Gender Justice and Women Empowerment : An Integrated Approach

Gender justice entails eradicating the inequalities between men and women that are produced and reproduced in the family community market and society. Gender equality and women empowerment are catalysts for magnifying the development efforts. The socio-economic political psychological and legal empowerment of women is a pre-requisite for ensuring pro-poor growth and sustainable development leading to the attainment of United Nations Millennium development goals. The book is a compilation of well researched papers which discuses the various facets of gender justice gender equality and women empowerment by covering diverse aspects such as historical, constitutional, social, economic, political as well as psychological. This book will be useful to the planners policy makers, administrators and researchers suggesting alternative strategies for eliminating gender inequalities and achieving gender justice as well as for empowering women. (jacket)