The Legal Status of Rural Women in nineteen Latin American countries -

The Legal Status of Rural Women in nineteen Latin American countries

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1994

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

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ISBN 92-5-103513-X

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Contents

Foreword

Introduction

I. The subordination of rural women in law in Latin America: Introduction

1. Rural women's subordination in law: The historical background

2. The legal subordination of rural woman in Latin America

2.1 Gender-based division of labor¹⁶

2.2 Rural woman's work and her participation in productive activities

2.3 Gender-based division of labour and the law

II. Review of Latin-American rural woman's legal status³⁰

1. Constitutional law