Hidden face of Globalization

Although McIlwaine and Datta, 2003 did not write much about the issue of globalization, my attention was drawn to it and the controversy on whether it helps in development or rather causing income inequality in developing countries, with much inverse impact on women especially. They stated that when borders of capital, trade and investment are opened coupled with the rich being increasingly mobility and the poor and vulnerable enclosed, negative gendered consequences occur.
Globalization is a term variously employed by economists, political theorists, historians, sociologists and anthropologists with various debates not only on its definition but its impacts on our future. This term therefore describes diverse phenomena including cultural globalization, trade liberalization, increased immigration flows, outsourcing, capital control removal as well as a faster transmission of international shocks and trend leading to increasing levels of integration characterizing economic activities. This means that a downturn in a developed economy has a greater impact not on the economy alone but others in trade with them.

Many developing countries especially those who export textiles and clothing to big companies in the developed countries, use many women and girls in their industries, pay them very little with no proper working conditions. Bacchus (2005) wrote about women and globalization and asserted that many Corporations desire female labor especially for the assembling of products. This is because women are most likely to work at lower wages than men. These Corporations are therefore reinforcing the subordinate economic position of women in society by offering them inferior employment positions and little wages that can sustain those positions.
https://youtu.be/8Bhodyt4fmU This is a link to a 9:49 minutes video entitled, Hidden face of globalization. (Actually the first part of four parts). It shows the working conditions of many women in Bangladesh who work in clothing factories. These products are being made and exported to US for big companies like Walmart, Disney and others. 83% of these workers are females between 14 to 30 years. They work for 11 or more hours a day and at periods where the factory is behind target, they have at most 3 hours of sleep for the whole day (including night). This poses much problems for their health as well as their children.

Although in recent years some women are able to take part in UN conferences, others forming transnational feminists and solidarity movements, all due to globalization as stated by McIlwaine and Datta, 2003, there are much more women still experiencing violence, inequality and poverty.
If GAD has transformed from a need-based to right-based perspective and also acknowledge women’s right and violence against women, then much should be done about issues that need the practicality of the GAD framework.