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3.2 KiB
YAML
97 lines
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YAML
abstract: 'Certification programs seek to promote decent work in global
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agriculture, yet little is known about their gender standards and
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implications for female workers, who are often the most disadvantaged.
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This study outlines the gender standard domains of major agricultural
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certifications, showing how some programs (Fair Trade USA, Rainforest)
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prioritize addressing gender equality in employment and others
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(Fairtrade International, UTZ) incorporate wider gender rights. To
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illuminate the implications of gender standards in practice, I analyze
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Fairtrade certification and worker experience on certified flower
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plantations in Ecuador, drawing on a qualitative and quantitative field
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research study. (1) I show how Fairtrade seeks to bolster the wellbeing
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of female workers, addressing their workplace needs via equal
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employment, treatment, and remuneration standards and their reproductive
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needs via maternity leave and childcare services. My research
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demonstrates that for female workers, addressing family responsibilities
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is critical, since they shape women''s ability to take paid jobs, their
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employment needs, and their overall wellbeing. (2) I show how Fairtrade
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seeks to bolster the rights of women workers through individual and
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collective capacity building standards. My findings reveal how promoting
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women''s individual empowerment serves as a precondition for collective
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empowerment, and how targeting traditional labor rights is insufficient
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for empowering female workers, since their strategic choices are
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curtailed largely outside the workplace. While Fairtrade certification
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bolsters the wellbeing and rights of female workers in and beyond the
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workplace, much still needs to be done before women can claim their
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rights as workers and citizens.'
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affiliation: 'Raynolds, LT (Corresponding Author), Colorado State Univ, Ctr Fair \&
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Alternat Trade, Sociol Dept, Ft Collins, CO 80538 USA.
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Raynolds, Laura T., Colorado State Univ, Ctr Fair \& Alternat Trade, Sociol Dept,
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Ft Collins, CO 80538 USA.'
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author: Raynolds, Laura T.
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author-email: Laura.Raynolds@colostate.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Raynolds
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given: Laura T.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1007/s10460-020-10171-0
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earlyaccessdate: OCT 2020
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eissn: 1572-8366
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files: []
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issn: 0889-048X
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journal: AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
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keywords: Gender; Empowerment; Certification; Fair trade; Labor standards; Ecuador
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keywords-plus: 'CORPORATE SOCIAL-RESPONSIBILITY; FAMILY NORMS; TRADE; FAIR; STANDARDS;
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CONTRADICTIONS; PARTICIPATION; REVOLUTION; VIOLENCE; MARKETS'
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language: English
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month: SEP
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '84'
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orcid-numbers: Raynolds, Laura/0000-0001-5795-3169
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pages: 657-675
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papis_id: f489ca05d6404db3dddee12f1c790ed6
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ref: Raynolds2021genderequity
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researcherid-numbers: ', Laura Raynolds/JCE-2745-2023
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times-cited: '10'
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title: 'Gender equity, labor rights, and women''s empowerment: lessons from Fairtrade
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certification in Ecuador flower plantations'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000577275400002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '18'
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volume: '38'
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web-of-science-categories: 'Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; History \& Philosophy
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Of Science;
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Sociology'
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year: '2021'
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