Gender and Development

Contents: Introduction. I. Gender and Development. 1. Women work force – A Force to reckon with/Vaijayanta Anand. 2. Gender, Development and its impact on work/Sunita Kaistha. 3. Strategies for making men use gender glasses/Hans Lundkvist. 4. Changes in the socio-economic status of tribal women in valod (South Gujarat)/Rekha Talmaki. II. Gender Work and Health. 5. Socio cultural and gender barriers to health access of Paharias: a Primitive tribal group in Odisha/Padma Lochan Barma. 6. The Role of gender in the perception of leadership effectiveness and influence strategies/Dhvani Patel and Urmi Nanda Biswas. 7. Mental Health and migration of tribal and non-tribal women labour in Jharkhand: A Socio-psychological study/Renu Dewan. 8. Reproductive Health problems of women in Mumbai: A Need for gender-sensitive policy reforms/Usha Sukumar Iyer. 9. Involvement of women in positive prevention of HIV/Sadhna Jain. 10. A study of influence of stress on physical and mental health of female secondary school teachers of Pune City/Sunita Malkothe. 11. Globalization and women’s work/Ruby Ohja. 12. Health issues of health workers: A case study of nurses in Mumbai/Aarti Prasad. 13. The challenge of migration – Increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS/Amita Sahaya. 14. Gender and reproductive health of the women workers in the cotton textile mills of the Bombay Presidency/Meherjyoti Sangle. 15. Stress at work and risk of stroke among working women – A Literature study/Susanna Toivanen. 16. Gender glasses on work-related issues/Hanna Westberg. III. Sustainable Development in South Asia. 17. Impact of Microfinance on Empowerment of women/Sujatha Gangadhar. 18. Weaving dreams, living a nightmare exploitation of women and children in silk industry of Varanasi in India/Archana Kaushik. 19. Revealing-gendering structures and process sin working life – A methodological challenge/Annika Harenstam.

This book is our endeavour to chart the emerging rends in the issues of women, work and health against the dynamics of today’s globalized world. These changes touch the various spheres of women’s lives related to the fields of : Gender and development, Gender, Work and Health sustainability development in South Asia.

This book reflects the innovative thought processes of women across the world and the courage and determination manifested by them as they address the challenges that have come their way.