Pots, plates and tinpis: new income flows and the strengthening of women's gendered identities in Papua New Guinea

Gina Koczberski reports on the recently introduced Mama Lus Frut scheme in the oil palm smallholder sector in Papua New Guinea to remunerate women separately for their work on family-owned oil palm holdings. The scheme provides an example of the way in which women respond to new economic opportuniti...

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Main Author: Koczberski, Gina
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2002
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33502
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description Gina Koczberski reports on the recently introduced Mama Lus Frut scheme in the oil palm smallholder sector in Papua New Guinea to remunerate women separately for their work on family-owned oil palm holdings. The scheme provides an example of the way in which women respond to new economic opportunities to redefine and strengthen their identities and relationships within the home and the wider community.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-335022017-01-30T13:37:29Z Pots, plates and tinpis: new income flows and the strengthening of women's gendered identities in Papua New Guinea Koczberski, Gina cash crops - domestic sphere - economic empowerment - indigenous economy - oil palm - gender Gina Koczberski reports on the recently introduced Mama Lus Frut scheme in the oil palm smallholder sector in Papua New Guinea to remunerate women separately for their work on family-owned oil palm holdings. The scheme provides an example of the way in which women respond to new economic opportunities to redefine and strengthen their identities and relationships within the home and the wider community. 2002 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33502 fulltext
spellingShingle cash crops - domestic sphere - economic empowerment - indigenous economy - oil palm - gender
Koczberski, Gina
Pots, plates and tinpis: new income flows and the strengthening of women's gendered identities in Papua New Guinea
title Pots, plates and tinpis: new income flows and the strengthening of women's gendered identities in Papua New Guinea
title_full Pots, plates and tinpis: new income flows and the strengthening of women's gendered identities in Papua New Guinea
title_fullStr Pots, plates and tinpis: new income flows and the strengthening of women's gendered identities in Papua New Guinea
title_full_unstemmed Pots, plates and tinpis: new income flows and the strengthening of women's gendered identities in Papua New Guinea
title_short Pots, plates and tinpis: new income flows and the strengthening of women's gendered identities in Papua New Guinea
title_sort pots, plates and tinpis: new income flows and the strengthening of women's gendered identities in papua new guinea
topic cash crops - domestic sphere - economic empowerment - indigenous economy - oil palm - gender
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33502