Globalization and Women

How can globalization make a difference in the reality of women's lives? For several years now, the problems of achieving meaningful enforcement of women's rights have been a matter of international public concern. The very notion of human rights implies universal application to both women and men; however, the process of globalization has been partial and andocentric, privileging a masculine worldview. For most women in the world, reality is long work hours in agriculture or the home, with little or no remuneration, while faced with political and legal processes that ignore their contr…