Different Places, Different Voices

Preface Part I Introduction 1 GEOGRAPHY, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT Part II Africa INTRODUCTION 2 HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SUPPLY AND WOMENâS WORK IN GHANA 3 WOMENâS ROLE AND PARTICIPATION IN FARM AND COMMUNITY TREE-GROWING ACTIVITIES IN KIAMBU DISTRICT, KENYA 4 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND WOMENâS TIME BUDGETS IN UGANDA 5 THE IMPACT OF LABOUR-SAVING DEVICES ON THE LIVES OF RURAL AFRICAN WOMEN: GRAIN MILLS IN THE GAMBIA 6 THE IMPACT OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG URBAN TRADERS IN NIGERIA: IBADAN TRADERS AND MODERNISATION Part III South Asia INTRODUCTION 7 GENDER RELATIONS IN RURAL BANGLADESH: ASPECTS OF DIFFERENTIAL NORMS ABOUT FERTILITY, MORTALITY AND HEALTH PRACTICES 8 SEASONALITY, WAGE LABOUR AND WOMENâS CONTRIBUTION TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN WESTERN INDIA 9 INVISIBLE FEMALE AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN INDIA 10 ASSESSING RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN INDIA FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE 11 ACCESS OF FEMALE PLANTATION WORKERS IN SRI LANKA TO BASIC-NEEDS PROVISION 12 WOMEN AS AGENTS AND BENEFICIARIES OF RURAL HOUSING PROGRAMMES IN SRI LANKA 13 WOMENâS ROLES IN RURAL SRI LANKA Part IV South-East Asia and Oceania INTRODUCTION 14 GENDER AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RAFT-HOUSES, TEMERLOH, PAHANG, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA 15 DEVELOPMENT AND FACTORY WOMEN: NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS FROM A MALAYSIAN SOURCE AREA 16 WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN SAMOA Part V Latin America INTRODUCTION 17 THE ROLE OF WOMENâS ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BOLIVIA 18 DECONSTRUCTING THE HOUSEHOLD: WOMENâS ROLES UNDER COMMODITY RELATIONS IN HIGHLAND BOLIVIA 19 WOMENâS ROLES IN COLONISATION: A COLOMBIAN CASE STUDY 20 HOUSEWIFISATION AND COLONISATION IN THE COLOMBIAN RAINFOREST 21 THE ROLE OF GENDER IN PEASANT MIGRATION: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES FROM THE PERUVIAN ANDES