With globalisation the competition between producers and companies has hit an all new high. This report reveals double standards that exist in the global supply chain and discusses how women suffer as a result of this competition. To compete in this increasingly consumerist world suppliers must produce goods faster and at lower prices. In the global supply chain this translates to fewer benefits for labourers, unsafe working conditions, longer working hours and low wages. Labour standards suffer in the name of productivity. Using examples from around the world, this report highlights the social cost that is women have to bear as a result of globalisation. The report sites retail and brand companies, and sometimes even governments, as perpetrators of labour laws. It explains the need for fair trade. To ensure fair trade, companies must afford labour rights to women and governments must ensure that labour laws are in place and upheld. Furthermore, the report discusses both the role that organisations such as the IMF and World Bank should take up to ensure that women in the global supply chain are not exploited and the moral duty of consumers to support fair trade.