Women in economic development

Women in South Africa do not form one homogeneous group and their situations differ in many important respects, even within the same broad class and race groupings. The gendered nature of society is also not constituted by the economy alone, but by an interlinking of the economy, the family, ideology, and so on. This review examines a number of socially constructed aspects of particular importance when examining solutions and policy addressing the position of women in the economy and society: productivity, technology, skill, the development of human resources, and the household. At the end, some policy implications are presented. Notes, ref.