Environment, women and population: interrelated issues in rural development in Southeast Asia

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RAP PUBLICATION: 1995/18

Proceedings of a Round Table, held from 2 to 6 May, 1994, at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP), Bangkok, Thailand

The designation employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries


All photos: Peyton Johnson

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Contents

List of abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Part 1 - Environment, women and population: an integrated reality

Part 2 - Policies and consequences the development of human and natural resources in the rural sector

Part 3 - Rural women's decreasing resource base

Part 4 - The negative effects of gender insensitivity in rural development

Part 5 - Towards an integrated, cross-sectoral approach: placing women at the centre

Part 6 - Issues and recommendations for specific agro-ecological farming systems

Part 7 - Statistical annex

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