Gender Disparity in Third World Technological, Social, and Economic Development

Despite their seemingly intractable problems, Third World countries have made remarkable progress in improving the well-being of their people in recent decades… A troubling concern, however, is the notion that gains from progress have not been equally beneficial to the genders… This article is about Third World women in relation to technological and socioeconomic progress. It examines the differential gender outcome of this progress and probable causes…