Gender and Indian Society

Contents: 1. Gender Stereotypes, Discriminations and Disparities in Agriculture and Allied Sectors: Breaking the Glass Ceiling/Sudhanand Prasad Lal and Ananya Jarh. 2. Genders Roles in Agriculture and Allied Sector/I.N. Bhabhor and R.S. Ghasura. 3. Women in Dairy Farming/Esakkimuthu M and Anitha G. 4. Gender Stereotypes and Discrimination in Agriculture and Livestock/Naveen Kumar M.R., Jegadeesan M. and Deepika S. 5. Progress of Women Empowerment: Women Empowerment in India and Global Nations, Objectives of Women Empowerment and Methods of Women Empowerment/Shireesha, K. 6. Women Empowerment through Entrepreneurship Development/Tanweer Ahmed, Pavitra V and Sanketh C.V. 7. Involvement of Tribal Farmwomen in Agriculture Practices in Chhotaudepur District of Gujarat State/Kiran Chandravadia, Minaxi Bariya and Sandip Kumbhani. 8. Health Deprivation and Women – Exploring the Dynamics of Culture, Gender and Survival/Reeja George P. 9. Women Empowerment and Social Justice in India - Special Reference to Bihar/Nidhi Sinha. 10. Gender Equality: Law, Education, Society and the State of Kerala/Reeja George P. and Anu George. 11. Gender Empowerment: Constitutional Provisions, Issues and Challenges/Radhakrishnan P. 12. COVID-19 and Vulnerability of Migrant Workers: A Gender Analysis of Odisha Situations/Rajadarshini Patra. 13. Consequences of Reverse Migration in Household Income and Nutrition : Gender Perspectives/CharlesJeeva J., Ananta Sarkar and Srivastava S.K. 14. Pandemic and Livelihood Means of Farmwomen/Lipi Das. 15. Gender Disparity in Leadership and Future Prospects/Sabita Mondal. 16. Women in Leadership and its Implications for Society/Latha C. and Reeja George P.

The status of women is the basis of society’s progress and is fundamental to human development. The Constitution of India also states that all citizens, regardless of caste/ creed / race / origin, should not be deprived of their human dignity. Gender equality is fundamental to sustainable and globally accepted development as a necessity for the promotion of human rights. Women are regularly expected to change their positions according to the necessities of their accomplices or family. This book will provide a single platform on the topics related to gender. It covers Gender Stereotypes, Discriminations and Disparities, Genders Roles in Agriculture and Allied Sector, women empowerment, Social Justice, health and related issues, Gender Equality, Law, Education, Society and related issues, Women in Leadership and its Implications for Society gender perspective of COVID and Consequences of Reverse Migration in Household Income and Nutrition, how pandemic has influenced livelihood of women, etc. This book shall serve the purpose for academia sector especially for students, teachers and research scholars in the field of gender, sociology and extension science. This book shall be useful for high level competitive examinations conducted by ASRB, UGC, administrative and civil service examinations. The book is well referenced, making skillful use of first-person sources. The authors place on record to acknowledge the various sources of references from where this book is compiled.