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Women Working: Comparative Perspectives in Developing Areas » Read Now
by Alma T. Junsay, Tim B. Heaton. 134 pgs.

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This book provides a detailed examination of patterns and determinants of female labor in three developing countries: Thailand, Colombia, and Egypt. The analysis is based on interviews with women about factors such as migration patterns, the employment situation, household conditions, and other...
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This book provides a detailed examination of patterns and determinants of female labor in three developing countries: Thailand, Colombia, and Egypt. The analysis is based on interviews with women about factors such as migration patterns, the employment situation, household conditions, and other relevant socioeconomic factors. The result is a comprehensive look at female economic behavior in developing countries, forming the basis for broader understanding of women's economic conditions across cultural boundaries.
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Women and Technological Change in Developing Countries » Read Now
by Roslyn Dauber, Melinda L. Cain. 266 pgs.

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Each in Her Own Way: Five Women Leaders of the Developing World » Read Now
by Marion Fennelly Levy. 181 pgs.

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A Home Divided: Women and Income in the Third World » Read Now
by Daisy Dwyer, Judith Bruce. 290 pgs.

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...participation of women in the labor market in developing countries. Though...structures, in both industrialized and developing countries, women are often...reported in a...
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The Health of Women: A Global Perspective » Read Now
by Judith Timyan, Jill Gay, Marge Koblinsky. 291 pgs.

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Women and Health in Developing Countries, in OECD Observer » Read Now
by Stephanie Baile. 3 pgs.

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...Women and Health in Developing Countries Stephanie...pregnant women as a result...performed in crude conditions...patterns in developing countries, such as...abortions. In...
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Women's Movements in the Third World: Identity, Mobilization, and Autonomy, in Annual Review of Sociology » Read Now
by R. Ray, A. C. Korteweg. 26 pgs.

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...feminist scholars have argued, the policies of developing countries either make women invisible or actively exploit them (Boserup 1970, Kannabiran Kannabiran 1996, Kabeer...
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The Challenge of Local Feminisms: Women's Movements in Global Perspective » Read Now
by Amrita Basu, C. Elizabeth McGrory. 496 pgs.

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...preparation for the Fourth World Conference on Women, scheduled for Beijing in 1995. Includes bibliographical references...Feminism--Cross-cultural studies. 2. Feminism--...
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Women and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Power, Opportunities, and Constraints » Read Now
by Marianne N. Bloch. 306 pgs.

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Women, Education, and Family Structure in India » Read Now
by Carol Chapnick Mukhopadhyay. 233 pgs.

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Women in Republican China: A Sourcebook » Read Now
by Hua R. Lan, Vanessa L. Fong. 240 pgs.

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Exploring one of the most dynamic and contested regions of the world, this series includes works on political, economic, cultural, and social changes in modern and contemporary Asia and the Pacific.
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Women Encounter Technology: Changing Patterns of Employment in the Third World » Read Now
by Swasti Mitter, Sheila Rowbotham. 356 pgs.

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This collection explores the effects of new technologies on women's employment and on the nature of women's work. It gives a critique of postmodernism and ecofeminism and demands that new technology is used for gender equality in the developing world.
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The Darkest of Ages: Afghan Women under the Taliban, in Peace and Conflict » Read Now
by John J. Schulz, Linda Schulz. 18 pgs.

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...far cry from the burqa and chador now demanded by the Taliban and required in some other Islamic countries as well. Moreover The Prophet was an innovator who gave women...
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Women, Work, and Gender Relations in Developing Countries: A Global Perspective » Read Now
by Parvin Ghorayshi, Claire Bélanger. 248 pgs.

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The chapters in this collection are based on qualitative fieldwork studies and collectively offer the reader a perspective on women, work, and gender relations that is at once multidisciplinary and feminist. Women's work in the household, agriculture, industry, and in the so-called informal sector...
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The chapters in this collection are based on qualitative fieldwork studies and collectively offer the reader a perspective on women, work, and gender relations that is at once multidisciplinary and feminist. Women's work in the household, agriculture, industry, and in the so-called informal sector is explored with a concern for the ways in which gender, class, and ethnicity are constructed by the larger socioeconomic structures in which women live. By taking concrete analyses of women's lives as their point of departure, the contributors to this volume strive to bridge the gap between socio-economic structure of the society and the actual circumstances in which women find themselves. In this way, readers and scholars alike are better able to untangle the complex dynamics of gender relations and to develop strategies for social change.
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Women Farmers and Commercial Ventures: Increasing Food Security in Developing Countries » Read Now
by Anita Spring. 419 pgs.

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