Women Welfare and Empowerment in India : Vision for 21 Century

Contents: I. Health, nutrition and fertility of women: 1. Tribal women of Gujarat: HIV/AIDS: Awareness and education/Avani Maniar. 2. Reproductive health of adolescent girls/Varsha Parikh. 3. Fertility and health of rural women/Neerja Jaiswal. 4. Adolescent nutrition/Uma Iyer, Shruti Shah, Shonima Venugopal and Kavita Sharma. 5. Counseling mothers in child feeding practices/Kavita Sharma, Rajul Jain and Uma Iyer. 6. Gender differences in experiencing childlessness/Bhamini Mehta and Shagufa Kapadia. 7. Women and child health/Mini Sheth. 8. Health status of women/B. Suguna and G. Sandhya Rani. 9. Reproductive health status of women/Shalini Sharma and Simran K. Sidhu. 10. Empowering older women for successful ageing/Indira Mallaya and Bhagyashree Hakim. II. Education and training of women: 11. Adult education for women/Rameshwari Pandya and Richa Kapoor. 12. Women empowerment through education/Y. Bhaskaracharyulu, D. Pulla Rao and Y. Nirmala. 13. Role of school in gender equality/Manisha Pathak-Shelat. 14. Women and education/Mumtas N.S. 15. Education for women/K. Thangamani. 16. Consumer education for women empowerment/Rameshwari Pandya. III. Employment of women: 17. Institutional management for children/Rameshwari Pandya and Darshini Durkal. 18. Women police: public perception/Om Raj Singh. 19. Globalisation and employment status of women in India/Tejpreet Kaur Kang. 20. Women\'s work and empowerment/Trupti T. Shah. 21. Women and self-employment/Saraswati Raju Iyer. 22. Emotional intelligence at work place/Om Raj Singh. IV. Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and empowerment of women: 23. Empowerment of women in Kerala: a case study/V. Girija Devi. 24. Economic reforms and women empowerment/Harnek Singh, Muninder Sidhu and Gaganpreet Kaur. 25. Empowerment of women through micro finance/D. Padmavathi. 26. Empowerment of women in India/Ravi Prakash Yadav, Raginideep and Puja Roy. 27. Role of banks in women empowerment/Habilslade O. Ogale. 28. Welfare, development and empowerment of women: the Indian experience/Praveen Devgan. 29. Towards women empowerment/Manjari Acharya and Rupal N. Thakkar. V. Problems of rural women: 30. Rural women work force/Tinku Paul. 31. Women in Agriculture in Punjab/D.S. Dhillon and Harnek Singh. 32. Women in agriculture/Minaxi Pathak. 33. Rural female agricultural workers in West Bengal/Jabir Hasan Khan and Md. Mustaquim. 34. Gender issues in agriculture/Rekha Bhagat and Surya S. 35. Role of women in agricultural sector/Varsha H. Patil and Vidya R. Khapli. VI. Women, media, politics and human rights: 36. Women prisoners/Smriti Bhosle. 37. Women employment and quality of life/Madhur Bala and O.P. Monga. 38. Women in urban slums/Rameshwari Pandya and Anuradha Mathu. 39. Women and media/H.R. Sudhindra. 40. Women in politics/Rameshwari Pandya and Babita Shukla. 41. Women stone-breakers: violation of human rights/Mausumi Majumdar. 42. Women and mass media/Poonam Tiwari. Index.

"In India, policies and programmes of the government at different levels cover various dimensions and strategies of gender development. Over the years, efforts have been made to empower women socially, economically and politically. However, due to lack of synergy and coordination, the achievements are not satisfactory. It is imperative that an integrated policy and strategy be formulated to address economic, social and political issues related to women along with the requisite programmes and schemes.

Though India has created protective legislations for women, the enactments have not been easy to implement. The vastness of the country, the scattered nature of women workers, their lack of education and legal literacy, the indifferent attitude of government bureaucracy have all contributed to the continuing vulnerability of women. This is true not only of rural unorganised women, but also of urban women workers. Although the constitutional commitments to women find reflections in the planning process, legislations, policies and programmes of the Central and State Governments yet the current socio-economic status of women is unsatisfactory in terms of almost all important indicators of human development.

This book has emerged from the research papers contributed by social scientists and academicians from different parts of India, focusing on specific gender-related issues. The volume will provide valuable information and inputs to academicians, researchers, NGOs, and government agencies and functionaries. It contains 42 research contributions related to women issues. These contributions have been categorised into the following six theme parts." (jacket)