Different Places, Different Voices: Gender and Development in Africa, Asia and Latin America (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place)

Different Places, Different Voices challenges Western feminist and post-colonial approaches in its analysis of the changing lives of women of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania. Recognising the significance of place, this is a book informed by the voices of female geographers from the developing world. Twenty case studies present regional perspectives on urban and rural development, household reproduction and production and community organisation. The theoretical and contextual approach and the emphasis on location and positionality highlight the differences created by place to suggest other ways of seeing. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 9 List of tables......Page 11 List of contributors......Page 14 Preface......Page 17 GEOGRAPHY, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 22 INTRODUCTION Gender and geography in Africa......Page 30 HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SUPPLY AND WOMEN'S WORK IN GHANA......Page 34 WOMEN'S ROLE AND PARTICIPATION IN FARM AND COMMUNITY TREE-GROWING ACTIVITIES IN KIAMBU DISTRICT, KENYA......Page 49 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND WOMEN'S TIME BUDGETS IN UGANDA......Page 65 THE IMPACT OF LABOUR-SAVING DEVICES ON THE LIVES OF RURAL AFRICAN WOMEN: GRAIN MILLS IN THE GAMBIA......Page 71 THE IMPACT OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG URBAN TRADERS IN NIGERIA: IBADAN TRADERS AND MODERNISATION......Page 82 INTRODUCTION Women and gender in geography: an overview from South Asia......Page 96 GENDER RELATIONS IN RURAL BANGLADESH: ASPECTS OF DIFFERENTIAL NORMS ABOUT FERTILITY, MORTALITY AND HEALTH PRACTICES......Page 99 SEASONALITY, WAGE LABOUR AND WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN WESTERN INDIA......Page 112 INVISIBLE FEMALE AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN INDIA......Page 128 ASSESSING RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN INDIA FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE......Page 139 ACCESS OF FEMALE PLANTATION WORKERS IN SRI LANKA TO BASIC-NEEDS PROVISION......Page 150 WOMEN AS AGENTS AND BENEFICIARIES OF RURAL HOUSING PROGRAMMES IN SRI LANKA......Page 165 WOMEN'S ROLES IN RURAL SRI LANKA......Page 178 INTRODUCTION Gender and geography in South-East Asia and Oceania: a regional overview......Page 198 GENDER AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RAFT-HOUSES, TEMERLOH, PAHANG, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA......Page 202 DEVELOPMENT AND FACTORY WOMEN: NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS FROM A MALAYSIAN SOURCE AREA......Page 216 WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN SAMOA......Page 230 INTRODUCTION Gender and geography in Latin America: a historical perspective......Page 246 THE ROLE OF WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BOLIVIA......Page 249 DECONSTRUCTING THE HOUSEHOLD: WOMEN'S ROLES UNDER COMMODITY RELATIONS IN HIGHLAND BOLIVIA......Page 262 WOMEN'S ROLES IN COLONISATION: A COLOMBIAN CASE STUDY......Page 275 HOUSEWIFISATION AND COLONISATION IN THE COLOMBIAN RAINFOREST......Page 289 THE ROLE OF GENDER IN PEASANT MIGRATION: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES FROM THE PERUVIAN ANDES......Page 297 Appendix: List of Workshop Participants......Page 307 Notes......Page 310 References......Page 316 Index......Page 336 This study recognizes the significance of place in the developing world, challenging Western feminist and post-colonial approaches through an analysis of the changing lives of the women of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania. This book is a contribution to the growing number of volumes on gender and development written and compiled by geographers (Momsen and Townsend 1987; Brydon and Chant 1989; Momsen 1991).