Secrets and Lies: Economic Globalisation and Women's Human Rights

This paper examines some of the effects of economic globalization on the protection of women's economic rights, including adequate standard of living, the right to development, and the right of self-determination. The author argues that the economic growth fostered by globalization is measured without an appropriate recognition of its effects on women. By contrasting proponents' perspectives on economic globalization with reality, the author proposes that economic globalization makes some women's daily struggle to survive even harder. The author concludes that human rights must be taken into account by the globalized economic organizations on a systemic and regular basis to create conditions that protect women's right to an adequate standard of living.