forces that impact the creation of boundaries or those that direct change are analysed. How women's boundaries and spaces are … a value create a siege binding women spaces within the village and impact on their use of time: education is an … important force that manages to crack the siege and open up to women some public space within the village. Outside forces for …

livelihood constraints of the rural women they set out to support. This is a failing that might be due to the omission of women … Upper East and Northern Regions in Ghana, we explored women and men’s notions of the processes and outcomes of empowerment …. We began by understanding the basis of women’s disempowerment and confirmed its location within agricultural production …

Selected study findings on rural women's economic activities, with implications, lessons learnt and recommendations for … extension services were presented in findings no. 46, August 1995. To reiterate, the sector study, rural women in the Sahel and …