Globalisation and trade
have drawn millions of women in developing countries into paid work.
Their labour is contributing to rising global prosperity and to
the profits of some of the world's most powerful companies. But
women workers are systematically being denied their fair share of
the benefits from their labour.
Companies' demands for faster, more flexible,
and cheaper production in their supply chains are undermining the
very labour standards that they claim to be promoting.
 Women
workers – and their families – pay the price. Many face
insecure contracts, intense production pressure, and intimidation
in the workplace. Governments, competing to attract investment and
boost exports, too often exacerbate the problem. Instead of strengthening
protection for labour rights, they have simply traded them away.
Oxfam and partner organisations around the world
are campaigning to end these double standards and to
make trade work for women workers.
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