Women and the Family
| dc.contributor.editor | Sweetman, Caroline | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-02-03T16:20:46Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2011-02-03T16:20:46Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1996-01-01 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0-85598-352-9 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10546/121142 | |
| dc.description | Looking at factors as diverse as the pervasiveness 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. Women are usually responsible for domestic tasks and child care; this in itself represents a significant economic contribution, which may go unrecognised. We need to understand the underlying power structures and expectations which operate in particular family forms within target communities, if development initiatives and family-support policies are to benefit women. | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | Editorial; A voice of alarm: a historian's view of the family; Patriarchy and development in the Arab world; Fighting female infanticide by working with midwives: an Indian case study; Female-headed families: a comparative perspective of the Caribbean and the developed world; Structures and processes: land, families, and gender relations; Women, the law, and the family in Tunisia; Marginalisation and gay families in Latin America and the Caribbean; Child-care and the benefits trap: a case from the UK; Interview: Maria Isabal Plata of PROFAMILIA; Resources; Book review: Kampala Women Getting By: Weil-Being in the Time of AIDS by Sandra Wallman et al; Further reading | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 67 | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | en | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Oxfam GB | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Oxfam Focus on Gender | en_US |
| dc.relation.url | https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/women-and-the-family-121142 | |
| dc.subject | Gender | |
| dc.title | Women and the Family | en_US |
| dc.type | Book | en_US |
| oxfam.signoff.status | For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.country | India | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.country | Tunisia | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.country | United Kingdom | en_US |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Maternal and child health | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-17T15:58:03Z |
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