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Possible Selves Mapping Intervention: Rural Women and Beyond

Blythe Shepard and Seanna Quressette

2010

As economic, environmental, technological, and social changes continue to transform rural areas, women face particular challenges in managing their work lives (McAtee & Benshoff, 2006; O’Toole & MacGarvey, 2003). Entrenched ideas about women's roles, insecurity of seasonal employment, the distance to work and training sites, and the characteristics of jobs in the new economy provide particular challenges for women in the rural labour market. Women in rural areas often experience triple disadvantage because of their gender, their location, and the interactions between the two.

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