Clift, Elayne (author) and World Health Organization
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
unknown
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28223
Notes:
Published in 2001. Posted online at http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/RHR_01_22/information_education_communication_lessons_from_past.pdf
10 pages, Decentralization of water management in Namibia follows a community-based co-management approach, emphasizing the inclusion of women in local leadership. Building on a random sample of 32 water point chairpersons, 17 female and 15 male, and 384 villagers in rural northern Namibia, we document that women are equally represented as chairpersons and that they are significantly more educated and younger than their male counterparts. However, most of the female leaders come from the family of the traditional leader. We then show that opinions about the role of a leader (such as the belief that ‘men make better leaders’ or ‘it is sometimes acceptable to take a bribe’) do not differ between male and female leaders. However, their opinions differ significantly from those of the average villager. Thus, our assessment reveals that although men and women are equally represented in numbers, it has not necessarily led to the adoption of new ideas about and conceptions of leadership and gender roles in practice so far. We discuss how some aspects of the democratic blueprint are accepted while others are rejected, adapted, or transformed to fit local specificities.
Shepherd, R.P. (author) and Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
1917-03-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24816
Notes:
Presented at an Agricultural Publishers Association meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 7, 1917. 3 pages., Suggests roles for the farm press in strengthening communities.
White, Frank B. (author / Managing Director, Agricultural Publishers Association) and Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
1918
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24825
Notes:
2 pages., Regarding need for repeal of the zone postage rate legislation soon to go into effect. "But the farmer will be the chief sufferer from the enforcement of this foolish law because he will be denied access to information upon which he is largely dependent for the prosecution of his industry."
White, Frank B. (author / Managing Director, Agricultural Publishers Association) and Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
1918
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24824
Notes:
2 pages., Author argues that pending postage increases for farm periodicals will result in less educational opportunity for farmers. "In nine families out of ten, it is practically the only source of extended education which they have."
