Bangladeshi Women Workers and Labour Market Decisions
The Power to Choose
Description:... In this path-breaking study social economist Naila Kabeer examines the lives of Bangladeshi garment workers to shed light on the question of what constitutes `fair` competition in international trade. In Bangladesh women have entered factories to take their place as a prominent, first-generation, industrial labour force. In Britain, on the other hand, Bangladeshi women are largely concentrated in home-based piecework for the garment industry. This book draws on testimonies from both groups concerning their experiences at work and the impact these have on their lives generally to explain such paradoxes.
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