Development Crises and Alternative Visions

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Bol 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. This book analyzes the policies towards Third World women. It focuses on global economic and political crises such as debt, famine, militarization, fundamentalism. 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.

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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. This book analyzes the policies towards Third World women. It focuses on global economic and political crises such as debt, famine, militarization, fundamentalism. 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.


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