Umfang:
Online-Ressource (341 p)
ISBN:
9780415075633
Serie:
Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
Inhalt:
This recognises the significance of place in the developing world, challenging Western feminist and post-colonial approaches in the analysis of the changing lives of the women of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania
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Description based upon print version of record
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; GEOGRAPHY, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT; INTRODUCTION Gender and geography in Africa; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SUPPLY AND WOMEN'S WORK IN GHANA; WOMEN'S ROLE AND PARTICIPATION IN FARM AND COMMUNITY TREE-GROWING ACTIVITIES IN KIAMBU DISTRICT, KENYA; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND WOMEN'S TIME BUDGETS IN UGANDA; THE IMPACT OF LABOUR-SAVING DEVICES ON THE LIVES OF RURAL AFRICAN WOMEN: GRAIN MILLS IN THE GAMBIA; THE IMPACT OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG URBAN TRADERS IN NIGERIA: IBADAN TRADERS AND MODERNISATION
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INTRODUCTION Women and gender in geography: an overview from South AsiaGENDER RELATIONS IN RURAL BANGLADESH: ASPECTS OF DIFFERENTIAL NORMS ABOUT FERTILITY, MORTALITY AND HEALTH PRACTICES; SEASONALITY, WAGE LABOUR AND WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN WESTERN INDIA; INVISIBLE FEMALE AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN INDIA; ASSESSING RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN INDIA FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE; ACCESS OF FEMALE PLANTATION WORKERS IN SRI LANKA TO BASIC-NEEDS PROVISION; WOMEN AS AGENTS AND BENEFICIARIES OF RURAL HOUSING PROGRAMMES IN SRI LANKA; WOMEN'S ROLES IN RURAL SRI LANKA
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INTRODUCTION Gender and geography in South-East Asia and Oceania: a regional overviewGENDER AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RAFT-HOUSES, TEMERLOH, PAHANG, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA; DEVELOPMENT AND FACTORY WOMEN: NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS FROM A MALAYSIAN SOURCE AREA; WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN SAMOA; INTRODUCTION Gender and geography in Latin America: a historical perspective; THE ROLE OF WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BOLIVIA; DECONSTRUCTING THE HOUSEHOLD: WOMEN'S ROLES UNDER COMMODITY RELATIONS IN HIGHLAND BOLIVIA
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WOMEN'S ROLES IN COLONISATION: A COLOMBIAN CASE STUDYHOUSEWIFISATION AND COLONISATION IN THE COLOMBIAN RAINFOREST; THE ROLE OF GENDER IN PEASANT MIGRATION: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES FROM THE PERUVIAN ANDES; Appendix: List of Workshop Participants; Notes; References; Index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780203033029
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780415075633
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Different Places, Different Voices : Gender and Development in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geographie
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
