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Invisible Garments, Expensive Soles
Variant Title:Invisible Garments: Expensive Soles
Series Title:Not the Numbers Game
Content:Documentary Film
Available From:Bullfrog Films
Media Type:Videocassette
Release Date:1999
Audience:Higher Education
High School
Running Time:11 min.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (11 minutes) 1/2"
Language:English
Author:Bullfrog Films
ISBN:1560297077; 9781560297079
Subject:Economics and Business
Gender and Women's Studies
Subheading:Globalization
International Business
Labor
Region:Southeast Asia
Country:Indonesia



Abstract:

22-year old Wiwid glues rubber soles on Nike sneakers in a factory in Jakarta. Earning just $2 a day it will take years before she can afford a pair of Nike sneakers for herself.

In today's global economy, multinationals are moving their production lines to developing countries like Indonesia to take advantage of low-wage workers. These are often rural women who have moved to the big cities in seach of opportunity. But do these jobs mean economic freedom or a new kind of oppression for women?






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