A Life with Dignity: Honduran women raising voices to improve labour standards

Arita, Juan-Carlos

dc.contributor.author	Arita, Juan-Carlos	*
dc.date.accessioned	2011-01-28T11:13:26Z	en
dc.date.available	2011-01-28T11:13:26Z	en
dc.date.issued	2008-11-01	en
dc.identifier.isbn	9781848140578	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/120557	en
dc.description	This paper shows how CODEMUH (Colectiva de Mujeres Hondureñas), a grassroots women’s collective in Honduras, mobilised a popular movement around labour rights in the country’s textile factories, or maquilas. Focusing on occupational health, CODEMUH ran a campaign which included research, training, and advocacy workshops for the women themselves, building alliances locally, nationally, and internationally, and involving key journalists and the media. The paper explains the challenges and the strategies used to overcome them. It also outlines the lessons learned when women have greater capacity to advocate for changes in policy and practice at corporate and national levels.	en
dc.format.extent	14	en
dc.format.mimetype	PDF	en
dc.language.iso	English	en
dc.language.iso	French	en
dc.language.iso	Spanish	en
dc.publisher	Oxfam GB	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Oxfam Programme Insights	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Speaking Out Programme Insights	en
dc.relation.url	http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/a-life-with-dignity-honduran-women-raising-voices-to-improve-labour-standards-120557
dc.subject	Gender
dc.subject	Governance and citizenship
dc.subject	Rights
dc.title	A Life with Dignity: Honduran women raising voices to improve labour standards	en
dc.type	Case study	en
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use – can be shared outside Oxfam	en
oxfam.subject.country	Honduras	en
oxfam.subject.keyword	Social protection
oxfam.subject.keyword	Advocacy
oxfam.subject.keyword	Campaigning
dc.year.issuedate	2008	en
dc.year.issuedate	2008	en
refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-17T13:23:11Z