INTRODUCTION : “Violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women‚ which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of the full advancement of women...” The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women‚ General Assembly Resolution‚ December 1993 Since the 1990s‚ there has been increasing concern about violence against women in general‚ and domestic violence in particular
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Bibliography: 1. “The Tsunami’s Impact on Women”‚ Oxfam Briefing Note‚ March 2005 2. Claudia FeltennBierman‚ “Gender and Natural Disaster: Sexualized Violence and the Tsunami”‚ Development‚ 2006‚ 49(3)‚ pp 3. “Tsunami‚ Gender and recovery”‚ Issue 6‚ Special Issue for International Day of Disaster Reduction
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Fair Trade Coffee: Ethics‚ Religion‚ and Sustainable Production Global Marketing Management International Summer University 2010- WU‚ Wien Table of Contents Introduction 3 Problem Statement 3 The Fair Trade vision 3 Background: The Fair Trade Foundation 4 Background: Fair Trade Labeling Organization International 4 Fair Trade Mark 4 Fair Trade Pricing 5 The Fair Trade Premium 5 Question 1. Why should Starbucks‚ Kraft‚ and Nestle create ‘ethical supply chains’? 6 Question
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function of businesses‚ others dispute that it is nothing more than superficial window-dressing. One of the most major recent trends in CSR is the move towards Fairtrade. The Fairtrade Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD‚ Christian Aid‚ Oxfam‚ Traidcraft and the World Development Movement‚ The Foundation’s aims to work with businesses‚ community groups and individuals to improve the trading position of producer
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The poorest countries in the world are most often referred to as the least developed countries‚ (LDC’s). 33 out of 49 of these are within Africa. The LDCs’ are categorised by the level of income‚ which is defined by $2 a day‚ and under $800 GDP per capita for three consecutive years. They are also named by the stability of the government‚ and vulnerability to natural disasters such as drought‚ earthquakes‚ and civil wars. It seems that without a doubt‚ these countries need assistance from the rest
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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly http://nvs.sagepub.com/ The Whole Story of NGO Mandate Change: The Peacebuilding Work of World Vision‚ Catholic Relief Services‚ and Mennonite Central Committee Loramy Conradi Gerstbauer Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2010 39: 844 originally published online 7 July 2009 DOI: 10.1177/0899764009339864 The online version of this article can be found at: http://nvs.sagepub.com/content/39/5/844 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf
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Case study: Starbucks coffee Starbucks‚ generally considered to be the most famous specialty coffee shop chain in the world‚ today has over 15.000 stores worldwide. Many analysts have credited Starbucks with having turned coffee from a commodity into an experience to savour. Starbucks has always felt that the key to its growth and its business success would li in a rounded corporate brand identity‚ a better understanding of its customers and a store experience that would generate a pull effect
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English 1020 September 18‚ 2013 Big Bucks in the Sweatshop Department Often when people‚ Americans in particular‚ think of sweatshops with the vision of ten year old workers exhausted from working long hours‚ children struggling to keep up the pace needed to satisfy the manufacturer’s quota for the day‚ and then after a hard day of work only ending up $3.00 for their time and effort. But do people consider how vastly the economical differences vary from country to country. Sweatshops are absolutely
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INTRODUCTION Non-Governmental Organizations are a significant potential force for promoting implementation of developmental programs and projects such as poverty alleviation in areas such as Africa and Zambia in particular. They have for example‚ pioneered participatory methods in project design and implementation and are strong advocates of strategies that view the poor as economic and social actors rather than passive recipients of welfare. This essay seeks to discuss the concept of ‘Just
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Course Name: Level 4 HNC Business UNIT TITLE NO. AND TITLE: Unit 1 Business Environment Assignment No. and title: Assignment 1- Understanding the organisational purposes of businesses (DRAFT) Date Submitted 21st May 2012 Understanding the organisational purposes of business In this day and age all individuals will have some affiliation with a business organisation. Whether it be the company they work for‚ the retail store they purchase their groceries or the NHS dentist they attend
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