Research Catalog

Title

The Peripheral centre : Swedish assistance to Africa in relation to women : an assessment / edited by Karin Himmelstrand and Noella Bickham.

Publication

Stockholm : SIDA, c1985.

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Additional Authors

• Himmelstrand, Karin.
• Bickham, Noella.
• Sweden. Styrelsen för internationell utveckling
• United Nations
• World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women (1985 : Nairobi, Kenya)

Description

202 p. : ill.; 20 cm.

Summary

Case studies, evaluation of the role of Sweden in providing development aid and technical cooperation to rural women in Africa South of Sahara - considers the effects of revolution on the sexual division of labour, basic needs satisfaction, and womens rights; looks at water supply and rural development projects, women's work load, living conditions, education of women, income generating activities for female headed households, the role of womens organizations, etc. Bibliography, maps, photographs, statistical tables.

Subject

• Women in development > Africa
• Economic assistance, Swedish > Africa

Genre/Form

• case study.
• evaluation.
• bibliography.
• map.
• photograph.
• étude de cas.
• évaluation.
• bibliographie.
• carte géographique.
• photographie.
• estudio de casos.
• evaluación.
• bibliografía.
• fotografía.
• mapa.

Note

• "Prepared by SIDA on the occasion of the UN End of Decade Conference on Women to be held in Hairobi in July 1985"--P. 4.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 191-202.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

9158670475 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^86133310^

OCLC

• 13734324
• SCSB-12699646

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library