Ethical Trade Gender And Sustainable Livelihoods In Kenya

Author : Kiah Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135959617
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethical Trade, Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods written by Kiah Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fair and ethical trade is often criticized for being highly gendered, and for institutionalizing the ethical values of consumers, the priorities of NGOs and governments, and most of all, food retailers. But little is known about how women smallholder farmers experience diverse ethical standards, or whether and how standards reflect their values, local cultural and environmental contexts, or priorities for achieving sustainable livelihoods. Linking gender, smallholder livelihoods and global ethical trade regulations, this book reveals that multiple understandings of social justice, environmental sustainability and well-being – or ethicality – exist in parallel to those institutionalized in ethical trade schemes. Through an in-depth case study of smallholder subsistence and French bean farming in Kenya, the book grounds the analysis of livelihoods, gender and ethical trade in women smallholders’ perspectives, links the macro level of markets with the micro level of livelihoods, and engenders relations of power, structure and agency in food networks. It brings together disparate bodies of theory to illustrate the knowledge, strategies and values of women smallholder farmers that are often beyond the scope of ethical trade regulations. It also provides a challenging new vision for doing food systems research.

Author : Kiah Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781446273050
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethical trade, gender and sustainable livelihoods in Kenya written by Kiah Smith and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. LeClair
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113739448X
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philanthropy in Transition written by M. LeClair and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The already vibrant charitable sector in the US is in the midst of a transformation that is altering both the manner in which donations occur and the causes that are supported. Philanthropy in Transition examines the unique role that charitable giving has played in the US, from colonial times to the present. The rising importance of new means of contributing, particularly giving through buying or investing, is considered. These new models of philanthropy have expanded the ways by which ethical consumers or investors can support a cause. Although these innovations represent a revolution in the structure of philanthropy, they introduce significant complexity to the act of giving – donors are far removed from recipients – and this may weaken the impact of contributing. This transformation is also likely to accelerate the rising importance of web-based promotion and fund-raising, as traditional nonprofits compete with social market enterprises and social impact investments for funds.

Author : Sally Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethical Trade in African Horticulture written by Sally Smith and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Codes of conduct covering employment conditions of southern producers have gained popularity over the past decade. In African horticulture employers now face a plethora of codes coming from supermarkets, importers, exporters and trade associations. Women constitute the majority of workers in African export horticulture. However, men are often in permanent employment, whereas women tend to work in temporary and insecure jobs. This report provides an in-depth assessment of gender and ethical trade in South African fruit, Kenyan flowers and Zambian flowers and vegetables. It examines the gendered needs and rights of workers, as articulated by workers themselves, and how these could best be addressed by codes of conduct. The research paid particular attention to vulnerable groups such as women and seasonal, casual and migrant workers, who typically face a different set of constraints and opportunities in employment.

Author : Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
Publisher : ANU E Press
ISBN 13 : 1921862173
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gendering the Field written by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this book offer concrete examples from all over the world to show how community livelihoods in mineral-rich tracts can be more sustainable by fully integrating gender concerns into all aspects of the relationship between mining practices and mine affected communities. By looking at the mining industry and the mine-affected communities through a gender lens, the authors indicate a variety of practical strategies to mitigate the impacts of mining on women's livelihoods without undermining women's voice and status within the mine-affected communities. The term 'field' in the title of this volume is not restricted to the open-cut pits of large scale mining operations which are male-dominated workplaces, or with mining as a masculine, capital-intensive industry, but also connotes the wider range of mineral extractive practices which are carried out informally by women and men of artisanal communities at much smaller geographical scales throughout the mineral-rich tracts of poorer countries.

Author : Rachel Masika
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Employment and Sustainable Livelihoods written by Rachel Masika and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ritu Verma
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 0889369291
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender, Land and Livelihoods in East Africa written by Ritu Verma and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2001 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender, Land, and Livelihoods in East Africa: Through farmers eyes

Author : Barbara P. Thomas-Slayter
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender, Environment, and Development in Kenya written by Barbara P. Thomas-Slayter and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linkages among poverty, gender roles, resource decline and ecological degradation challenge development policy and practice. This text provides an analytical framework for understanding these linkages, then examines them in six very differing communities in rural Kenya.

Author : Robert Romborah Simiyu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789054481218
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "I Don't Tell My Husband about Vegetable Sales" written by Robert Romborah Simiyu and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender, Land and Livelihoods in East Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: