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008			000417s1995 000 0 eng d
020			_a971-550-146-x
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040			_aAEA _cAEA _erda
050			_aHD 6053.6.P6 _b.Ch363 1995
100			_aChant, Sylvia _939564
245		0	_aWomen of a lesser cost : _bfemale labour, foreign exchange, and Philippine development / _cSylvia Chant and Cathy McIlwaine.
264			_aQuezon City : _bAteneo de Manila University Press, _c[1995];copyright 1995
300			_axi, 372 pages : _billustrations _c21 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_aWomen of a Lesser Cost explores one of the key questions in current research on gender and development: the links among women's employment, migration and household organisation. While female labour force participation has long been recognised as depending on a broad spectrum of social, economic and demographic factors, few studies to date have considered these in an integrated manner, and fewer still on the basis of in-depth primary research. Drawing on over 400 interviews with workers, households and employers in the Philippine Visayas, SYLVIA CHANT and CATHY McILWAINE consider three activities critical to the generation of foreign exchange and export-oriented development-export-manufacturing, international tourism and sex work. They examine the ways in which women's incorporation into these different sectors interacts with their social, demographic and economic circumtances. While the outcomes are diverse and often contradictory, the authors' findings provide important new insights into the nature of women's work and its implication for gender roles and relations.
650			_aForeign exchange _zPhilippines. _2sears _972788
650			_aWomen _2sears
650			_aWomen in development _2sears _939565
650			_aWomen _zPhilippines. _2sears _961327
700			_aMcIlwaine, Cathy, jt. auth. _939566
942			_cFIL
999			_c44768 _d44768