"Women are the world's most powerful consumers, yet they are largely marketed to erroneously through misconceptions and patriarchal views that distort the reality of women's lives, bodies and work. This book examines the contradictions and mismatches between women's everyday exp…
Preface: The frailty of commodity chains -- From head to toe -- From the designer's point of view. From "the global" to "the girl" ; When is a shoe a shoe? -- Feet and fit. The world at her fit: scale-making, uniqueness, and standardization ; Cinderella on the Pearl River Delta:…
Noch immer bekommen Frauen selten freiwillig eine Top-Position angeboten. Dabei mangelt es ihnen nicht an Kompetenz oder Ausdauer - was Frauen leider allzu oft fehlt, ist die strategische und konsequente Planung ihres Aufstiegs. Mit dem Handwerkszeug und den Karrierestrategien d…
The invisible state of gender and credit -- Men and women of the MFI -- Making women creditworthy -- Social work -- Empowerment, declined -- Distortions of distance -- Impact revisited. "In Making Women Pay, Smitha Radhakrishnan explores India's microfinance industry, which in …