Description
Although there is now much wider awarenes of women's central role in the development process, women are still having to struggle to gain access to the formal levels of development policy making To succeed in this struggle it is essential that women are able to demystify some of the historical perceptions that have defined women as dependent and confined to the unpaid domestic sections of the economy and society. Having placed women in the contexts f production and reproduction, it is important first to delineate the problems they face as workers in the formal and informal sector and then to provide practical solutions. Feminists around the world share the hope that such an analysis will pave the way for development process that will benefit all people, and provide health and wealth for future generations by concentrating on the quality of growth. This book is offered as one step towards that goal.
Through a series of studies located within an historical perspective the book denotes the interplay of myths and realities in shaping the lives of women in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Specific case studies of Nigeria. Nicaragua, Iran, China, Malaysia, Vietnam and India highlight the path that women's struggles have carved, the future that they have planned and the gendered development policies that they pursue.
ISBN: 9780582034945
