Meena Gokhale, Preeti Karmarkar

Expanding Horizons - An Empirical Study of Women AI Technicians

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rural women substantially contribute to their families and communities mainly through agricultural and rearing and management of livestock. Most of the rural women are primarily engaged in gender based stereo-type work and have service orientation and in a sense extension of women¿s traditional role of care and support. This is the unique and only experiment at rural level, where women are successfully operating in the male dominated profession. In relation with working scenario of women, certain assumptions are prevailing in society. The myths are: Myth 1: Cattle breeding is a highly technical work and a woman cannot do this work. Myth 2: Cattle breeding work demands being mobile and attending calls at odd times and odd hours of the day, which is difficult for a woman. Myth 3: A woman cannot have both, family and profession. Myth 4: Rural communities will not accept woman performing the work of AI. Myth 5: Accepting a woman as AI worker is difficult task for male coworkers, supervisors and senior level management. The findings of this study indicate that these assumptions are myth and women can successfully work as AI technicians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9786202058223
• ISBN-10: 6202058226
• Artikelnr.: 62579458

Autorenporträt

Meena Gokhale, MA, Tata Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Índia Meena é uma profissional do desenvolvimento que trabalha há 30 anos com questões relacionadas com as mulheres, os direitos das crianças e os meios de subsistência. Preeti Karmarkar, MA, Universidade de Pune, Índia Preeti é socióloga, especialista em questões de género e está ativamente envolvida no movimento das mulheres na Índia há 20 anos.