Development Crises and Alternative Visions
Third World Women's Perspectives
Gita Sen author Caren Grown author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:1st Mar '98
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More than half of the world's farmers are women. They are the majority of the poor, the uneducated and are the first to suffer from drought and famine. Yet their subordination is reinforced by well-meaning development policies that perpetuate social inequalities. During the 1975-85 United Nations Decade for the Advancement of Women their position actually worsened.
This book analyses three decades of policies towards Third World women. Focusing on global economic and political crises - debt, famine, militarization, fundamentalism - the authors show how women's moves to organize effective strategies for basic survival are central to an understanding of the development process.
ISBN: 9781853830006
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 113g
124 pages