The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons.
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Crowd of women in Iran, 1979, carrying pictures of the Ayatollah Khomeni (Iranian Revolution).
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Famine emaciated East African woman tragically attempting to nurse (breast-feed) two infants.
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Graphic of world map shows "Free Trade Zones" [AKA Sweatshop Zones] around the Third World.
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Women entering a factory gate in Sri Lanka; VO says multinational corporations shift operations from place to place when they can save on labor costs, and in this search for cheap and "trouble free" labor, 80% of employees are women. Women working in a garment-industry sweatshop.
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Indian woman economist Swasti Mitter says that "Free Trade Zone" is an ironic term because the workers get no freedom while the companies are "Free" to do whatever they want, including firing union organizers, noncompliance with health and safety laws, repatriation of profits, and tax evasion.
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Sri Lankan women workers from the "Free Trade Zone" factory discussing their living and working conditions, including no breaks during their shifts.
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Indian woman economist Swasti Mitter says that the Third World countries are forced to compete to woo the Multinationals, by each trying to offer the lowest labor costs, most anti-union laws, etc, with extremely racist and sexist propaganda by the governments to advertise pools of "submissive" female labor.
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Women working in a garment sweatshop in Sri Lanka, sewing and such.
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Indian woman economist Swasti Mitter says that even the First world is starting to entertain "Free Enterprise Zones", which should worry everyone, it's not just a Third World Problem.
The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
Women working in an electronics assembly plant in Scotland.