Siyanda Update: Corporate Social Responsibility, Issue No. 46, August 2006
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I. Quick Guide: Corporate Social Responsibility
II. Country Focus: Chile
III. Experts and Consultants Database: corporate responsibility and labour market
participation
IV. Latest additions: new aid modalities, HIV/AIDS, education, female genital
mutilation, gender mainstreaming in non-governmental organisations.
V. Contribute section: share your opinions and latest news
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I. Quick Guide: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
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How can multinational corporations improve labour conditions for women? What
are the gender implications of codes of practice?
- Gender and Codes of Conduct: A Case Study from Horticulture in South Africa,
Barrientos, S., McClenaghan, S. and Orton, L., March 2006
This report examines the gender dimension of horticultural employment in South
Africa. It makes recommendations for decision-makers on how to improve gender
equity in the horticultural exports sector.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/barrientos_codes_of_conduct.htm
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Latin America. Chiquita, Women Banana
Workers and Structural Inequalities, Prieto-Carron, M., March 2006
How can multilateral companies improve labour conditions for women workers?
This paper makes recommendations based on an analysis of the multinational company
Chiquita - one of the world's largest producers and marketers of bananas.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/prieto_carron_csr_latinamerica.htm
- Power in Global Value Chains: Implications for Employment and Livelihoods
in the Cashew Nut Industry in India, Summary Report, Harilal, K.N.; Kanji, N.;
Jeyaranjan, J.; Eapen, M.; Swaminathan, P., March 2006
This report explores the impacts of an expanding cashew nut market on the livelihoods
of women workers within the industry in India.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/harilal_global_value_chains.htm
- Made by Women: Gender, the Global Garment Industry, and the Movement for
Women’s Workers Rights, Ascoly, N., and Finney, C. (eds.), October 2005
This publication, produced by the Clean Clothes Campaign, provides a clear understanding
of the key role gender plays in shaping the issues that labour rights activists
in the garment industry are tackling.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ascoly_global_garment.htm
- Rotten Fruit: Tesco Profits as Women Workers Pay a High Price, ActionAid,
September 2005
This report by ActionAid argues that the voluntary codes of conduct adopted
by Tesco in South Africa are failing to protect women casual workers.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/actionaid_tesco.htm
- Gender, Power and Post-structuralism in Corporate Citizenship. A Personal
Perspective on Theory and Change, Coleman, G., March 2002
This paper draws on theories of gender to argue that those engaged in corporate
citizenship should pay more attention to issues of power, diversity and 'voice'.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/coleman_corporate_citizenship.htm
You can find additional resources on Corporate Social Responsibility through
the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/Search/
New Aid Modalities will be the next Quick Guide theme. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/ Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm
II. Country Focus: Chile
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- Report on Chile 2006. 39th Meeting of the Board of the Regional Conference
on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish), Servicio Nacional de
la Mujer (SERNAM), May 2006
This document reports the gender specific initiatives which have been carried
out in Chile between 2005 and 2006.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sernam_report_chile.htm
- The Gender Wage Gap in Chile 1992-2003 from a Matching Comparison Perspective,
Ñopo, H., May 2006
Despite major advances in the education of the female labour force in Chile
relative to males, gender differences in wages still exist. This paper analyses
the evolution of the gender wage gap in Chile during the period of 1992 to 2003.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/nopo_gender_wage_gap.htm
- Gender Mainstreaming and National Machineries for the Advancement of Women
in Chile: the Experience of SERNAM and PMG 2006 (Spanish) May 2006
This report describes the experience of the Chilean national machinery for the
advancement of women to institutionalise gender equality measures at every level
and in every sector of public administration.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/perez_mainstreaming_chile.htm
- Gender Equity in Health Sector Reform – Chile (Spanish), Unidad de
Genero, Etnia y Salud, March 2005
The Gender Equity in Health Sector Reform project seeks to generate information
on gender gaps in health, to build capacities in advocacy and policy monitoring,
and to develop a communication strategy to integrate a gender perspective into
public debate. This website discusses the achievements and challenges of the
project in Chile.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unidad_equity_health.htm
- Gender Statistics (Chile), Unidad Mujer y Desarrollo, ECLAC, March 2005
This webpage provides quantitative data on the situation of women and men in
Chile.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unidad_gender_stats_chile.htm
Access more gender resources on Chile: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Chile,
and network with experts and practitioners: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Chile
III. Resources from Experts and Consultants Database: corporate responsibility
and labour market participation
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The Experts and Consultants Database contains names, contact details and areas
of expertise of people working on gender specific issues worldwide, and includes
some of their publications. On corporate responsibility and labour market participation,
the following publications can be found:
- Controlling Corporate Wrongs: the liability of multinational corporations,
M. Macdonald & P Pennartz, 2001
- Recasting Our Understanding of Gender and Work During Global Restructuring,
Pyle, J. et al., 2003
- What is the Female Labour Force Participation Rate in Pakistan?, Faizunnisa,
A.
Labour Standards and Poverty Reduction: International Strategies, Gibb, H. 2000
- Murray, U. (2003). Good practices: Gender mainstreaming in actions against
child labour
- Mujeres, Pobreza y mercado de trabajo (Argentina), Cortes, R. et al., 2003
For further details on these publications, copy and paste or type the author's
last name into either the Name or Search Words field on the Experts and Consultants
search page: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/
- View the latest consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm
- Join the list:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
- Search the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/
- Edit your existing profile:
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The Siyanda Gender Experts and Consultants Database, with over 900 profiles, can be used as a networking tool for connecting practitioners, researchers, activists, students and experts with like-minded colleagues, persons working on similar themes, or in the same geographical location. It is also an excellent resource for those seeking experts for gender-focussed consultancies.
IV. Latest additions:
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Please find below a selection of materials recently added to the Siyanda database:
- Aid Instruments, Social Exclusion and Gender: Background Paper for DFID’s
Internal Guidance on Aid Instruments, Payne, L. and Neville, S., March 2006
- Multiple Disadvantages of Mayan Females: The Effects of Gender, Ethnicity,
Poverty, and Residence on Education in Guatemala, Hallman, K., Peracca, S.,
Catino, J., and Ruiz, M.J., June 2006
- HIV & AIDS: Stigma and Violence Reduction Intervention Manual, Duvvury,
N., Prasad, N., and Kishore, N., May 2006
- Fighting against female genital mutilation in Sub-Saharan Africa: some experiences
(Mali) (French), Latoures, A., January 2006
- Incorporating Gender into your NGO, Wassenaar, N., May 2006
You can find more Latest Additions here: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm, or through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/ (copy and paste the title without characters such as ":" ";" and "-" or copy and paste the author's last name into the Search box).
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