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Introduction -- The global economic crisis, its gender and ethnic implications, and policy responses -- Gender and the global economic crisis in developing countries : a framework for analysis -- Critical times : gendered implications of the economic crisis for migrant workers from Burma/Myanmar in Thailand -- Feminized recession : impact of the global financial crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines -- Securing the fruits of their labours : the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru's Ica valley -- Cheap and disposable? : the impact of the global economic crisis on the migration of Ethiopian women domestic workers to the Gulf -- The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy : research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners -- How the global economic crisis reaches marginalized workers : the case of street traders in Johannesburg, South Africa -- Crisis, care and childhood : the impact of economic crisis on care work in poor households in the developing world -- Resources.