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Women and technological change in developing countries

Author: Roslyn Dauber; Melinda L Cain
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press for American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1981.
Series: AAAS selected symposium, 53.
Edition/Format:   Book : Conference publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Women and technological change in developing countries.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press for American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1981
(OCoLC)568502416
Material Type: Conference publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Roslyn Dauber; Melinda L Cain
ISBN: 0891587918 : 9780891587910
OCLC Number: 6707905
Description: xxii, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Foreword: Seeing our global economy whole / Hazel Henderson --
Part 1. Approaches to the study of women and technology --
Overview : women and technology - resources for our future / Melinda L. Cain --
Integration into what? Reflections on development planning for women / Elise Boulding --
Women, technology and the development process / International Labor Organization (ILO) : Office for women --
Part 2. Setting the context : case studies --
New technologies for food-related activities : an equity strategy / Irene Tinker --
Impact of selected industrial technologies on women in Mexico / Mangalam Srinivasan --
Women and the development of "underdevelopment" : the African experience / Ann Seidman --
Java, Indonesia : the introduction of rice processing technology / Melinda L. Cain --
Baseline study for socioeconomic evaluation of Tangaye solar site Grace S. Hemmings-Gapihan --
Changing role of Maya mothers and daughters / Mary Elmendorf --
Women's work in multinational electronics factories / Linda Y.C. Lim --
Part 3. Implications for policy --
Technologies appropriate for women : theory, practice and policy / Marilyn Carr --
The plight of the invisible farmer : the effect of national agricultural policy on women in Africa / Louise Fortmann --
The differential impact of programs and policies on women in development / Hanna Papanek --
Roles of women : UNCSTD background discussion paper --
NGO task force on roles of women / Mildred Robbins Leet --
Applying policy analysis to women and technology : a framework for consideration / Roslyn Dauber.
Series Title: AAAS selected symposium, 53.
Responsibility: edited by Roslyn Dauber and Melinda L. Cain.

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