ERIC Number: EJ673684
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Publication Date: 2003
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Development and Gender in Guatemala.
Cruz, Rosamaria
Grassroots Development, v24 n1 p25-33 2003
In recent decades, rural Mayan women in Guatemala have been working to overcome long-standing disadvantages: illiteracy, poverty, lack of basic community services, and lack of respect for women's abilities and contributions. Profiles of 10 Mayan women describe their educational experiences and their community development work, particularly in the area of community health care. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Health Services, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Illiteracy, Individual Development, Maya (People), Poverty, Profiles, Rural Women, Self Help Programs, Sex Bias, Womens Education
For full text: http://www.iaf.gov/publications/Journal/2003 24 1 en/IAF GRD 2003.pdf.
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Guatemala
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