Rural transformation and peasant women in Mozambique

Urdang S.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on the impact of post-independence development policies and agricultural policies on rural women in Mozambique. Examines the political ideology regarding the economic and social roles of women, particularly in the agricultural sector. Explains women's traditional role in agricultural production, as well as their new role in communal villages, agricultural cooperatives and state farms. Discusses progress made in the abolition of regressive traditions. References.

Keywords: development policy; agricultural policy; rural women; political ideology; economic role; social role; women; agricultural sector; tradition.; agricultural production; village; agricultural cooperative.; state farm; politique de développement; politique agricole; femmes rurales; política de desarrollo; política agraria; mujeres rurales; idéologie politique; rôle économique; rôle social; femmes; secteur agricole; tradition; production agricole; village; coopérative agricole; ferme d'état; ideología política; papel económico; papel social; mujeres; sector agrícola; tradición; producción agrícola; pueblo; cooperativa agrícola; explotación agrícola estatal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 120 P. pages
Date: 1986
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

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