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

Koczberski, Gina

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Koczberski, Gina

Date

2002

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Journal Article

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Koczberski, Gina. 2002. Pots, plates and tinpis: new income flows and the strengthening of women's gendered identities in Papua New Guinea. Development 45 (1): 88-92.

Source Title

Development

Faculty

Department of Social Sciences

Division of Humanities

Faculty of Media, Society and Culture (MSC)

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Development

ISSN 1011-6370

Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the Society for International Development (SID)

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33502

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

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.