"Papers presented at a symposium convened in conjunction with the 45th International Congress of Americanists, held in Bogotá, Colombia, July 1985."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Rural women and the neo-liberal model in Chile / Maria Soledad Lago -- Agricultural development, the economic crisis, and rural women in the Dominican Republic / Belkis Mones and Lydia Grant -- The social invisibility of women's work in Brazilian agriculture / Cheywa R. Spindel -- Mexican agricultural development policy and its impact on rural women / Lourdes Arizpe and Carlota Botey -- Columbia agricultural policies and the debate on policies toward rural women / Magdalena León -- Women, development, and the state in rural Ecuador / Lynne Phillips -- Impact of the Sandinista agrarian reform on rural women's subordination / Martha Luz Padilla, Clara Murguialday, and Ana Criquillon -- Women on the agenda / Jean Stubbs and Mavis Alvarez -- The Latin American agrarian reform experience / Carmen Diana Deere -- Women's components in integrated rural development projects / Elsa M. Chaney -- Income generation projects for rural women / Cornelia Butler Flora -- Rural women and migration in Latin America / Maria de los Angeles Crummett.