[Pil-pc-oceania] PDCs for women

[Tamara Griffiths]

All extremely topical Rowe. Fantastic.

Love T
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:23:11 +1000
From: rowe at lisp.com.au
To: pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org
Subject: [Pil-pc-oceania] PDCs for women

“Everything real and true only prospers if people remain safe in the shelter of the fruitful earth”Ever since we have known that development focussed on women affects whole countries positively I have taught PDCs for women through the Department of Womens' Affairs in Cambodia and the Viet Nam Women's Union.   Also, at the time I was receiving Aus. Goverment Funding they requested 50% women's participation in other PDCs.   This meant I could insist on women's 50% representation in all courses as a requirement.I found women were free-er and happier to talk and exchange experience in a single sex group.   However they always participated in a mixed group if you told them you needed to hear "every person's voice".   In the PDC courses for women, they usually asked for a lot more information on nutrition and health.   And I added a segment in on these topics.   In particular they asked how to have good skin and shining hair which I took as indicators of a good diet.  On general health they wanted to know about the medicines they could buy from their local 'pharmacies', about antibiotics, pain killers and other such details.   They also wanted to know how to avoid AIDS about which they were deeply fearful and did not know how to control men's behaviour.   Perhaps this isnt quite relevent to the present discussion but may help a bit.   I think if we are doing health and nutrition for women and children we need to have a fairly good unit on these topics with universal principles of health we can all use.Such a lot of positive activities about.........warmly,Rowe 

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