Women as Heads of Households in the Caribbean
Title | Women as Heads of Households in the Caribbean PDF eBook |
Author | Joycelin Massiah |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Social Science |
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UNESCO pub. Research paper on female headed households in the Caribbean from the perspective of the women - presents a profile by country based on 1970 data showing the marital status and female-men comparisons of educational level, labour force participation and occupation; discusses the origin and high incidence of female-headed one parent families; examines strategies for coping with low income and child care problems, income generating activities, social assistance, alliance formation and serial marriages. Bibliography.
Working Class Female Heads of Households and Transnational Employment in the Commonwealth Caribbean
Title | Working Class Female Heads of Households and Transnational Employment in the Commonwealth Caribbean PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Savitri Awang |
Publisher | |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Heads of households |
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Women and Change in the Caribbean
Title | Women and Change in the Caribbean PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Momsen |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1993-09-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780253338969 |
Recent discussion of postmodern culture describes a movement from center to periphery, privileging cultures that were formerly marginalized. Women and Change in the Caribbean, a study of women marginalized by both gender and race in a region such as the Caribbean—itself marginalized in global terms—attempts to extract insights relevant both within and beyond geographical confines. This volume offers a feminist interpretation of a multicultural society emerging from colonialism and in the process of change and restructuring. The nineteen chapters include case studies of fifteen different Caribbean territories including Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Puerto Rico, Grenada, and Guyana. The book is divided into two sections: the first looks at women's status and gender relations in the private and public spheres; the second looks at women's economic activity. Taking a broad pan-Caribbean comparative view contributors discuss territories with American, British, Dutch, Danish, French, and Spanish colonial traditions and current political links. The contributors come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds including agriculture, anthropology, economics, geography, history, sociology, and women's studies.
Women and the Family
Title | Women and the Family PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline Sweetman |
Publisher | Oxfam |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780855983529 |
Looking at factors as diverse as the persuasiveness of patriarchy, changing family forms, female infanticide, and land reform policies, this collection of articles considers the family from a gender perspective, and how the socially prescribed roles of men and women within the family can constrain women's opportunities. Contributors include Suad Joseph and Ranjani Krishnamurthy.
Heading the Household
Title | Heading the Household PDF eBook |
Author | Lilieth Antonnette Hamilton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Households |
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Gender in Caribbean Development
Title | Gender in Caribbean Development PDF eBook |
Author | University of the West Indies (Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago). Women and Development Studies Project. Seminar |
Publisher | Canoe Press |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9789768125552 |
Contains 23 papers originally published in 1988 which discuss, inter alia, interdisciplinary research on models and theories of gender and development, historical perspectives of feminism, ideology and culture, and women's organization.
The Vulnerability of Households Headed by Women
Title | The Vulnerability of Households Headed by Women PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Women |
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