Women in Development: Towards Global Networking. Extract from the Proceedings of the International Forum on Intercultual Exchange (Saitama, Japan), October 29-30, 1991).

Institution	National Women's Education Centre, Saitama (Japan).
Titel	Women in Development: Towards Global Networking. Extract from the Proceedings of the International Forum on Intercultual Exchange (Saitama, Japan), October 29-30, 1991).
Quelle	(1991), (283 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	japanisch; englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Conferences; Cultural Awareness; Developing Nations; Economic Development; Females; Foreign Countries; Information Dissemination; Japanese; Networks; Quality of Life; Sex Role; Social Change; Unions; Womens Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Informationsverbreitung; Japaner; Japanisch; Lebensqualität; Geschlechterrolle; Sozialer Wandel
Abstract	The Japanese National Women's Education Centre (NWEC) held its International Forum on Intercultural Exchange to undertake a broad exchange of information on socioeconomic development, focusing on the present condition of women and their roles, and to conduct detailed discussions of international cooperation with regard to women's solidarity on a global level. The English version of the abstracts of papers from this forum was prepared from transcriptions of the taped recordings of the speeches and their simultaneously rendered translations. The opening address by Yoriko Meguro, chairperson of the forum, comments on the concept of "Women in Development" and presents some background for the discussion of women's issues. Kate Young reviews the historic approach to women's roles in social change and the effects of social change on women in "Theoretical Approaches to Understanding the Relative Positions of Women and Men in Societies Undergoing Rapid Social Change." Alexandra Stephens, in "Rural Women: Partners in Development," discusses development as it relates to the rural woman, who suffers serious consequences from cuts in government services. "Japan's Approach to 'Women in Development' from the Viewpoint of Cultural Anthropology," by Kyoko Kikuchi, offers a perspective on development that takes into account Japanese cultural traditions. Ela Ramesh Bhatt, in "SEWA Experience," describes the operations of the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), a labor union formed for self-employed women in India. In "Women in the Bureaucracy: The Philippine Case," Patricia A. Sto. Tomas describes the roles of Philippine women in government positions working for development and women's issues. Mieko Magami, in "The Path to Independence," comments on work to improve the lives of female members of an agricultural cooperative in Bangladesh. Appended to the conference papers is a brochure given conference participants to provide the conference agenda, background information on the speakers, and some comments from the speakers on women's development and other issues related to women's well-being. (SLD)
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