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Pioneers or pawns? : women health workers and the politics of development in Yemen / Marina de Regt.
Lippincott Library HC415.34.Z9 E443 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Regt, Marina.
- Series:
- Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development projects--Yemen (Republic).
- Economic development projects.
- Women--Yemen (Republic).
- Women.
- Medical personnel--Yemen (Republic).
- Medical personnel.
- Yemen (Republic).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 383 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- From academic research to development work and back again
- Women, health-care work, and the politics of development
- Developing the nation
- A Dutch-Yemeni project
- Longing for education : women from the city
- The first phase of the project, 1985-1988
- Looking for employment : women from the Squatter areas
- The project at its peak, 1988-1993
- Dreaming of a better future : women from the new Squatter areas
- The last phase of the project, 1993-2002.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-364) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815631217
- 0815631219
- OCLC:
- 129950876
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