Tech and Tools Book
A guide to the technologies women are using worldwide
A research manual of appropriate technologies used throughout the world in women's projects. Includes sections on support systems, credit training, and technology transfer.
Published: 1986
Pages: 200
eBook: 9781780446097
Paperback: 9780946688173
| How to use this book ............................................ vi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Preface ......................................................... ix | |||
| Introduction .................................................... x | |||
| Section I: Technologies that women are using worldwide .......... 1 | |||
| Agricultural technologies ..................................... 2 | |||
| Communications technologies ................................... 16 | |||
| Energy technologies ........................................... 40 | |||
| Food-processing technologies .................................. 62 | |||
| Health and sanitation technologies ............................ 88 | |||
| Income-generating technologies ................................ 114 | |||
| Section II: Practical ideas for women 's A.T. projects ........... 129 | |||
| Guidelines for development workers ............................ 132 | |||
| Guidelines for women and women ' s organizations ................ 146 | |||
| A sampling of women 's A.T. projects worldwide ................. 150 | |||
| Section III: Resources for women's A.T. projects ................ 155 | |||
| Appendix A: Appropriate technology centres worldwide .......... 157 | |||
| Appendix B: Appropriate technology journals ................... 161 | |||
| Appendix C: Appropriate technology catalogues ................. 165 | |||
| Appendix D: Sources of assistance for A.T. projects ........... 167 | |||
| Appendix E: A sampling of women's A.T. meetings ............... 171 | |||
| Appendix F: Tech and Tools resource people: A contact list .... 174 |
Joanne Sandler Joanne Sandler is the Ad Interim Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Until recently she served as Deputy Director for Programme and guided UNIFEM’s efforts to implement rights-based, results-based programmes in support of women’s empowerment and rights in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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