Download or read book Dalit Women Towards Development and Empowerment written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dalit Women written by Clarinda Still and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the only ethnographic studies of Dalit women, this book gives a rich account of individual Dalit women’s lives and documents a rise in patriarchy in the community. The author argues that as Dalits’ economic and political position improves, ‘honour’ becomes crucial to social status. One of the ways Dalits accrue honour is by altering patterns of women’s work, education and marriage, and by adopting dominant-caste gender practices. But Dalits are not simply becoming like upper castes; they are simultaneously asserting a distinct, politicised Dalit identity, formed in direct opposition to the dominant castes. They are developing their own ‘politics of culture’. Key to both, the author argues, is the ‘respectability’ of women. This has significant effects on gender equality in the Dalit community.
Download or read book Micro enterprise Development for Dalit Women in Rural India written by Jessica Bird and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overall purpose of this study is to assess various market-based versus aid based approaches to financial autonomy for Dalit women in rural India and the goals and assumptions of the multiple stakeholders involved in each method (mainly, national and international NGOs, the state, and micro-finance organizations). I argue that approaches to income generation such as entrepreneurship, capital investment, and skill building, are based on similar objectives of economic agency, but ultimately lend to different results because of their varying assumptions about "women's empowerment." By separating these approaches into three methods of income generation based on their objective to promote either wages, labor, or capital, the political incentives of each stakeholder becomes more clear. The research presented in my literature review ultimately led me to predict that for Dalit women in India to experience financial autonomy, wage labor that produces immediate outcomes is a more viable route to overall empowerment than entrepreneurship due to its cultural constraints women fact. However, after analyzing my comparative case studies which focused on three different methods of handicraft and textile production facilitated through state, institutional, private stakeholders, I began to see how a a multiple-income generating approach, such as combining the resources of NGOs, micro-finance, and the state, reduces caste and gender barriers to entrepreneurship. Through a feminist and Marxist analysis, I assess the problems that occur when actors determine a blanket approach to empowering all women without considering their diverse contexts, and more specifically, how different identities and standpoints work to inform and oppress notions of empowerment. My interviews with experts in the field have led me to recommend that methods of income generation facilitated through grassroots Self Help Groups is the best way for rural, Dalit women to women to achieve economic agency.
Download or read book Education and Empowerment Among Dalit untouchable Women in India written by Moses Seenarine and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the problems of how caste and gender issues are related to the education and empowerment of rural Dalit women in India. The key focus is on the presentation of Dalit female voices regarding their educational experiences. Specifically, this study explores the nature and role of education and its relationship to empowerment among thirty-three poor, rural Dalit women and girls who volunteered to become involved with an explicit women's empowerment project, the Mahila Samakhya program in Karnataka (MSK) during the years 1994 to 1995. This book will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of development: sociology, cultural studies and education; caste, gender, post-modern and subaltern academics and students, the general public and policy makers in India; Dalits and Dalit women in particular.
Download or read book Bridging the Social Gap written by Sukhadeo Thorat and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridging the Social Gap: Perspectives on Dalit Empowerment addresses four interrelated issues. It conceptualises exclusion-linked deprivation of excluded and indigenous groups in Indian society and elaborates the concept and meaning of social exclusion in general, and of caste-, untouchability- and ethnicity-based exclusion in particular. It then presents the status of disadvantaged groups of Dalit and Adivasi and captures inter-social group inequalities in the attainment of human development. It then goes on to analyse factors associated with high deprivation of these disadvantaged groups in terms of low access to resources, employment, education and social needs. Finally, it highlights the role of caste discrimination in economic, civil and political spheres in the persistence of group inequalities. All these issues have been explained using simple language; relevant and recent data; case studies; news highlights related to civil, social, economic and political rights violation for easy and better understanding of readers.
Download or read book Dalit Women on the Move written by Sachchidananda and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Abolition Of Untouchability Set In Motion The Most Profound Reordering Of Social Relations In India. Both The State And The Society In The Country Were Keen To Take Effective Steps Of Freeing One Seventh Of The Indian Population From Its Age Old Shackles And To Bring Them In The Mainstream Of National Life. In The First Three Decades Of Independence All Moves In This Regard Were Subsumed Under The Term Social Welfare. Later They Become Part Of The Development Process. In The Nineties Of The Last Century The Discourse On Development Of Dalits Was Taken Over By The Term Empowerment. This Study Tries To Explore The Change Process Among The Dalit Women In Bihar. Efforts Have Been Made To Identity Some Of The Prime Movers Of Change In The Context Of Women In The State. Throughout This Work, The Concept Of Empowerment Has Been Used As The Prime Goal. Towards The End, The Consiraints In This Process Have Been Identified And Some Suggestions Have Been Made As The Agenda For Future Action. It Is Still A Long Way To Go Both The State And Society Have To Alter Their Strategies To Accelerate The Whole Process.
Download or read book Logics of Empowerment written by Aradhana Sharma and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing much-needed specificity to the study of neoliberalism, 'Logics of Empowerment' fosters a deeper understanding of development and politics in contemporary India.
Download or read book Social Exclusion and Inclusion of Women in India written by K.R. Murugan and published by MJP Publisher. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 1 Social Exclusion of Women in India, Chapter 2 Inclusive Strategies for Women Development, Chapter 3 Media Depiction and Gender Inclusiveness in Gender-Based Social Violence, Chapter 4 Inclusive Society: Vision of Women’s Studies, Chapter 5 Health Hazards of Women-Economic Empowerment: Some Issues, Chapter 6 Employment Oriented Programs for Women in Rural Nagpur— Exclusion in Inclusive Policy, Chapter 7 Including the Excluded Through Aftercare: The Odishan Experiment and Experience with The Aging out Orphan Girls from the Care Homes, Chapter 8 Violence Against Women: A Denial of Human Rights and Dignity, Chapter 9 Impact of Gender on Family Planning Decisions, Chapter 10 Battle Against Oppression: Feminist Response of Bapsi Sidhwa, Chapter 11 An Extensive Analysis on Women’s Education and Women’s Education for Future Prosperity in India, Chapter 12 Performative Gender and Technology: Rearticulating The Digital Argument for Women Empowerment, Chapter 13 The Effect of Social Exclusion of Women from Development in India, Chapter 14 Disaster and Development Communication Among Self Help Group Women, Chapter 15 Trends In Crime Against Women in India, Chapter 16 Strategizing Alternative Communication for Overcoming Social Discrimination of Women: A Study of the Enabling Practices to Eradicate Witch Hunting in Assam, Chapter 17 ‘Is Employment Really Empowering?’—A Study on The Plight of Working Women, Chapter 18 Social Exclusion of Transgender Women in India, Chapter 19 Strategies for Promoting Gender Mainstreaming, Chapter 20 E-Learning: the Tool for Women Empowerment.
Download or read book EMPOWERMENT OF MARGINALIZED CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS written by S. Gurusamy and published by MJP Publisher. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I - Dalit Dimension, Part II - Women Dimension, Part III - Old Age Dimension, Part IV - Social Development Dimension, Part V - Peasants and Agricultural Labour. Study of sociology in India invariably relates to the composition of segments, communities, institutions, social organizations, regions, issues, problems faced by these segments, challenges uncounted in the process, social welfare programmes for the people vulnerable to problems, impact of development intervention among these segments, planned directed social change, people’s participation in development transactions, social caste and benefits including social audit, capital formation, induced development, micro level planning, and public private partnership based development initiatives in the direction of social development. However the Indian social structure perpetuating inequality arising out of caste, gender, region, people’s vulnerability to injustices, human rights implications, etc., act as stumbling block in creation of a society. Consequently India is faced with sustained inequality in view of the system of social stratification within the larger framework of the social structure. Social relationships in Indian context is marked by social standing and identification in the system of hierarchy which seem to have perpetuated strongly the phenomenon of caste based inequalities which ultimately resulted in various forms of discriminations and distance between community and determined their social status. As a result, social segment categories were based upon their ascribed status, ownership means of production particularly land and other movable and immovable properties. Consequently this has led to emergence of social evil practices between social segments categorized as upper and lower, gender inequality between male and female, regional imbalance between rural and urban in terms of development intervention and creation of infrastructure.
Download or read book Engaging with Empowerment written by Srilatha Batliwala and published by Women Unlimited. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating collection of writings, Srilatha Batliwala, feminist thinker and practitioner, explores the many dimensions of what empowerment means for, and to, women. Looking back on a life lived through commitment to a cause—rather than to an organisation or to a sector—and working for it at many levels and locations, she traces the evolution of the concept from the late 1980s till now, unravelling its ambiguities, highlighting insights gained through practice, and analysing how and why it has been depoliticised and reduced by the state and aid agencies. Along the way, Batliwala traverses key sectors, including education for women, politics outside political systems, grassroots movements, energy for sustainable development, and a controversial questioning of a rights-based approach to women’s equality.
Download or read book Behind the Veil written by Sunita Dhaka and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reflect widespread international acknowledgement that empowerment of women and the achievement of gender equality are matters of human rights and social justice. Today gender disparity and empowerment have come to occupy the centre stage of development debate. Since, independence a number of legislative enactments have helped alleviate the status of women in India but still a lot remains to be achieved. The place and status of women in decision making apparatus needs to be evaluated and empowerment strategies formulated. The enactment of 73rd Amendment Act was a major step towards women s empowerment. The problem of participatory management of welfare schemes can be solved only when the marginalised section of the society come to play a major role in decision making. The scheduled castes in general and the scheduled castes women in particular, continue to lead a life of misery and deprivation. Even though seats have been reserved in favour of SCs women but very little has changed at the ground level. This book is an outcome of a study conducted in Haryana and focuses on the status and participation of scheduled castes women in decision making institutions at the local level i.e. Panchayati Raj Institutions. A number of factors have been identified, which help in understanding the problems in a proper perspective. The case studies, which form part of the book, have made this book very valuable. In short this bok helps in undestanding the various issues at stake due to which the scheduled castes women continue to remain out of decision making institutions at the local level. This book is useful to policy planners, administrators, researchers and students of Decentralized Governance and Gender Justice.
Download or read book Questioning Empowerment written by Jo Rowlands and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the term empowerment this book examines the various meanings given to the concept of empowerment and the many ways power can be expressed - in personal relationships and in wider social interactions.
Download or read book Role of Education in Empowerment of Dalit Women in Nepal written by Nilam Sunchuri and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nepal Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in Nepal have long experienced poverty, social exclusion, and marginalization because of their gender, especially among ethnic minorities and low-caste groups. Between 2002 and 2013, the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Nepal developed and implemented the Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project to reduce poverty by empowering rural women and members of other disadvantaged groups through an integrated process of economic, social, legal, and political empowerment. This publication presents the case study of that project which contributed to Nepal’s drive to eradicate gender-based inequality.
Download or read book Empowerment of Scheduled Caste Women Through Self Groups written by Santosh Kumar Singh and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development Alone Cannot Bring Peace, Prosperity And Progress Unless Social Justice And Gender Equality Are Ensured. It Has Been Realized That Development Programs Have Bypassed Women Who Constitute About Half Of The Population Of The Country. The International Conferences, Conventions, And Legal Enactment Highlighted The Imperative Need For The Gender Equality And Women Empowerment. The Scheduled Castes Women, Who Are Mainly Agricultural Labourers And Are Engaged In Unorganized Sector Of Economy, Are Still Living Below The Poverty Line And Suffer Due The To Their Overall Backwardness. Social Empowerment Cannot Bring Gender Equality And Social Justice Unless Economic Empowerment Is Ensured. In Order To Overcome Exploitation, Poverty And Making Women Self Reliant, Shg S Based Micro Finance Has Been Considered As A Instrument For Overall Economic Empowerment Of Rural Poor Women. Against This Background, Present Book Purports To Examine Status Of Scheduled Castes Women And Review Their Access To Micro Finance For Social-Economic Development. The Book Is Divided In Nine Chapters, Which Mainly Focus On Development Of Scheduled Castes Women, Micro Credit, Formation Of Shg S, Impact Of Micro Finance And Problem In Micro Financing In India. The Book Is Useful For Those Who Are Interested In This Field.
Download or read book Dalit Empowerment written by Felix Wilfred and published by ISPCK. This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On contemporary political, social, economic and cultural issues of Dalits in India.
Download or read book Deprived Devis written by V. Mohini Giri and published by Gyan Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of selected speeches and articles written by Dr. Mohini Giri over the past few years with focus on patriarchy and the evils of the traditional caste system, which hampers women empowerment and gender equality. Discussing the changing role of women, Dr. Giri strongly advocates the Millennium Development Goals put forward by the United Nations as way to empower women economically, socially and politically through education, healthcare, legal and social provisions and through advocacy of 33 per cent reservation in parliament by changing the mindset of men. The issues of care for the elderly, death penalty, torture, domestic violence, human rights, dowry system also been tackled. Dr. Giri also discusses the role of women in peace building with emphasis on relations with neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh through peace initiatives and cause of rehabilitation of war widows.
