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Do Sweatshops Empower or Exploit Women?

A growing number of women in are the main wage-earner in their households

In the factories of Guatemala and other developing countries, female employment is high but hours long, conditions poor and pay low. Have these 'sweatshops' empowered women by giving them more control over the household budget, or should they simply be eliminated?

Also on the programme: How Moroccan Muslims celebrate Eid; and why a row has blown up in France about female politicians being referred to as 'la' instead of 'le.' Should words have sex?

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主播大秀 World Service Archive

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