Friday, March 7, 2008

........at the onset of women's day


GENDER IN TECHNOLOGICAL ECONOMY
By:- Dr. Pravina Pandya
........at the onset of women's day

Gender is a categorization based on Sex that places people in to two groups, - Male and Female. These two groups are often biologically, Sociologically, psychologically and physiologically influenced. Gender is based on Four aspects, like:- Assignment, Role, Identity and Attribution. The patriarchal structure has molded the life of women and man in society, thus giving them different roles and identity. Gender and economic development evolved form the women in development approach, which stated in the 1970es. After a study by ESTHAR BOSERUP (1970) women’s role in economic development which high lighted that DIVISION OF LABOUR IN ALL SOCIETYIES VARIWES BETWEEN GROUPS AND SOCIAL CLASSES, economic changes affect differently on women and man, and that third world women are key contributors to the development. There was a lot of concern by UN agencies and governments on how to include women in development. Up to 1985, the approach was women in development which views women as a problem due to exclusion, thus focused on women in development which was radical a liberal approach was introduced to look at man and women as partners in development process. There was a number of industries as well as some work-shops breweries dominated both the position of job creation, quality of the final products and the contribution to treasury. Also it covers the field of agri-industries, most of service sectors and industrial sectors. Reforms were begun and process of implementation in order to allow the country to erase the obstacles that slow downs the growth path. So new technology introduce in all sectors. This mechanism of technology applied THREE steps like, Activities, Occupations and New Innovations. To explain the process by which all these steps become GENDER.

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