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Farmelo, Martha – Grassroots Development, 1995
When rural women do not participate in relevant decision making, development projects risk diminished effectiveness and may increase already onerous workloads. Consisting of 139 Mapuche women textile artisans in Chile, the Casa de la Mujer Mapuche provides its members with income, role models, and a platform to express women's needs and…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Cultural Maintenance, Economic Development, Employed Women
Gruchow, Paul – 1995
This book consists of 17 essays about living with the land and the importance of reinvigorating the values of rural life. The essays include personal reflections about growing up in rural Minnesota and opinions about the state of neglected rural towns and people. The author grew up during the 1950s on an 80-acre farm that his family rented in…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Cultural Maintenance, Economic Development