ABSTRACT
Stereotypes regarding women's subordinate "traditional" role and status originate from the same unilinear view that considers all cultural traditions of the developing countries as antithetical to development. Contemporary attention has shifted to the examination of the structure of women's exploitation and the effects of colonialism, neocolonialism, imperialism, and capitalist- and socialist-oriented development strategies on women's economic, political, and social role and status. In addition, the resolution invites the proposed Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology to give due regard to the perspectives and interests of women in its activities and to review the progress in implementing the resolution in its annual reports. National and regional analyses of socioeconomic problems relevant to science and technology were made during the preparatory process of the Conference. Deficiencies in female educational opportunities, qualitative as well as quantitative, particularly the exclusion of women from scientific-technological training, perpetuate inequalities between men and women in science and technology research and development manpower.
