Vietnam’s Women in Transition

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Vietnamese Women in a Confucian Setting: The Causes of the Initial Decline in the Status of East Asian Women....Pages 21-37
Women and Revolution in Vietnam....Pages 38-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Women, Marriage, Family, and Gender Equality....Pages 61-73
Divorce and its Impact on Women and Families in Ho Chi Minh City....Pages 74-86
Remarks on Women Who Live Without Husbands....Pages 87-92
Abortions in Two Rural Communes in Thai Binh Province, Vietnam....Pages 93-109
Gender and the Allocation of Time: Impact on the Household Economy....Pages 110-122
Women’s Employment, Education, Fertility, and Family Planning in Vietnam: An Economic Perspective....Pages 123-143
Industrialization and Economic Development: The Costs to Women....Pages 144-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
The Vietnamese Woman in Vietnam’s Process of Change....Pages 159-166
Female Workers at Thanh Cong Textile Company in the Renovation Process....Pages 167-178
Homeless and Street-Women in Poverty in the Informal Economic Sector in Hanoi....Pages 179-184
Female Labour and Objectives of the Economic Development in Ho Chi Minh City....Pages 185-190
The Vietnamese Woman in Scientific Creation and Technological Transference....Pages 191-198
On the Problem of Health Protection for Female Labourers....Pages 199-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Women and Institutional Changes in a Developing Rural Area....Pages 207-213
The Direct Loan of Capital from the Bank to Develop Production and Gender Equality....Pages 214-225
The Real State of Forestry Workers’ and Peasants’ Families in the Area of Paper-Making in North Vietnam....Pages 226-235
Women Engaged in Household Economy: The Programme of Poverty Alleviation in Areas Outside Ho Chi Minh City....Pages 236-245
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Rural Women: Agriculture and the Environment in Vietnam....Pages 246-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Domestic Violence in Vietnam and Efforts to Curb it....Pages 263-274
Sexual Assault in the United States and Vietnam: Some Thoughts and Questions....Pages 275-286
Violence Against Women in the Family: The United States and Vietnam....Pages 287-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Women After Wars: Puzzles and Warnings....Pages 299-315
Back Matter....Pages 317-332