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Following the tsunami that struck coastal regions of South East Asia on 26 December 2004, the World Food Programme announced that two million people, mostly in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, were in need of emergency food aid. Oxfam is publishing this briefing note because it is concerned about challenging the bias towards food aid in […]

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Briefing note

The Tsunami’s Impact on Women

25/03/2005

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14 pages long

Languages: English

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There is no scarcity of reflections and commentary on the impact of the disaster that shook the coasts of several Asian countries on 26 December 2004. The media have, at least until recently, looked into almost every conceivable angle: the impact on tourism, the impact on the environment, revealed underwater villages, even the impact on […]

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Briefing note

The Asian Tsunami: Three weeks on

14/01/2005

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9 pages long

Languages: English

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Almost three weeks since the tsunami disaster struck on 26 December 2004, more than one million people living in the Indian Ocean region remain displaced. The appalling death toll could still increase, unless the humanitarian response reaches all those in need with appropriate life-saving assistance. Beyond the immediate threats to life, the disaster may reduce […]

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The Asian Tsunami: The challenge after the Jakarta summit

07/01/2005

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7 pages long

Languages: English

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The emergency summit meeting held on 6 January 2005 in Jakarta represented world governments’ unprecedented response to the tsunami that struck the countries around the Indian Ocean on 6 December 2004.

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Myths and realities of the impact of political Islam on women: female employment in Indonesia and Iran

01/06/2004

13 pages long

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Since the 11 September 2001 attacks on targets in the USA, debates concerning the situation of women in the Muslim world have tended to focus on the extent to which they are victims of religious dogma. Like any other religion, Islam can be oppressive towards women; however, working women are not affected only by religious […]

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Working at the intersection – a story from Australia

01/02/2004

8 pages long

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Conceived by nurses in the hospital of a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, and inspired by Norwegian People’s Aid, the international aid agency of the Australian trade unions was designed to give a genuine material base to solidarity with national liberation struggles. Bridging the difficult division in Australian labour politics between the Catholic right and […]

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Indonesia

01/01/2002

5 documents

97 pages long

Languages: English

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Indonesia is a country of superlatives and contradictions: its 17,000 islands span an extent that is wider than the landmass of the USA; it is the fourth most populous country in the world, and its Muslim population is the world’s largest; more than half of the total population of 203 million live on the island […]

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Rural women earning income in Indonesian factories: the impact on gender relations

01/03/2001

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Rural women earning income in Indonesian factories: the impact on gender relations

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In 1997 and 1998, the international economic crisis widely known as the ‘Asian crisis’ caused massive inflation and currency devaluation in Indonesia. This paper highlights the effects of the economic crisis on rural Indonesian women and their families. After the crisis, young women who were employed in factories began to contribute a significantly greater amount […]

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The tears have not stopped, the violence has not ended: political upheaval, ethnicity, and violence against women in Indonesia

01/11/1998

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The tears have not stopped, the violence has not ended: political upheaval, ethnicity, and violence against women in Indonesia

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In May of this year, student protests sparked off riots, looting, and arson all over Indonesia. After the political situation had stabilised, accounts emerged of women from ethnic minorities being targets of horrific violence. The subsequent publicity and debate have enabled women survivors to make their voices heard for the first time, and to take […]

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