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Women and Globalization

Women and Globalization

Mercedes Sánchez-Apellániz, Miriam Núñez, Maria José Charlo-Molina
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781613503324|ISBN10: 1613503326|EISBN13: 9781613503331
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-332-4.ch009
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Sánchez-Apellániz, Mercedes, et al. "Women and Globalization." Ethical Models and Applications of Globalization: Cultural, Socio-Political and Economic Perspectives, edited by Charles Wankel and Shaun Malleck, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 119-140. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-332-4.ch009

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Sánchez-Apellániz, M., Núñez, M., & Charlo-Molina, M. J. (2012). Women and Globalization. In C. Wankel & S. Malleck (Eds.), Ethical Models and Applications of Globalization: Cultural, Socio-Political and Economic Perspectives (pp. 119-140). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-332-4.ch009

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Sánchez-Apellániz, Mercedes, Miriam Núñez, and Maria José Charlo-Molina. "Women and Globalization." In Ethical Models and Applications of Globalization: Cultural, Socio-Political and Economic Perspectives, edited by Charles Wankel and Shaun Malleck, 119-140. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-332-4.ch009

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Abstract

There are two schools of thought in analyzing the effects of globalization on women. One school, basically optimistic but with some reserves, argues that participation in global trade and in financial markets will improve the situation of all citizens, including women. The other has got a more critical perspective and argues that economic globalization will further increase existing inequalities and will lead to new ones. Both sides of the discussion on the effects of globalization on women are valid, but there is a the need to go beyond the sterile debate on whether globalization is good or bad, and reach a more constructive and wider-scope debate on how to achieve the best possible outcomes of globalization for women. Globalization must be analyzed from a multidimensional perspective and it is only by means of this process and by analyzing the real experiences of actors in adapting to globalization that we can understand the true outreach of globalization. According to this alternative perspective and in trying to develop a constructive debate on the impact of globalization on women a set of practices have to be detected, analyzed, and promoted in order to minimize the negative impacts of globalization on women and reinforce the positive ones. They include, among others: cultural change; sustained and mutually-agreed action programs among business schools, companies, and other interest groups such as the public sector; and removing the glass ceiling in MNCs, including codes of conduct as a part of their corporate social responsibility.

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