The globalization of production has given women opportunities for new areas of paid employment, to earn an income, be more independent, and have an active social life. However, employment is mostly informal that imply poor working conditions, lack of labour rights, and is in addition to...

Since 2002, BRAC, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) of Bangladeshi origin, has gone global. It has expanded its programme of ‘microfinance plus’ (education, health, enterprise support, etc) to Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Southern Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Pakistan. It has...