ISBN:
0203974387
,
0422776300
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (201 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Domestication of Women : Discrimination in Developing Societies
DDC:
305.42091724
Keywords:
Sex discrimination against women
;
Women in rural development
;
Division of labor
;
Women
Abstract:
The work presented here is in three parts. The first discussesWestern male ideology about gender distinctions and the divisionof labour, and how their interpretations of other societies are usedto bolster myths about women's 'natural' place in society.Secondly, the planning process itself is analyzed: discriminationagainst women in the development agencies, the distortionsinvolved in the research and data collection on which developmentplanning is based, and the relegation of Third World women tospecial projects in the 'domestic' ghetto. Finally, thediscriminatory impact of the planning proces
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; INTRODUCTION; Women and men: the division of labour; Some analytical tools; Inside the international agencies; The treatment of women in quantitative techniques; The new segregation in development projects; Women's control of resources; Women's work: its economic importance; Incentives; CONCLUSIONS; Index;
Note:
First published in 1980 by Kegan Page
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Published as aSocial science paperback in 1981
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
