Trade – A Driving Force for Jobs and Women´s Empowerment? Focus on China and India

'Trade - A Driving Force for Jobs and Women´s Empowerment? Focus on China and India', published in 2009 Christa Wichterich counters the mainstream argument that trade has the potential to be a driving force for jobs and for women´s empowerment.…

Fierce, Fair and Unfair Competition: the EU-China trade and its gender implications

"Fierce, Fair and Unfair Competition: the EU-China trade and its gender implications", Updated Version, Christa Wichterich, WIDE June 2008 This report on the EU-China partnership and co-operation relations comes in a series of political analysis of EU trade agreements with…

Key Feminist Concerns regarding core labour standards, decent work and corporate social responsibility

'Key Feminist Concerns regarding core labour standards, decent work and corporate social responsibility', Anja K. Franck, WIDE June 2008 'Labor standards' are established by the International Labour Organization conventions and implemented by national governments. A limited number of labor standards…