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Technology and rural women : conceptual and empirical issues

Title
Technology and rural women : conceptual and empirical issues / edited by Iftikhar Ahmed.
Publication
London, UK ; Winchester, Mass., USA : Allen & Unwin, 1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Ahmed, Iftikhar, 1944-
  • International Labour Office.
  • World Employment Programme.
Description
xvi, 383 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Study of the impact of technological change on rural women in developing countries. Deals with conceptual, analytical and theoretical approaches. Looks at agricultural employment for women workers. Includes regional overviews of obstacles to the introduction, evaluation and dissemination of technologies to women in Africa, and case studies of Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Identifies research needs. Bibliography and statistical tables.
Subject
  • Rural women > Developing countries
  • Women in rural development > Developing countries
  • Technology > Social aspects > Developing countries
  • Technological innovations > Developing countries
  • developing countries
  • Subsaharan Africa
  • rural development
  • women
  • technology
  • 15.00 history: general
  • 71.31 sexes and their interrelations
  • Rural women
  • Technological innovations
  • Technology > Social aspects
  • Women in rural development
  • Frau
  • Ländlicher Raum
  • Technischer Fortschritt
  • Technische vernieuwing
  • Platteland
  • Vrouwen
  • technological change
  • rural women
  • theory
  • agricultural employment
  • women workers
  • regional level
  • obstacle
  • evaluation
  • case study
  • research needs
  • statistical table
  • Technology and technological change, Agricultural
  • Technology and technological change, Agricultural > Africa
  • Technology and technological change, Agricultural > Women
  • Femmes en milieu rural > Pays en voie de développement
  • Technique > Aspect social > Pays en voie de développement
  • Innovation > Pays en voie de développement
  • changement technologique
  • femmes rurales
  • théorie
  • emploi agricole
  • travailleuses
  • niveau régional
  • évaluation
  • technologie
  • étude de cas
  • besoins en matière de recherche
  • tableau statistique
  • cambio tecnológico
  • mujeres rurales
  • teoría
  • empleo agrícola
  • trabajadoras
  • nivel regional
  • obstáculo
  • evaluación
  • tecnología
  • estudio de casos
  • necesidades de investigación
  • cuadros estadísticos
  • Developing countries
  • Entwicklungsländer
  • Africa
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
  • Afrique
  • pays en développement
  • países en desarrollo
  • Sierra Leona
Genre/Form
  • ILO pub.
  • WEP pub.
  • bibliography.
  • pub OIT.
  • pub PME.
  • bibliographie.
  • bibliografía.
Note
  • "A study prepared for the International Labour Office within the framework of the World Employment Programme."
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 342-369.
ISBN
  • 0043820433
  • 9780043820438
LCCN
84029778
OCLC
  • ocm11599891
  • 11599891
  • SCSB-616504
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library