- 322 pages
- English
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About this book
Although women are the majority of small-scale technology users, their technical knowledge and understanding has largely been overlooked. This book investigates the contributions of women to technical innovation at a grassroots level, using 22 case studies of technical innovation by women in 16 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introduction
- PART I Latin America
- Banana drying in Bolivia
- Efficient domestic fuel use in Chile
- Building hope: self-management and construction
- Changing attitudes to health in the Dominican Republic
- Functional pottery in Nicaragua
- Pork processing in Peru
- The preparation of Andean products in Peru
- Coping with a lack of electricity in marginal urban areas
- Vegetable production units in Venezuela
- PART II Africa
- Shea butter extraction in Ghana
- Pottery technology in Kenya
- Indigenous vegetables in Kenya
- Salt extraction in Sierra Leone
- Fermented foods in Sudan
- Cassava processing in Uganda
- Nkejje fish in Lake Victoria
- Survival skills of Tonga Women in Zimbabwe
- PART III Asia
- Land reclamation in Bangladesh
- Manual silk reeling in India
- Carpet making in Nepal
- Coir workers in Sri Lanka
- Food processing in Sri Lanka
- Conclusion
- References
- Back Cover
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