Women Working Worldwide
Women Working Worldwide is a UK based organisation which works with an international network of women workers. We focus on supporting the rights of women working in international production chains which supply the UK and other European countries with consumer goods such as food and clothing.
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Current Project Work
Developing Strategies for change for Women Workers in Afircan Horticulture 2008-2011.
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News
Latest WWW Bulletin
Click below to see the latest WWW bulletin. Articles include:
- Women in the Tanzanian tea industry
- Arab women on farms in Israel
- Details of our new project in the flower and veg industry in East Africa.
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Announcement of new WWW project
WWW and partners in Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania have embarked on a 3 year project Developing Strategies for Change in African Horticulture
Creation of the new Global Horticultural Workers' and Environmental Rights Network - GHOWERN
In March 2008 5 trade unions and 5 NGOs from Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia met in Addis Ababa to discuss the formation of a new global alliance of activisits and trade unionists who work to promote the rights of horticultural workers and their families. Over the course of their time together an agreement was made to form GHOWERN. Please click here for more information (pdf format).
Promoting Women Workers' Rights in African Horticulture: Research Overview
Overview of research into conditions on horticulture farms in Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda, 2007
Click here to download the research overview (24 page document)
Click here to download the research summary (4 page document)