L'organisation des travailleuses dans le secteur de l'exportation horticole : études de cas d'Afrique de l'Est (original) (raw)
This article is based on the work carried out by Women Working Worldwide a UK-based organization which supports, along with its partners, the development of advocacy and organizing strategies for the recognition and the enforcement of the rights of women workers. It explores the often overlooked question of casual women workers and labour organizing in the East African export horticultural sector. This article draws on primary action research and looks more particularly at horticultural farms in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. It demonstrates that by putting a focus on the needs of women workers, feminist labour agitation has promoted new forms of labour organization. It highlights successes, barriers and challenges for the future. Introduction This article focuses on the organization of women working on a casual basis on agribusiness farms. It discusses the case of women workers in East African horticulture, a hitherto little-researched group in a sector often overlooked in social r...
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