Ruth Pearson

Cecile Jackson

In the wake of the 4th World Conference on Women this volume brings together leading gender and development scholars who interrogate the last twenty years of work in this area. Feminist Visions of Development throws fresh light on key issues including: * gender and the environment * education * population * reproductive rights * industrialisation * macroeconomic policy * poverty. Inspired by recent feminist theoretical work, it re-examines previous structural analysis and opens the way for further research in the field.

Gender Analysis and Policy

Feminist Visions of Development

Kyoko Kusakabe

Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce. Un-documented and unregulated, this army of migrant workers constitutes the ultimate 'disposable' labour force, enduring gruelling working conditions and much aggression from the Thai police and immigration authorities. This insightful book ventures into a part of the global economy rarely witnessed by Western observers. Based on unique empirical research, it provides the reader with a gendered account of the role of women migrant workers in Thailand's factories and interrogates the ways in which they manage their families and their futures.

Burmese Migrant Women Factory Workers

Thailand's Hidden Workforce

When life throws a curveball, it can knock you off your feet, and it may take you only seconds or minutes to get up. But sometimes, it takes hours, days, months, or yearsand you could stay down. When Ruth Pearson suffered an emotional breakdown while teaching, she felt as though her life had fallen apart. After twenty-five years, she was afraid to go back into a classroom. While she felt terrible at the time, the bad experiences she went through became the catalyst for her to change her life. In sharing how she overcame her challenges, she helps you: Appreciate the importance of motivation; Master five steps that will motivate you to take action; Listen effectively and be more engaged; and Approach challenges with a positive attitude. No matter what you do for a living, you know how hard it can be to overcome personal and professional problems. Get the inspiration you need to accomplish your goals and conquer your fears with the lessons in Say Yes to New Opportunities!

Be Motivated to L.E.A.R.N.

Say Yes to New Opportunities!

Gail Campbell

Beverly Lemire

Credit can be instrumental in equalizing opportunity and alleviating poverty, yet historically men and women have not had the same access. Partly because of this, women have been excluded from many previous economic histories. This book fills a significant gap in exploring the vexed relationship between the women and credit across time and space.Providing examples of credit agencies and initiatives in both the developing and developed world, Women and Credit raises important policy issues and makes valuable suggestions for reconfiguring the relationship between women and credit. It also answers questions previously ignored by scholars, yet of vital significance to women's studies and economic history. What contribution did women make to the development of industrial capitalism? How does women's access to credit vary across time and cultures? How has the development of mico-credit initiatives affected women's economic position and what role will such initiatives play in the future?This book is an invaluable resource for anyone in the fields of Women's studies, economic history, anthropology or development.

Researching the Past, Refiguring the Future

Women and Credit

Sundari Anitha

Who were the women who fought back at Grunwick and Gate Gourmet? Striking Women gives a voice to the women involved as they discuss their lives, their work and their trade unions. Striking Women is centred on two industrial disputes, the famous Grunwick strike (1976-78) and the Gate Gourmet dispute that erupted in 2005. Focusing on these two events, the book explores the nature of South Asian women's contribution to the struggles for workers' rights in the UK labour market. The authors examine histories of migration and settlement of two different groups of women of South Asian origin, and how this history, their gendered, classed and racialised inclusion in the labour market, the context of industrial relations in the UK in the two periods and the nature of the trade union movement shaped the trajectories and the outcomes of the two disputes. This is the first account based on the voices of the women involved. Drawing on life/work history interviews with thirty-two women who participated in the two disputes, as well as interviews with trade union officials, archival material and employment tribunal proceedings, the authors explore the motivations, experiences and implications of these events for their political and social identities.

Struggles & Strategies of South Asian Women Workers from Grunwick to Gate Gourmet

Striking Women

Gill Seyfang

Rhys Jenkins

The emergence of voluntary corporate codes of conduct since the early 1990s is both a manifestation of and a response to the process of globalization. They have been part of a more general shift away from state regulation of transnational corporations towards corporate self-regulation in the areas of labour and environmental standards and human rights. This work provides a critical perspective on the growth and significance of corporate codes with a particular focus on working conditions and labour rights. It brings together work by academics, practitioners and activists.

Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy

Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights

Babs Lord

Cherry Dickins

Dee Dee Wilde

Between 1968 and 1976 the undisputed highlight of Top of the Pops was its glamorous dance troupe, Pan's People. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Top of the Pops, Babs, Cherry, Dee Dee and Ruth - the surviving members of the classic line-up - tell their remarkable story.

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