Proceedings of "Do It Herself" -- Women and Technological Innovation, Africa Regional Seminar, 23-24 September 1991, Harare, Zimbabwe

Women have long been regarded as 'non technological' whilst men have always been granted credit for technological innovations by technical development specialists. Despite the fact that it is women who are widespread users of small-scale technologies with extensive knowledge of their environments and production systems, research and development of new tools and techniques has tended to focus on men's activities, and improved equipment has often been introduced to men even where women have been the traditional operators. (author) Includes following case studies:

• Processing and fermentation of sorghum in Sudan
• Salt extraction in Sierra Leone
• The use and processing of indigenous fruits in Zimbabwe
• Fish processing at Lake Victoria, Uganda
• Cassava processing in the Luwero District of Uganda
• Women potters in the Kisumu District of Kenya
• Indigenous food plants in Kenya and
• Shea butter extraction in Ghana.

42 pp