- Title
- Discussion document prepared for COSATU Gender Conference
- Creator
- NALEDI
- Subject
- NALEDI
- Date
- 2000
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151190
- Identifier
- vital:39037
- Description
- Despite the massive contribution women make around the world, they still fall into the category of the poorest and the most oppressed. Women have borne the brunt of the social costs of the changes in the world economy such as globalisation, increased international competition, structural adjustment and the deregulation of labour legislation. Massive technological advances have done little to benefit women around the world. In fact, in many instances it has actually increased their hardships. Multinational companies search the globe for areas that offer cheap labour and poor working conditions. Globally, women make up the bulk of the army of so-called “flexible”, cheap workers sought after by employers anxious to increase their profits. It is women who are mostly to be found in sweatshops and who are least likely to be organised. In South Africa, there is already a significant trend of homeworking in the clothing sector and casualisation in the retail and other sectors. And when they are organised into unions, women struggle to be recognised as leaders in those movements.
- Format
- 31 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI)
- Rights
- No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher
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