Unequal Citizens: A Study of Muslim Women in India

Contents: 1. Socio economic status of households. 2. Education. 3. Marriage. 4. Women\'s work. 5. Decision-making. 6. Mobility. 7. Domestic violence. 8. Access to basic amenities and awareness of welfare schemes. 9. Women\'s participation in the political process. 10. Access to mass media. Conclusion. Appendix.

"This Path-breaking study dispels popular misperceptions and stereotypes regarding the status of Muslim women in India  and seriously engages with academic debates on gender and Islam. The date and interpretative analysis, based on the first-ever national survey of Muslim and Hindu women of India, cover a range of issues from education, work, socio economic status, and marriage to autonomy, mobility, domestic violence,  access to welfare, and political participation. The book will interest political scientists, historians, demographers, sociologists and social anthropologists, as also activists, journalists and policy planners." (jacket)