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Scientific-technological change and the role of women in development

Scientific-technological change and the role of women in development edited by Pamela M. D'Onofrio-Flores and Sheila M. Pfafflin - Boulder, Colo Published for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research [by] Westview Press 1982 - xvii, 206 p. 24 cm. - Westview special studies in social, political, and economic development .

Includes edited papers presented at the 1979 United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development

Contents: Technology, economic development, and the division of labour by sex / Pamela M. D'Onofrio-Flores -- Women and technology in the industrialized countries / Maria Bergom-Larsson -- Women and technology in peripheral countries: an overview / Zenebeworke Tadesse -- The impact of science and technology and the role of women in science in Mexico / Mangalam Srinivasan -- The power of persistence: consciousness raising at international fora--the case of UNCSTD / Mildred Robbins Leet -- Some reflections on women in science and technology after UNCSTD / Sheila M. Pfafflin -- Appendix: A. Resolutions of the Caucus of Women Scientists meeting at the UNCSTD forum. B. Women, science, and technology, a resolution of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development


Women--Social conditions--Congresses
Rural women--Social conditions--Congresses
Women--Developing countries
Technology--Developing countries--Social aspects
Women in science--Congresses

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