Reports on research conducted in five communities to determine the attitudes, practices and living conditions of potential target groups for a project to implement nonformal educational programmes for women.

Presents the economic and social framework which determined the situation of women before and after the Cuban Revolution; analyses the fertility levels and trends during the last decade and some of the factors associated with changes in fertility (female labour force participation, education,...

Describes projects of governments and nongovernmental organizations that support women's informal sector work and offer family planning information and services through work-based groups.

Considers the evolution of child spacing and fertility norms and practices amongst town dwellers in northern Ghana, e.g. town of Tamale. Based on biographies and group discussions, the author examines these practices from the point of view of both men and women and in the context of their ethnic...

Examines the roles and influence of grandmothers with respect to nutrition, breastfeeding, quality of child care and family planning usage; the maternal grandmother is much more involved with grandchildren than the paternal grandmother. Accordingly this category may be a target for programmes and...

Focuses on the period from 1973 to 1990..

Examines the effects of economic and social development on women's family and non-family roles.