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Bibliography: Gender Issues in Latin America
and the Cadibbean
By:
Suzanne B. Muz6
June 1992
Prepared for:
Office of Women in Development
Bureau for Research and Development
Agency for International Development
Contract No. PDC-0100-Z-O-9044-O0
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

GENDER ISSUES IN LATIN AMERICA

AND THE CARIBBEAN

Suzanne B. Mauz6, compiler
The Futures Group
GENESYS Project
May 1992
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AGPJCULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 1
I. Agriculture 1

1. Sustainable Agriculture
2. Agricultural Research 7

II. Natural Resources 9

1. Women's Role in Natural Resource Management and Conservation 9

2. Agroforest'y 14

DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVES 17

I. Women's Civic Participation and Roles in Democratization 17

II. Legal Issues in Relation to Gender and Women's Status 25

HUMAN RESOURCES 29

I. Education 29

1. Formal Education 29

2. Economic Returns to Education 33

3. Vocational Training 35

II. Health Care Issues 36

1. Maternal and Child Health Care 36

2. Health Care Financing and Delivery to Women 38

III. Institutional Programs in WID (Including NGO Initiatives) 39

POVERTY 42
T. Female-Headed Households (Determinants and Consequences) 42

II. Women and Poverty in Urban Areas 45

III. Meeting Basic Human Needs 47

STATISTICS / INDICATORS ON WOMEN 49

TRADE AND INVESTMENT 52

I. Economic Policy 52

1. Impacts of Recession and Structural Adjustment on Women 52

2. Investment/Trade Development 56

II. Labor Force 61

1. Female Labor Force 61

2. Female Employment in Free Trade Zones/Manufacturing 63

3. Women in Agricultural Export Production 67

4. Women in the Informal Sector and Microenterprise 69

5. Women in Tourism 75

INDEX 77
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
I. AGRICULTURE
1. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
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