Women Rights in the Global Era

Contents : Introduciton. 1. Evolution of Women Rights: Women in Ancient India. 2. Women in Medieval India. 3. Women in Modern India. 4. Political Status of Women. 5. SOCIAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN : Women Health and Political Governance. 6. Globalisation and Women Health. 7. Policy Initiatives and Women Health in Globalised India. 8. The Government Initiative for the Improvement of Girl Child Sex Ratio : An Analysis. 9. Bad to Worse : Pros and Cons of Global Medical Technology. 10. Sex Difference and Child Mortality in India. 11. The Maternal Health Care and Women in South Asia. 12. Fertility Rate and Population Control; Globalisation and Women Education in India. 13. Government Policies and Women Education; Literacy Rate Trends. 14.  Higher Education and Women. 15. Crime Against Women : An Analysis. 16. ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF WOMEN: Global Investment and SEZ. 17. The Global Efforts and the Real Position of Women. 18. Gender Budgeting and National Perspective Plan for Women 1988-2000. 19. Policies and Programme for Development and Empowerment of Women. 20. Women Employment and Empowerment in India: An Analysis. 21. Industrial Distribution of Workforce; Women in Organised and Unorganised Sector: An Analysis. 22. POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN : Women Participation and the Indian Politics since Independence. Conclusion.

Globalisation is an influencing force both in the positive and negative forms. The people across the globe and especially the people in the developing countries are influenced by the global investment, technology and the free-flow of knowledge and the ideas of global and human governance. The impact of globalisation is relative to group identity, geographical location, culture, gender and the skill capacity of the individuals. (jacket)