ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey of interrelations between women's social role, maternity and fertility - discusses the social theory background, opportunity cost of children, economic, political, psychic and social status, role rewards, conflicts, etc. Bibliography...

Explores patterns and causes of female headship of households among the three major ethnic communities in Eastern Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim. Argues that female headed households are an enduring feature, not a temporary product of war, and that policies should aim at letting women help...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper presenting a classification scheme for the social roles of women, intended to assist field workers in data collecting and data analysis relevant to the understanding of a range of demographic aspects and employment issues - suggests a framework of role behaviour...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the experience of rural animators in animating rural development processes based on the popular participation of poverty-stricken rural workers in Sri Lanka - analyses the participatory rural Animation processes and role of the animators; describes their...

Focuses on the emerging social group of female-headed households among the Sinhalese in Eastern Sri Lanka. Outlines perceptions of ethnicity in Sri Lanka and examines the indirect costs of ethnic conflict among the Sinhala, Tamils and Muslims. Highlights female-heads' coping strategies, economic...

ILO pub. Article commenting on provisions of the 4 jul 1979 labour legislation in relation to a new framework for labour relations in Spain - outlines the main principles relating to acceptance of conflict, pre-eminence of the collective autonomy, recognition of standard-setting powers of the...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on population theory - discusses interactions between causes and present and future consequences of fertility change, its decrease in western developed countries and low birth rate in Eastern Europe and China, the case for birth control in developing countries, and...

ILO pub. Article on social role of woman workers in contemporary Algerian society - focuses on the destruction of traditional family-based economic structure and the transition to new means of production involving employment of women, changes in life style, and problems of equal opportunity....