Women's leadership and participation : case studies on learning for action
Prelims (Boxes and figures, Acknowledgements) 1. Women's leadership and participation: overview Joanna Hoare and Fiona Gell 2. Pa Kite M Deyo! Don't Leave Me Out! Haitian women demand their right to participate in public affairs Kristie van Wetering 3. Creating the space to empower women fi shers: lessons from the Philippines Aurora Urgel and Gaynor Tanyang 4. Strengthening the voices of women leaders: lessons from Cambodia Menh Navy 5. Breaking the barriers: Sierra Leonean women on the march Joanna Hoare 6. Raising voices: training for empowerment for women experiencing poverty in Britain Sue Smith 7. Women's leadership in economic change in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel Joanna Hoare 8. Advocacy and national elections: women's political participation in Honduras Maite Matheu 9. Fighting for women's rights in Chile: supporting women workers and promoting women's political participation Michael van Gelderen 10. Useful resources Joanna Hoare 11. Concluding update Joanna Hoare Back Matter (Index)
Women in English Fisheries: Roles, Contributions, Barriers and Prospects
Worldwide, women play a wide range of roles in fisheries, making significant contributions to the industry across sectors from a variety of positions. However, the existing knowledge about women in today’s English fisheries is inadequate, fragmented and widely scattered in a vast body of discourse. This chapter attempts to help close this gap in knowledge with research findings from a recently-completed study of women in fisheries in England. The primary data was collected in selected coastal areas in England in 2010, with over 80 face-to-face and telephone interviews with women and men in several sectors of the industry being conducted. Geographically, the fieldwork covered 14 fishing ports in Southern and Northern England. This chapter analyses the major roles played by women and their contributions in four selected areas of the industry: capture fishing; families and communities; trading and processing; and management/administration. It also identifies the main issues and barriers that prevent women from full participation in fisheries and from a more effective involvement in policy making in the country. In conclusion, the chapter highlights the importance for women to organise themselves, with the prospect of enhancing women’s participation in various aspects of fisheries, including decision making.
Working to death; gender labour and violence in Ciudad Juarez Mexico.
Since 1993 268 women have been murdered in Ciudad Juarez Mexico. About a third of the murders fit similar patterns; the victims worked in the maquiladoras or assembly factories and their bodies were found raped disfigured and decaying in the garbage-strewn desert just beyond the maquila industrial parks on the outskirts of the city. This US-Mexico border town has become an export processing zone turned conflict zone where women workers are devalued and literally discarded. A critical look into the violence is particular important during a time when increasing trade liberalisation is expanding the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)-like conditions of Ciudad Juarez throughout the Americas. Caroline Mosers framework of gendered violence in Victims Perpetrators or Actors? Gender Armed Conflict and Political Violence provides the basis for my analysis. By applying Mosers model to the Juarez murders this research sheds light on intersections among gender labour and violence and may provide lessons for those interested in fostering development in a way that values peace human rights and dignity for workers on the global assembly line. (authors)