This established and much admired dictionary provides succinct definitions of more than
600 terms, topics, movements and approaches as well as influential feminist thinkers …

Until now our knowledge of African health and healing has been extensive but fragmented.
Here in eighteen essays is the first comprehensive account of disease, health, and healing …

This book has evolved over a period of 25 years. My interest in domestic and international
population policies was first stimulated by Kingsley Davis, Judith Blake, William Petersen …

For all societies, the common denominator of gender is female subordination. For women of
the Third World the effects of this position are worsened by economic crisis, the legacy of …

Women in the Third World provides an up-to-date general account and review of research
on the roles and status of women in contemporary Third World societies. The book focuses …

Roger and Patricia Jeffery are well known for their work on religion and gender in South
Asia. In their latest book, a study of the demographic processes of two castes in rural north …

This book is a major reassessment of work in the field of critical gerontology, providing a
comprehensive survey of issues by a team of contributors drawn from Europe and North …

This paper examines microfinance intervention in rural poverty reduction in Ghana by
surveying 100 rural women farmer-entrepreneurs. The findings reveal that microfinance …

Over the past decade, increasing recognition has been given to women's contribution to the
development process. But, despite the progress that has been made in Latin American …

Infibulation is the most extreme form of female circumci-sion. It plays an important role in the
Islamic societies of northeastern Africa. Until now, the social significance and function of this …