Women Empowerment and Self Help Group : Gender Disparity and Democratic Safety
Contents: Preface. 1. Women\'s empowerment situation in rural India. 2. Effect of violence and impact of women\'s empowerment. 3. Gender equality and women\'s empowerment in India. 4. Women in self help groups. 5. Women\'s role in good governance. 6. Women in leadership positions. 7. Women in self help groups and Panchayati Raj institutions. 8. Rights and social work for women. 9. Women and the economy in India. 10. The effects of political reservations for women. 11. National policy for the empowerment of women. Index.
It is a unique book in many ways, which might challenge familiar academic classifications and concepts. Its contributions come from a typical mix of academicians and activists. Its coverage has been comprehensive and balanced insofar as it deals with both conceptual and practical issues. This book is written on the numerous aspects of women empowerment and self help group. The objective of this book is to give the complete knowledge about the women and their traditions by which reader can learn about all of them. We hope that the concepts written in this book will help the reader to understand and learn about the Women Empowerment and Self Help Groups in a most comprehensive way.
In the book the chronology of women\'s situation in Indian society has been explained. The main social evils such as dowry, violence and domestic limitations are explained with the specific attention on gender disparity and the second grade status of women in Indian society. The self help group and safety measures have been defined so as to uplift the social and economic involvement in decisions of women in the family and society. It has also been explained hat because of constitutional safety and reservations in the govt. institutions and services the social thinking of every individual is being changed in the current phase of globalization. (jacket)
It is a unique book in many ways, which might challenge familiar academic classifications and concepts. Its contributions come from a typical mix of academicians and activists. Its coverage has been comprehensive and balanced insofar as it deals with both conceptual and practical issues. This book is written on the numerous aspects of women empowerment and self help group. The objective of this book is to give the complete knowledge about the women and their traditions by which reader can learn about all of them. We hope that the concepts written in this book will help the reader to understand and learn about the Women Empowerment and Self Help Groups in a most comprehensive way.
In the book the chronology of women\'s situation in Indian society has been explained. The main social evils such as dowry, violence and domestic limitations are explained with the specific attention on gender disparity and the second grade status of women in Indian society. The self help group and safety measures have been defined so as to uplift the social and economic involvement in decisions of women in the family and society. It has also been explained hat because of constitutional safety and reservations in the govt. institutions and services the social thinking of every individual is being changed in the current phase of globalization. (jacket)
