ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey of interrelations between women's social role, maternity and fertility - discusses the social theory background, opportunity cost of children, economic, political, psychic and social status, role rewards, conflicts, etc. Bibliography...

Working paper on the impact of post-independence development policies and agricultural policies on rural women in Mozambique. Examines the political ideology regarding the economic and social roles of women, particularly in the agricultural sector. Explains women's traditional role in...

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.

Working paper presenting a framework for data collecting and data analysis of the social roles of women relevant to the understanding of a range of demographic aspects and employment issues - considers conceptual and methodological difficulties, social anthropological approaches to role...

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.

Building on earlier empirical work by the same author, the study describes changes over time in two villages in Central Mexico having differential access to household fuel supplies and to income-generating opportunities. While not disproving any links between fuel consumption and nutrition,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on demographic behaviour in Kenya, with particular reference to the effect on fertility of (1) rural migration, (2) women's age at marriage, (3) children mortality, and (4) educational level - constitutes part of a WEP research project on population and employment....