WIEGO - This publication examines areas of women’s work in the world economy which have been largely ignored by labour market statistics, media headlines and research projects. It provides basic information on the informal economy and export processing zones, in which the vulnerable work of women predominate, and looks at the development of women’s work in the context of globalisation and the prevailing gender order.

DAWN - The severity of the current crisis also gives the world a historic opportunity to move away from failed ideas, institutions and policies towards a more sustainable and rights-based global development architecture. The critical question is not only what should be the content of policies to overcome the current crisis, but also which institutions should play what roles?

OXFAM - Over the past decade, Viet Nam has made significant progress in terms of its development and poverty reduction. However, the current global economic crisis is negatively affecting the Vietnamese economy and potentially threatens to undermine Viet Nam’s impressive poverty reduction record.

OXFAM - East Asian governments have demonstrated in their response to the global economic crisis that they have learned critical lessons from the major financial meltdown in the 1990s. They have provided timely stimulus packages and have proactively targeted those who generally are more vulnerable to shocks. But have really understood the impact of the crisis on the least resilient people and tailored their support to meet their needs?

OXFAM - In Cambodia, the economic downturn has severely affected the garment industry, in which women are vast majority of the work force, due to reduced demand for garments in the US and EU. Other affected sectors are tourism and construction.

SOCIAL WATCH - It is time to put an end to the gender blindness of current economic policies concludes a new occasional paper by the international civil society network Social Watch entitled “Putting gender economics at the forefront. 15 years after the IV World Conference on Women”. The publication is launched March 9 2010 in New York to mark the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

OXFAM - This research report aims to uncover how women in Indonesia have been affected, especially those working in industrial zones. Through qualitative methods such as focus group discussions and in-depth interviews, the research found that despite a quick response from the central government of Indonesia, many women workers are likely to remain untouched by the government’s stimulus package.

OXFAM - This research concludes that women are over-represented in sectors where the crisis has caused huge job cuts: export manufacturing, the garments industry, electronics, and services. Women in the Philippines tend to be employed in precarious jobs where they are more likely to be fired first or to experience harsh working conditions, for example, as migrant workers and in the garment industry.

OXFAM - This report is one of five country case studies commissioned by Oxfam GB on the effects of the global economic crisis in South East Asia. It shows that Thai women are highly vulnerable to the effects of the financial crisis because they are over-represented in the sectors most affected, such as export manufacturing, the garment industry, electronics, and services.

OXFAM - This research report on Vietnam is one of five country case studies that were commissioned by Oxfam GB to assess the impact of the global economic crisis on women in South East Asia. It concludes that women in the export-manufacturing sector, including the garment and textile industries, have been hardest hit by the crisis both economically and socially.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM - The Gender Gap Report 2010 gives insight into the perceived barriers to leadership and the effects of the economic crisis. The biggest barriers to women’s access to leadership positions are “general norms and cultural practices in your country” and “masculine or patriarchal corporate culture”. More than 30% of respondents in several countries believe the downturn would be more harmful for women’s jobs.

ITUC - A new ITUC report examining how women take decisions on their working life confirms that deep-rooted inequalities in child care and household work are still restricting the opportunities for women to get the most out of paid employment. The report, released by the ITUC on International Women’s Day, 8 March, is entitled "Decisions for Work: An Examination of the Factors Influencing Women’s Decisions for Work."

AWID - CESR - CWGL- It has been more than two years now since the start of the largest financial meltdown and global economic recession in over fifty years. And yet, how have our governments responded to this crisis in such a way as to uphold people’s fundamental dignity and human rights?

The steep increase in global food prices has added nearly 100 million people to the numbers who are chronically hungry, pushing the world total to nearly 1 billion people. Amid a global financial crisis and further market instability, the number of poor people also is climbing, undoing significant gains made against hunger and poverty in the past decade. This paper reviews current thinking and practice on increasing agricultural productivity, both subsistence and commercial agriculture, and examines what is known about women’s roles in both sectors.

ITUC - Background Discussion Paper prepared jointly by Education International (EI), International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and Public Services International (PSI) for the Fifty-fourth session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

OECD - The perception women have of the EU, the way the economic and financial crisis is affecting women and the lessons to be learnt ahead of the 2014 elections are among the issues to be tackled during a colloquium being held at the European Parliament on Tuesday.

The number of jobless worldwide reached nearly 212 million in 2009 following an unprecedented increase of 34 million compared to 2007, on the eve of the global crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends report.

The state of the global economy is slowly beginning to improve with the support of massive fiscal stimuli, but the recovery is uneven across regions and conditions for sustained growth remain fragile. Uncertainties and risks still exist, as well as policy challenges, which need to be addressed.

China is leading the world economy out of recession and the country is poised to overtake the United States to become the leading producer of manufactured goods in the next five to seven years.

"The world economy is on the mend", said the UN Department for Social Affairs in it´s report "World Economic Situation and Prospects 2010". "After a sharp, broad and synchronized global downturn in late 2008 and early 2009, an increasing number of countries have registered positive quarterly growth of GDP, along with a recovery in international trade and global. World equity markets have also rebounded and risk have fallen".