Rural Women and Development: Employment, Productivity, Income and Basic Needs; Workshop Report, Quezon City, Manila, 10-14 June 1985


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Conference report on the economic role of rural women in rural development in Asia - looks at obstacles to their rural employment, productivity, agricultural incomes and sex discrimination in wages, basic needs, etc.; includes case studies, recommendations and a Plan of Action.







Women and Development


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Planning Development with Women


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Presents an overview of women in development during the three UN Development Decades from 1960 to 1990. Includes case studies of women farmers in Africa, industrial workers in manufacturing for export in Asia, and informal sector workers in Latin America.




Rural Women


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Outlines the basic reasons for women's growing inequality and dependence especially in rural areas, and the concomitant food shortages and poverty in many developing countries. This book should be of interest to all those concerned with women's development.