Lightening the Load: Labour-Saving Technologies and Practices for Rural Women

by Marilyn Carr, Maria Hartl, Marilyn Carr

Women are central to overcoming rural poverty. They play a critical role in poverty reduction and food security because they are responsible for both production and reproduction. Rural women in developing countries have longer working days than men because of their triple roles as farmers, caretakers of their families and cash earners through income-generating activities and microfinance. In addition, increasing drought and deforestation in many parts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853396893
• ISBN13: 9781853396892
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"