Overview

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 22 case studies of technical innovation by women in 16 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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Author:   Helen Appleton
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.512kg
ISBN:  

9781853392870

ISBN 10:   1853392871
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   15 December 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii INTRODUCTION 1 Part I Latin America Banana drying in Bolivia 17 XIMENA MACHICAO BARBERY Efficient domestic fuel use in Chile 34 WALDO BUSTAMANTE GOMEZ Building hope: self-management and construction 47 MARCELA ARANCIBIA BALLESTER and ANA MARfA SALINAS BRIONES Changing attitudes to health in the Dominican Republic 60 LOURDES PERDOMO DE GOMEZ, MARIA DOLORES MATEO MONTERO and RITA OTTE Functional pottery in Nicaragua 82 FRANgOISE ROMEO B. Pork processing in Peru 100 MERCEDES L6PEZ PINEDO The preparation of Andean products in Peru 109 MARfA ESTRELLA CANTO SANABRIA Coping with a lack of electricity in marginal urban areas 122 LOURDES PALAO YTURREGUI Vegetable production units in Venezuela 134 LUIS MIGUEL ABAD, IGNACIO ALZURU, LOKMAN GONZALEZ, ROSENDO MORENO and JAVIER VAZQUEZ Part II Africa Shea butter extraction in Ghana 157 YVONNE WALLACE-BRUCE Pottery technology in Kenya 162 JOSEPHINE A. MUTAGAYWA Indigenous vegetables in Kenya 167 WINNIE OGANA Salt extraction in Sierra Leone 172 BERNADETTE LAHAI Fermented foods in Sudan 177 HAMID A. DIRAR Cassava processing in Uganda 181 ERIOTH SIMWOGERERE Nkejje fish in Lake Victoria 185 IRENE FLORENCE WEKIYA Survival skills of Tonga women in Zimbabwe 188 RODGER MPANDE and NOMA MPOFU Part III Asia Land reclamation in Bangladesh 197 AYESHA SHANJAHAN Manual silk reeling in India 207 PRABHA SHEKAR Carpet making in Nepal 231 PRABHAR THACKER Coir workers in Sri Lanka 249 KAMALA PEIRIS Food processing in Sri Lanka 275 PADMINI ABEYWARDENE CONCLUSION 298 REFERENCES 306

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Helen Appleton is currently working as Senior Social Development Adveriser for Government Agency based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Between 1989-1997, she worked for Practical Action.

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