Gender in Caribbean development : papers presented at the Inaugural Seminar of the University of the West Indies, Women and Development Studies Project / edited by Patricia Mohammed, Catherine Shepherd ; with a new foreword by Elsa Leo-Rhynie. - 2nd ed. - Kingston, Jamaica : Canoe Press University of the West Indies, 1999. - xxii, 360 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

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Women in development--Caribbean Area.
Women--Social conditions.--Caribbean Area
Feminism--Caribbean Area.
Sex role--Caribbean Area.
Feminism.
Sex role.
Women in development.
Women--Social conditions.


Caribbean Area.

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