Synopsis "The difficulties faced by rural women of the Himalayas is a great challenge to the scientists and technologists. The present study stresses the necessity of according priority to appropriate policy intervention and action programme designed in the area of science and technology. The book is multi-disciplinary investigation into various aspects of socio-economic problems of the rural women. It also provides a comprehensive, scientific and technological solution for their work and lives. The process of science and technology promotion among them prerequisites a technology model. In this pioneering work, with contributors study critically almost all the key issues in the category of women's work. The book is an effort to bring together experiences of multi-disciplinary scientists and scholars working in the vast track of the Himalaya."