Gender Working Group, United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Published by Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd, London, 1995. ISBN 0-88936-765-5 (IDRC) / 0-85339-8 (IT Publications), 371 pages. [Chapter 10 is a revised version of UNU-INTECH Discussion Paper 9512 by Swasti Mitter]

Abstract
This book addresses important science and technology policy issues relating to the impact of technical change on women's lives, especially on employment. The book explores issues related to science, technology, and gender, focusing primarily but not exclusively on the basic needs of people in rural areas of the developing world.
The essays diagnose the ways in which science and technology have differentially affected the lives of men and women in various key sectors: environment, health, agriculture, energy, information, education, employment, small and medium-sized enterprises, and indigenous knowledge systems. Allowing that scientific and technological interventions have improved many aspects of women's lives, particularly in the area of maternal and infant health, at the same time, over the last three decades, women in developing countries have become disproportionately poor in relation to men in their own communities.

Conclusions are drawn regarding the gender-specific nature of technical change, and gender inequity in education and careers in science and technology, and specific recommendations are presented for transformative action.

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