FEM 2107 Lecture 7: WEEK SEVEN READINGS NOTES

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 2107
• Professor: Patricia Kmiec

Document Summary

Central issue: economic globalization on the livelihood of women in developing countries. Four consequences of globalization: the presence of women in transnational factories, the migration of women for the purposes of labour the involvement of women in global sex trafficking. Men from northern nations purchase women from underdeveloped nations for sex. Women become sex workers due to lack of income or coercion. 80% of sex trafficking victims are women and young girls. Voluntary participation or parents sell their daughters for funds: the intersectional aspect of economic globalization. Companies take advantage of the cheap labour they can get from developing countries (sweatshops: argue that some wages are better than no wages. Basic standards aren"t met and so these women are comparable to those with no income. Women are the preferred source of labour because of: the low wages, lack of job security, they are unaware of the rights they hold as workers.