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dc.contributor.authorSelwyn, Ben*
dc.contributor.editorSweetman, Carolineen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T10:16:25Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T10:16:25Zen
dc.date.issued2009-07-01en
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552070903009734en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/131697en
dc.descriptionAn important feature of contemporary globalisation has been the 'feminisation of agriculture' across the global south, as numerous new regions of export horticulture emerge to supply global retailers. Much literature details the poor conditions faced by women workers. This article details the formation and expansion of a highly globally integrated export horticulture sector in north-east Brazil, the reliance by farms on overwhelmingly female labour forces, and the role of the region's rural trade union in both representing workers generally, and, women workers in particular. It shows how women workers have become increasingly active within the trade union, and suggests that such outcomes are possible in other global regions of export horticulture. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.en
dc.format.extent12en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/trade-unions-and-womens-empowerment-in-north-east-brazil-131697
dc.subjectFood and livelihoods
dc.subjectGender
dc.titleTrade unions and women's empowerment in North-East Brazilen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221en
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countryBrazilen
oxfam.subject.keywordAgriculture
oxfam.subject.keywordLabour standards
oxfam.subject.keywordGender and Development Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordGaD
prism.issuenameWorken
prism.number2en
prism.volume17en
dc.year.issuedate2009en


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