Different Places, Different Voices: Gender and Development in Africa, Asia and Latin America

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ISBN: 9780415075633 | 0415075637
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Copyright: 1/22/1993

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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. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information . Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk .

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Preface	p. xvi
Introduction	p. 1
Geography, Gender and Development	p. 3
Africa	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Household Energy Supply and Rural Women's Work in Ghana	p. 15
Women's Role and Participation in Farm and Community Tree-Growing Activities in Kiambu District, Kenya	p. 30
Agricultural Production and Women's Time Budgets in Uganda	p. 46
The Impact of Labour-Saving Devices on the Lives of Rural African Women	p. 52
The Impact of Contraceptive Use Among Urban Traders in Nigeria	p. 63
South Asia	p. 75
Introduction	p. 77
Gender Relations in Rural Bangladesh	p. 80
Seasonality, Wage Labour and Women's Contribution to Household Income in Western India	p. 93
Invisible Female Agricultural Labour in India	p. 109
Assessing Rural Development Programmes in India from a Gender Perspective	p. 120
Access of Female Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka to Basic-Needs Provision	p. 131
Women as Agents and Beneficiaries of Rural Housing Programmes in Sri Lanka	p. 146
Women's Roles in Rural Sri Lanka	p. 159
South-East Asia and Oceania	p. 177
Introduction	p. 179
Feminist Geography in Taiwan and Hong Kong	p. 181
Gender and the Quality of Life of Households in Raft-Houses, Temerloh, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia	p. 183
Development and Factory Women	p. 197
Women and Agriculture in Western Samoa	p. 211
Latin America	p. 225
Introduction	p. 227
Women and Geography in Brazil	p. 228
The Role of Women's Organisations and Groups in Community Development	p. 230
Deconstructing the Household	p. 243
Women's Roles in Colonisation	p. 256
Housewifisation and Colonisation in the Colombian Rainforest	p. 270
The Role of Gender in Peasant Migration	p. 278
Appendix	p. 288
Notes	p. 291
References	p. 297
Index	p. 317
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