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Women in the estate sector of Malawi: the tea and tobacco industries

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  • Vaughan M.
  • Chipande Ghr.

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Working paper on sex discrimination, the economic role and agricultural employment of rural women as plantation worker in Malawi. Examines labour force participation of women workers as seasonal workers or in part-time employment, unpaid work of married women and homemakers on tea and tobacco plantations. Discusses wage structures, working conditions, living conditions, the role of the traditional family structures and tenancy. Bibliography and statistical tables.

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  • Vaughan M. & Chipande Ghr., 1986. "Women in the estate sector of Malawi: the tea and tobacco industries," ILO Working Papers 992464933402676, International Labour Organization.
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    1. Beneria, Lourdes, 1979. "Reproduction, Production and the Sexual Division of Labour," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 3(3), pages 203-225, September.
    2. Kydd, Jonathan & Christiansen, Robert, 1982. "Structural change in Malawi since independence: Consequences of a development strategy based on large-scale agriculture," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 10(5), pages 355-375, May.
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