Scientific-technological change and the role of women in development
By: edited by Pamela M. D'Onofrio-Flores and Sheila M. Pfafflin.
Contributors: D'Onofrio-Flores, Pamela M.; Pfafflin, Sheila M.; United Nations Institute for Training and Research.; United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (1979 : Vienna, Austria)
Series: Westview special studies in social, political, and economic development
Publisher: Published for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research [by] Westview Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Women -- Social conditions -- Congresses.; Technology -- Social aspects -- Developing countries -- Congresses.; Women in science -- Congresses.; Women in development -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes edited papers presented at the 1979 United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development.
Table of contents: title: Technology, economic development, and the division of labour by sex / Pamela M. D'Onofrio-Flores; title: Women and technology in the industrialized countries / Maria Bergom-Larsson; title: Women and technology in peripheral countries: an overview / Zenebeworke Tadesse; title: The impact of science and technology and the role of women in science in Mexico / Mangalam Srinivasan; title: The power of persistence: consciousness raising at international fora; title: the case of UNCSTD / Mildred Robbins Leet; title: Some reflections on women in science and technology after UNCSTD / Sheila M. Pfafflin; title: Appendix: A. Resolutions of the Caucus of Women Scientists meeting at the UNCSTD forum. B. Women, science, and technology, a resolution of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development.