Women Are "The Key to Progress." The Situation of Women in Developing Countries and German Efforts To Improve Their Situation. IN Visitors' Information Special Report, SO 5.

Autor/in	Krugmann-Randolf, Inga
Institution	Inter Nationes, Bonn (Germany).
Titel	Women Are "The Key to Progress." The Situation of Women in Developing Countries and German Efforts To Improve Their Situation. IN Visitors' Information Special Report, SO 5.
Quelle	(1994), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affirmative Action; Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Economic Development; Females; Foreign Countries; International Cooperation; International Programs; Nondiscriminatory Education; Sex Discrimination; Sex Fairness; Training; Womens Education; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Sex; Discrimination; Geschlecht; Diskriminierung; Sexualaufklärung; Ausbildung; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Deutschland
Abstract	Women in developing countries carry out three-quarters of all work in rural areas, are often exposed to great health risks through frequent childbirth, and are disadvantaged compared with men in education and training. Modernization has burdened women with new responsibilities and more work but has improved health care. The economic and social changes caused by development and development assistance can sometimes worsen the status and life situation of women. A targeted promotion of women is the only way to satisfy basic needs and reduce poverty. Almost all organizations of German development cooperation participate in the complex task of promoting women in developing countries. Promotion is implemented in the following ways: access for women to training and advice, credits, and work-relieving technologies; participation of women themselves; and an integrated approach that aims at the joint promotion of men and women. Germany attempts in many different areas and with different means to contribute to the promotion of women in developing countries: relief in household work, primary health services, family planning services, agriculture, and education. The effectiveness of development cooperation can be increased with the strengthening of self-help groups' capabilities to solve problems themselves and models that bring about development processes beyond projects and programs. (Three projects in Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Indonesia are described.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC