Wanning Sun spent nearly a decade talking to migrant workers at the Apple factory in China’s Shenzhen about their intimate lives – and how their relationships are affected by inequality.
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In democratic contexts, getting women into work empowers them. In autocracies like Ethiopia’s, this doesn’t hold. We found out why.
The story of how many Asian garment manufacturers joined this different supply chain during the pandemic – with no help from western retail customers.
The hazards are both psychological and physical.
Rather than requiring companies to ensure a living wage for their global supply chain workforce, the Modern Slavery Act ends up punishing them.
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Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Reader in Global Development and Political Economy, SOAS, University of London
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Senior research associate, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Sociology, University of Essex
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Research Professor, Political Science, Chr. Michelsen Institute
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Reader in Development Geography, The University of Edinburgh
