Gender and Space : Multidisciplinary Insights

Contents: Preface. 1. Status of women in India: evidence on selected parameters/Shilpa Chaudhary. 2. Violence against women in India/Sunita Pareek. 3. Dalit women: the Dalit among Dalits/Vrishti Kanojia. 4. Gender asymmetry: a qualitative study mapping relational realities/Gyatri. 5. Women representation in Panchayati Raj Institutions/Joginder Singh. 6. Gender mainstreaming: a brief study of the constitution of India/Anjana Maitra Sinha. 7. Making of a law: the domestic violence act/Alok Sharma. 8. Possibility of prosecuting pregnant women for foetal abuse/Sunanda Bharti. 9. Women agencies and crime against women/Anamika Jha. 10. Women empowerment: Role of corporate laws (details from companies Act 2013, listing obligations and disclosure requirements/Anjala Kalsie. 11. Transgression of gender in the service of production in call centres/Garima Kumar. 12. Gender and aspirations in school space/Gunjan Sharma. 13. Locating gender in Indian advertisements/Harpreet Bahri Grover. 14. Exploring gender and sexuality in Hindi films/Surabhika Maheshwari. 15. Gender diversity in the boardroom: issues and challenges/Shweta Sharda. 16. The body as space: gender, sexuality and politics of power in Ismat Chughtai’s Lihaaf and Sadaat Hasan Manto’s Thanda Gosht/Manisha Mathur. 17. Life and writings of Zaiva str+Mkrti Trayam: gender perspective (Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Akka Mahadevi, and Lal Ded)/Venkata Ramaiah Gampa. 18. Scrutinizing the personal identity through the prism of gender in narratives “princely imposter/Ruchika Singh…..