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Read more at: Men hit harder by credit crunch stress

Men hit harder by credit crunch stress

6 March 2009: Men who think they may lose their jobs are likely to become more depressed and anxious than women, even though they claim to be less concerned, new research shows. Despite several decades of more equal employment opportunities for men and women, men retain traditional beliefs that their masculinity is...

Read more at: Fashioning the value chain

Fashioning the value chain

1 January 2009: Changes in the clothing industry have fashioned a new look for how manufacturing and retail is managed globally. We enquired how national, institutional and political contexts have shaped competitiveness, as well as explored how contractors view the relationships with their various national buyer firms...

Read more at: Gender equality on the slide?

Gender equality on the slide?

6 August 2008: Support for gender equality in Britain and the US appears to have peaked and could now be going into decline, research at Cambridge University has revealed. If we are to make progress in devising policies that encourage equal working opportunities for women, we need to know more about what gender roles...