Women's Participation in Rural Development
Women's Participation in Rural Development

Author: Subir Ghosh

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

All over the world, the significance of women s participation in the workforce has resulted in significant transformation in the family set up and the economy. Since 1950s, women s participation in economic activities has been increasing rapidly. Rural de

Rural Women at Work
Rural Women at Work

Author: Ruth B. Dixon-Mueller

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1135994218

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

First Published in 2011. This study is Volume I of the Global Environment and Development 7 volume set. One of the most promising areas identified in the initial study was female labor-force participation. If good jobs at decent wages were offered to women, particularly those living in rural areas, would such employment have an effect on family size? Would their jobs compete for the women's time as mothers and housewives, offer them an alternative route to acquiring status and a sense of purpose, and perhaps also provide the women with an independent source of income which would enable them to achieve more control over their lives? But, as the original volume makes clear, the situation is more complicated than it first appears to be.