Women Working A Woman's Touch

Record ID: 126927
  • Title: Women Working A Woman's Touch
  • Date: 19th April 1989
  • Summary: A WOMAN'S TOUCH - THE SOUTH WALES VALLEYS WERE THE HEARTLAND OF BRITISH COAL MINING. AS THE PITS CLOSE THERE IS LITTLE WORK FOR THE MEN. IT'S PREDICTED THAT BY THE END OF THE CENTURY MORE WOMEN THAN MEN WILL BE WORKING. THE ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY EMPLOYS WOMEN AS LOW PAID ASSEMBLY LINE WORKERS. THEY SAY WOMEN HAVE NIMBLE FINGERS. SOME WOMEN SAY MEN WOULDN'T DO SUCH BORING WORK. WOMEN GO OUT TO WORK WHILE THE MEN STAY AT HOME AND LOOK AFTER THE CHILDREN. CHANGES ARE SLOW AND SOMETIMES PAINFUL AS INDUSTRY MAKES IT'S PRESENCE FELT IN THE HOME. WITH:KERI AND TIM PHIBBEN, PETER GETHIN, GWYNETH WILLIAMS, WYN BEVAN, LIL EDWARDS.
  • Description:FOUR FILMS LOOKING AT THE CHANGING PATTERNS OF WOMEN'S WORK. NOT THE FEW PROFESSIONAL WOMEN AT THE TOP BUT THE WAY MOST WOMEN WORK - IN THE LOWEST PAID AND LEAST SKILLED JOBS
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:CineContact
  • Programme Episode:Episode 4
  • Transmission Date:19/04/1989
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1980s
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