Gender Issues and Social Dynamics

Contents: Preface. 1. Women, mothers and daughters: education and the new world. 2. Fertility and the status of women. 3. Male migration and Indian rural women. 4. Women\'s work and migration. 5. Waiting for returning menfolk: a study from south-east Asia. 6. Women and social change under law. 7. Women and social change: an overview of Islamic society. 8. Female-headed households and family. 9. Sons and daughters : sociology of fertility. 10. Tradition and female identity : a study of women and home in Bangladesh. 11. Women left behind: a case study of some effects of Turkish emigration. 12. Women in a tribal community. 13. Dilemma of liberation : a study of Palestinian women. Index.

Statistics speak volumes about the true status of women in our society. There is a dowry death every 102 minutes, a rape every 54 minutes and a kidnapping or abduction of a girl or woman every 43 minutes. Yet, on the other hand, there are countless numbers of legislations and many more numbers of organizations, institutions, departments, bodies and committees working for the betterment of women in society. The present compilation attempts to bring together papers, articles, essays, discussion notes and excerpts that serve to highlight gender issues and social dynamics within which all efforts have to be made in the crucial area of women’s development.

The volume also presents in its entirety, the government policies and initiatives in this direction. The publication will be of immense use to students, researchers and professionals in the field of social and sociological contexts of the great gender debate.