resource guide

Women's Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Global_Competitiveness_Reports/Reports/gender_gap.pdf

Pamphlet explaining why gender discrimination exists and how the world/society/culture contributes to this issue

Discrimination and Obstacles Women Face in Workforce as They Face Barriers to Reach Their Full Potential

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2798466/discrimination_and_obstacles_women_pg2.html?cat=31

Great article that talks about how discrimination prevents females mobility in the work force along with examples showing how this issue persits

Women's Continuing Struggle with Inequality in the Workforce

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/527753/womens_continuing_struggle_with_inequality.html?cat=3

discussion of historical conten, glass ceiling, statistical evidence

Gender Inequality in the Workplace

http://socialissues.wiseto.com/Articles/FO3020630304/?page=1

discussion on discrimination, male domination, wage gap

Gender Discrimination in the Workplace

http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/10/09/gender-discrimination-in-the-workplace/8868.html

Studies showing how gender discrimination still exisits globaly today

The Working Woman: a "Second Class" Worker

http://www.newyouth.com/archives/interviews/working_woman__a_second_class.html

information on low pay, childcare and maternity leave, health and saftey at work and sexual harrasment in China unemployment

Inequality among women explored

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/05/07/inequality_among_women_explored/

Discusses difference of work in regards to race, also gives valuable statistics

WORKING WOMEN IN CHINA

http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=365&catid=9&subcatid=60

issues aound Discrimination,Chinese Women in High Positions, Factory Workers, Poor Working Conditions

China forcibly relocates Uyghur women and girls for factory work

http://womenmakenews.com/content/china-forcibly-relocates-uyghur-women-and-girls-factory-work

Influence of Chinese government, forced labor, intimidation, deprivation

Women vulnerable to gender discrimination in workplace

http://opinion.globaltimes.cn/commentary/2009-06/438474.html

Includes a cartoon expressing gender discrimination in the workplace as well as imformation on China's Acts that ware supposed to help women but have continued to be ammeneded

Women Suffer Most in Garment Sweatshops in Bangladesh

http://cawhk.tripod.com/9904/9904art05.htm

Examples of low pay, poor working conditions, and physical harm in sweatshops

Women and Sweatshops

http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/sweatshops.html

Talks about working conditions in sweatshops, popular US companies that use sweatshops, global sweatshops, along with information on efforts to end sweatshops

Sweatshops and Third World Living Standards: Are the Jobs Worth the Sweat?

http://www.independent.org/publications/working_papers/article.asp?id=1369

Questions wheather sweatshops are worth it and graphs with evidence on horrible working conditions

Sex Discrimination and Gender Discrimination in the Workplace

http://www.hrhero.com/topics/sex_discrimination.html

Lists the laws and acts that are used to help prevent discrimination in the workplace

Dealing with Discrimination in the Workplace

http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/laws-government-regulations-employment/11554-1.html

Gives tips on how to prevent and help discrimination in the workplace


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