Libros de Unesco (2 libros)

Study Abroad 2006-2007 contains some 2,900 entries concerning post-secondary education and training in all academic and professional fields in countries throughout the world. Key features include information on: Study opportunities and financial assistance available to students wishing to study in a foreign country; National systems of higher education; Open and distance learning (ODL) opportunities; Validation of foreign qualifications; How to search for quality institutions of higher education including warnings about bogus institutions. This is a trilingual edition: French/English/Spanish.

This study of family, household and gender relations in Latin America by leading specialists illustrates new approaches to the subject developed by researchers from the region over the last decade and reflects advances made in studies that concern the work and place of women in society. The volume is divided into four sections: analytical perspectives on family and gender; production and reproduction; family and kinship networks; and social classes and lifestyles. Each of the sections is prefaced with an introduction that highlights the essential contribution that women make to society in...