Gender and Development in India: The Indian Scenario

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Gyan Publishing House, 2008 - Business & Economics - 395 pages
SECTION I-GENDER EQUALITY I. Gender Equality in India 2. Gender, Feminism and Women's Movements 3. Policies and Programmes for Women in India 4. Efforts at National and International Level for Gender and Development 5. Women Studies - A Growing Area of Concern 6. Women Administrators 7. Higher Education for Women 8. Challenges of Women Entrepreneurship SECTION 2-WOMEN AND VIOLENCE 9. Women and Violence 10. Dowry Violence: A Major Problem of Women Race SECTION 3-REPRODUCfIVE HEALTH OF WOMEN 11. Concern for Womens Reproductive Health 12. Counselling Women for Reproductive Health of Women SECTION 4-USING FOLK FOR GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT 13. Using Folk to Spread Awareness Regarding HIV/AIDS 14. Using Puppetry for Spreading Development 15. To Impart Importance of Girls Education in Assam 16. Bhavai as a Folk Media for Creating Awareness Index
 

Contents

Acknowledgements
7
Gender Equality in India
13
Gender Feminism and Womens Movements
39
Policies and Programmes for Women in India
79
Efforts at National and International Level for
109
Women Studies A Growing Area of Concern
209
Women Administrators
227
Higher Education for Women
245
Women and Violence
273
A Major Problem of Women Race
293
Concern for Womens Reproductive Health
305
Counselling Women for Reproductive Health
327
Using Folk to Spread Awareness Regarding
347
Using Puppetry for Spreading Development
363
To Impart Importance of Girls Education in Assam
371
Bhavai as a Folk Media for Creating Awareness
379

Challenges of Women Entrepreneurship
253

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