Technology and rural women in Africa

Marilyn. Carr

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on the failure of technological change to improve rural women working conditions and living conditions in Africa - presents examples of inappropriate choice of technology in relation to woman worker time budget (farming and homemaker unpaid work) and labour-saving technology, needs analyses other causes (sexual division of labour, income, handicrafts, etc.), And recommends modification of agricultural extension training. Bibliography pp. 43 to 45 and statistical tables.

Keywords: failure.; technological change; rural women; working conditions; living conditions; choice of technology; women workers; time budget; farming; homemaker; unpaid work; technology.; sexual division of labour; income; handicrafts.; agricultural extension; training; statistical table; échec; changement technologique; femmes rurales; conditions de travail; conditions de vie; choix de technologie; travailleuses; budget temps; agroexploitation; femme au foyer; travail non rémunéré; technologie; division du travail basée sur le sexe; revenu; artisanat décoratif et d'expression; vulgarisation agricole; formation; tableau statistique; fracaso; cambio tecnológico; mujeres rurales; condiciones de trabajo; condiciones de vida; elección de tecnología; trabajadoras; atribución de tiempo; cultivo de la tierra; ama de casa; trabajo no remunerado; tecnología; división del trabajo por sexo; ingreso; artesanía decorativa y tradicional; extensión agrícola; formación; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 P. pages
Date: 1980
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

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