Stephanie Barrientos

Stephanie Barrientos is Emeritus Professor in the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester.

Stephanie has researched and published widely on gender, agribusiness and labour standards in global, regional and domestic value chains; corporate social responsibility, fair and ethical trade; and business and human rights.

She has undertaken research in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. She led a GCRF/ESRC research project ‘Shifting South’ on decent work in regional value chains in Africa (2020-2022). She has advised a number of companies, NGOs, government and international organisations. Her book Gender and Work in Global Value Chains: Capturing the Gains? was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019.

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