"Stuff"

The next installments on the CIVETS should be up tomorrow, but in the meantime, look at this Chinese photographer's project to take pictures of people and all of their possessions.  The New York Times article's comments pointed out that photographer Peter Menzel did the same thing twenty years ago.....

See some of his pictures from Material World here..  A follow-up book, Hungry Planet, looked at what people eat.  Women in the Material World moved beyond possessions and food to look at women's experiences overall (this is, I believe, a chapter from that book).

The downside of globalization

Globalization is good, right? Not necessarily. Displaced workers, easy spread of disease, for example, are two negative consequences of globalization.

In class, we discuss the impact of globalization on women, specifically, that there's some evidence that women in more globalized countries tend to do better, in terms of access to health care and education, legal rights, etc.

However, I don't think it's a simple relationship. More globalized countries are also richer countries, an.d maybe it's just that women do better in countries where there are more resources available.

MIDEAST: Women Migrant Workers With HIV Get Raw Deal - IPS ipsnews.net

BBC News - Mothers tempted to abandon babies in Moscow

Human Trafficking in Europe a 2.4 Billion Euro Industry UN Dispatch