Do It Herself

Women and technical innovation

By: Helen Appleton

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Although women are the majority of small-scale technology users, their technical knowledge and understanding has largely been overlooked. This book investigates the contributions of women to technical innovation at a grassroots level, using twenty two case studies of technical innovation by women in sixteen countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
Banana drying in Bolivia	p. 17
Efficient domestic fuel use in Chile	p. 34
Building hope: self-management and construction	p. 47
Changing attitudes to health in the Dominican Republic	p. 60
Functional pottery in Nicaragua	p. 82
Pork processing in Peru	p. 100
The preparation of Andean products in Peru	p. 109
Coping with a lack of electricity in marginal urban areas	p. 122
Vegetable production units in Venezuela	p. 134
Shea butter extraction in Ghana	p. 157
Pottery technology in Kenya	p. 162
Indigenous vegetables in Kenya	p. 167
Salt extraction in Sierra Leone	p. 172
Fermented foods in Sudan	p. 177
Cassava processing in Uganda	p. 181
Nkejje fish in Lake Victoria	p. 185
Survival skills of Tonga women in Zimbabwe	p. 188
Land reclamation in Bangladesh	p. 197
Manual silk reeling in India	p. 207
Carpet making in Nepal	p. 231
Coir workers in Sri Lanka	p. 249
Food processing in Sri Lanka	p. 275
Conclusion	p. 298
References	p. 306
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