From social movements to social clauses: Assessing strategies for improving women's health and labour conditions in the garment sector

Development (Basingstoke)

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 98-102

  Delahanty, Julie ^a   Shefali, Mashuda Khatun ^a  

^a L'Institut Nord Sud   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARMENT INDUSTRY; LABOR DIVISION; WOMENS HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BANGLADESH;

ECONOMIC INFORMATION; GLOBALIZATION; LABOR; WOMENSWEAR;

EID: 0033503353     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 02122448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.development.1110094     Document Type: Article

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