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Rural brewing, exclusion, and development policy-making

01/10/1996

10 pages long

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Rural brewing, exclusion, and development policy-making

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Brewing (and distilling) constitute a major economic sub-system throughout rural and peri-urban sub-Saharan Africa, perhaps holding the prime function in the circulation of money. Brewing is important in resource decisions, in sales and consumption of grains, and as a significant consumer of fuelwood. It remains primarily a female function and skill; yet this unique sector, […]

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Beyond ‘Banking for the Poor’: credit mechanisms and women’s empowerment

01/10/1996

6 pages long

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Beyond ‘Banking for the Poor’: credit mechanisms and women’s empowerment

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Increasingly, credit is a key element in development strategies. There are a variety of approaches to its use. This article considers these, in light of the question ‘is credit provision empowering women borrowers?’ The broad spectrum of credit mechanisms is reviewed, and some important cautionary notes are suggested. This article is hosted by our co-publisher […]

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The deregulated global economy: women workers and strategies of resistance

01/10/1996

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The deregulated global economy: women workers and strategies of resistance

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This article looks at the threats posed to labour conditions by current industrial restructuring and new international trade agreements. It argues that women in the South are not only among those most open to exploitation, but they are also often in the forefront of local resistance. Yet the views of women workers are not being […]

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A right to live: girl workers in the Bangladeshi garment industry

01/06/1995

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A right to live: girl workers in the Bangladeshi garment industry

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This case study examines the current crisis in female employment in the Bangladeshi garment industry: girls aged under 15 are being made redundant, in line with new requirements from Northern importers. The paper highlights the difficulty of using rights arguments to control employment conditions in a country where insecurity means that no job often equals […]

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Scotching myths

01/10/1994

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SEAD connects poor people, activists, academics and development workers in the North and South, by raising awareness of similarities and differences between their respective poverties. For example, women in both regions are exploited by labour markets. By talking together, they discover why and can then take action. SEAD’s work started in Scotland, where people were […]

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New technology for rural women: Paradoxes of sustainability

01/02/1994

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This article discusses the difficulties of reaching relatively poor populations with labour-saving technologies. Taking the case of milling and dehulling technologies in Senegal and The Gambia, it presents a simple analytic model that helps to explain why the vast majority of these labour-saving machines are under-utilised in rural areas. Though donors continue to support such […]

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Saptagram opens up windows of opportunity in Bangladesh

01/10/1993

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Saptagram opens up windows of opportunity in Bangladesh

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Yasmin explains how the NGO Saptagram, is challenging gender biases that keep Bangladeshi landless rural women in poverty. Its efforts to empower women by increasing their employment opportunities have met with mixed success. The challenges Saptagram faces are huge: women as much as men do not regard the work they do as ‘real’ work. A […]

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The other side of economic success

01/10/1993

3 pages long

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Chile’s recent move to democracy has not yet brought benefits to women. Under the old military regime, economic liberalisation boosted inequality and poverty. A decline in State welfare and male employment forced women into poorly paid jobs, on top of domestic work. On the other hand, women’s groups played an important role in establishing the […]

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NGOs and gender policy

01/10/1993

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India’s State administration has implemented a gender policy for the country’s silk workers. But Mayoux’s research reveals that gender equality in the industry is far from being a reality. It is especially important to address gender issues in the silk reeling industry, because the industry is both expanding and profitable, offering its workers the potential […]

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High-tech hazards: beyond the factory gate

01/02/1993

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High-tech hazards: beyond the factory gate

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Far from being the ‘clean technology’ it is hailed as, micro-electronics manufacturing is seriously harming the health of employees, their families, and the local environment. Most micro-electronic workers are young women, mainly in South-East Asia but also in the US, Mexico, Thailand and Scotland. This article uncovers the health risks to which workers are exposed. […]

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