2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.0066-4812.2005.00494.x
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Humanising the Cut Flower Chain: Confronting the Realities of Flower Production for Workers in Kenya

Abstract: This article examines a particular international supply chain, the Kenya-UK cut flower supply chain, and looks at the implications of such globalised systems of production for women workers. Using womens' own accounts of their working lives as presented in recent research data and in campaigning activities within Kenya, it confronts the realities facing women workers. With the proliferation of codes of conduct in the cut flower industry, the importance of participatory social auditing (PSA) in uncovering worke… Show more

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“…Moreover, despite the success of national and international civil society networks in galvanising support for the implementation of social standards in cut flowers in particular (Barrientos, 2013, Hale and Opondo, 2005, women workers did not identify them as part of their strategies to realise their ambitions in the workplace.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Moreover, despite the success of national and international civil society networks in galvanising support for the implementation of social standards in cut flowers in particular (Barrientos, 2013, Hale and Opondo, 2005, women workers did not identify them as part of their strategies to realise their ambitions in the workplace.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several studies have highlighted the problems facing workers employed at the base of global value chains; some related to weak labour regulation or global processes of de-regulation associated with neo-liberalism , Barrientos, et al, 2011, Barrientos and Kritzinger, 2004, Palpacuer, 2008 and others indirectly related to purchasing practices of global retailers and brands (Hale and Opondo, 2005, Hughes, et al, 2010, Oxfam, 2004, Raworth and Kidder, 2009). More recently researchers have asked about whether workers and communities benefit from efforts by producers at the bottom of the chain to integrate into GVCs, i.e.…”
Section: Bringing Empowerment Into Global Value Chain Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The UK supermarkets thus became key players in the establishment of HEBI, first by agreeing to listen to workers' grievances (through the ETI investigation), and then putting pressure on their suppliers to work together with the NGOs in developing HEBI (Hale & Opondo 2005, ETI 2005. 29 Seen from a GVC governance perspective, the HEBI initiative (even when including its participatory auditing principles) like most PSSs does not contest the power structure of the retailer-driven GVC (such as e.g.…”
Section: Integrationmentioning
confidence: 99%