Download or read book Disappearing Daughters written by Gita Aravamudan and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles with reference to India.

Download or read book Female Foeticide written by Anurag Agarwal and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Female Empowerment written by A. K. Nigam and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout their lifecycle, from before birth until death, women are subjected to various forms of gender discrimination. In India, and the wider global context, there is widespread prevalence of discrimination, from dietary intake (both in quality and content), schooling, and clothing, to health and marriage. As this volume shows, overcoming each of these disparities leads to the empowerment of women. It focuses on disparities against women emanating under the framework of mortality, natality, basic facilities, special opportunities, professional work, and the household, highlighting possible ways of combating these prejudices.

Download or read book CRIMES IN THE COUNTRY OF GODDESSES written by Piyasha Das and published by Booksclinic Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book portrays the evolution, or some may consider devolution of the position of women in India, and how society plays a crucial role in it. The relationship between the psyche of the society in general and the individual rights of a woman throughout history is seen to be in a loop, both intricately affecting each other. For example how Sati was acceptable in the earlier days, which was later made illegal and shunned. With the advent of the 21st century, women are faced with a new challenge and to strive for equality, for example, sexual harassment at workplace or cyber crime. The book highlights the journey of women and makes it relevant even to contemporary times as if to show the things women have gone through, the society they are dealing with now and the things to be learned in the future.

Download or read book Forsaken Females written by Andrea Parrot and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2006-06-08 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women around the world routinely suffer from beatings, rape, torture and murder. These are not the practices of a few demented individuals, but are often institutionalized, culturally-sanctioned behaviors. Millions of women live in a constant state of isolation, terror and fear; for most, escape is nearly impossible due to economic, social, or cultural restrictions. Forsaken Females describes the many types of global brutalization that occur against women: including feticide, infanticide, female genital mutilation, sexual slavery, honor killing, acid attacks, trafficking, dowry death, rape, and intimate partner violence. The violence is varied in both method and practice and is often supported by patriarchal ideologies or policies that maintain the social conditions and cultural framework that accept womenOs brutalization. Forsaken Females also addresses the physical, emotional and economic impact of the violence. The discussion is structured around the experiences of women who describe their personal victimization. Each chapter concludes with examples of promising policies and practices developed to address and reduce violence perpetrated against women.

Download or read book The Scandal of the State written by Rajeswari Sunder Rajan and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-09 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scandal of the State is a revealing study of the relationship between the postcolonial, democratic Indian nation-state and Indian women’s actual needs and lives. Well-known for her work combining feminist theory and postcolonial studies, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan shows how the state is central to understanding women’s identities and how, reciprocally, women and “women’s issues” affect the state’s role and function. She argues that in India law and citizenship define for women not only the scope of political rights but also cultural identity and everyday life. Sunder Rajan delineates the postcolonial state in implicit contrast with the “enlightened,” postfeminist neoliberal state in the West. Her analysis wrestles with complex social realities, taking into account the influence of age, ethnicity, religion, and class on individual and group identities as well as the shifting, heterogeneous nature of the state itself. The Scandal of the State develops through a series of compelling case studies, each of which centers around an incident exposing the contradictory position of the Indian state vis-à-vis its female citizens and, ultimately, the inadequacy of its commitment to women’s rights. Sunder Rajan focuses on the custody battle over a Muslim child bride, the compulsory sterilization of mentally retarded women in state institutional care, female infanticide in Tamilnadu, prostitution as labor rather than crime, and the surrender of the female outlaw Phoolan Devi. She also looks at the ways the Uniform Civil Code presented many women with a stark choice between allegiance to their religion and community or the secular assertion of individual rights. Rich with theoretical acumen and activist passion, The Scandal of the State is a powerful critique of the mutual dependence of women and the state on one another in the specific context of a postcolonial modernity.

Download or read book Vanishing Rice Fields written by Angelica Laura Lucia Wehrli and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book delineates how the quest for wealth and belief manifests itself in contemporary Vietnam. Based on multi-local and longitudinal ethnographic research, the author examines how wealth is pursued by household members and entrepreneurs. The quest for belief is brought into relief through inquiry into how norms and values have been re-evaluated, altered, subverted or restored. Focusing on the taboo topic of female feticide, The study elucidates why some parents ultimately decide to commit feticide, and why others, especially entrepreneurs, refrain from it. The case of the entrepreneurs shows a possible way out of the "vicious circle" that leads to female feticide and perpetuates gender inequality.

Download or read book Hush a Bye Baby written by Deepanjana Pal and published by Juggernaut Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Nandita Rai is the gynaecologist for the stars. She is on TV and radio every other week talking about women 's issues. She is a South Mumbai feminist. Every woman wants her to be their doctor. Until the Mumbai Police raid her clinic when they get a complaint that she does sex selective abortions. Is the celebrity doctor aborting female fetuses? If she is, then the police need to build a watertight case. Dr Rai has friends in high places, her patients clam up and her paperwork is clean. The case seems to be going nowhere until Sub-inspector Reshma Gabuji begins to dig up Dr Rai 's secret online presence and uncovers a ruthless vigilante group.

Download or read book XX Story from Foetus to Foeticide written by Sakshi Sharma and Chandrika Devi and published by Spectrum of Thoughts. This book was released on 2023-09-22 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We bring to you the voices which weren't given the chance to raise themselves or even live. We tend to live in a society which has broken the shell of life and made choices to end it, based solely on its gender. This book is a compilation of poems & stories of people who have the courage to speak against this injustice and bring together an overall understanding of Female Foeticide in this nation. We hope that the brilliant souls bring up the wisdom to enlighten the society and set it on a path towards inclusion. We hope to make a better tomorrow by holding up a mirror to society's bias. This is an amazing effort to bring together the strength in women and raise a voice along with them for their challenges and sacrifices. The beginning of this book opens us to a world free from prejudices and fear instilled in males, females and every other soul to live a life which, we, as a society truly deserve! We welcome you to take a step towards a better coming tomorrow as we hope for it!

Download or read book The Demographic Masculinization of China written by Isabelle Attané and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the shortage of girls and women in present day China and focuses on two important features: the sex imbalance in childhood and youth, and the excess mortality of women at various stages of their life. The author analyzes the causes and the processes of a strong preference for sons, which generates discrimination toward females and results in a shortage of girls and women. China’s higher proportion of men than women is a population characteristic that is shared by very few countries in the world. This demographic masculinity is unprecedented in the documented history of human populations, both in scale and its lasting impact on the numbers and the structure of the population. Despite the economic boom of recent years, many families in China still consider girls to be less important than boys. Although Chinese women have become largely emancipated since the 1950s, they still do not have the same opportunities for social achievement as men, and Chinese society remains fundamentally rooted in highly gendered social and family roles. As a consequence, Chinese girl babies who have the misfortune to be born instead of a long-awaited son go by various names, such as Pandi (literally "awaiting a son"), Laidi ("a son will follow"), or Yehao ("she'll do too"). The book provides a comprehensive review of the situation of women in China’s society and shows that discrimination against girls and women is part of a system of norms and values that traditionally favours males.

Download or read book Earth Democracy written by Vandana Shiva and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-renowned environmental activist and physicist Vandana Shiva calls for a radical shift in the values that govern democracies, condemning the role that unrestricted capitalism has played in the destruction of environments and livelihoods. She explores the issues she helped bring to international attention—genetic food engineering, culture theft, and natural resource privatization—uncovering their links to the rising tide of fundamentalism, violence against women, and planetary death. Struggles on the streets of Seattle and Cancun and in homes and farms across the world have yielded a set of principles based on inclusion, nonviolence, reclaiming the commons, and freely sharing the earth’s resources. These ideals, which Dr. Shiva calls “Earth Democracy,” serve as an urgent call to peace and as the basis for a just and sustainable future.

Download or read book It s a Girl written by Dr Mehnaaz Nadiadwala and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alpha women are not born; they are made! For them, age is just a number. The society, their personal experiences and the will to never die, makes them alpha women. They are confident, majestic leaders and believe in no game playing. They believe in an equal or superior position to men. They tap their weaknesses to convert it to their strengths. She makes a posthumous mark on society and the world. In other words, alpha women make an imprint on life. It’s not a difficult task to be one of them. One just has to make up their minds, and the journey starts! BE the prototype for the woman in the future. Be an alpha woman!

Download or read book Family Murder written by Susan Hatters Friedman, M.D. and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a unique framework for examining the various types of family murder-delving into the commonalities, the differences, and society's misconceptions and providing readers with a comprehensive guide to begin to understand these tragedies.

Download or read book Staying Alive written by Vandana Shiva and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by women’s struggles for the protection of nature as a condition for human survival, award-winning environmentalist Vandana Shiva shows how ecological destruction and the marginalization of women are not inevitable, economically or scientifically. She argues that “maldevelopment”—the violation of the integrity of organic, interconnected, and interdependent systems that sets in motion a process of exploitation, inequality, and injustice—is dragging the world down a path of self-destruction, threatening survival itself. Shiva articulates how rural Indian women experience and perceive ecological destruction and its causes, and how they have conceived and initiated processes to arrest the destruction of nature and begin its regeneration. Focusing on science and development as patriarchal projects, Staying Alive is a powerfully relevant book that positions women not solely as survivors of the crisis, but as the source of crucial insights and visions to guide our struggle. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Download or read book Textbook of Gynecology written by Sudha Salhan and published by JP Medical Ltd. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Introduction To Gender Studies written by Dr. Ranjit Kaur and published by Academic Guru Publishing House. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introduction to Gender Studies" thoroughly examines the various layers of gender dynamics in our society. The book begins with an informative trip into the historical foundations of gender studies. It tracks the concept's growth across time, giving readers a firm footing in the origins of gender discourse. The investigation then switches to a detailed assessment of the many theoretical frameworks that drive gender studies, providing readers with a nuanced knowledge of the lenses through which researchers analyse and interpret gender intricacies. With a dedication to diversity, the book emphasises intersectionality, recognising the multidimensional nature of identities. Readers are urged to investigate how gender interacts with race, class, sexuality, and other social categories, amplifying the voices of people whose lives overlap with many identities. This intersectional perspective adds dimension to the story, enabling a more thorough knowledge of many groups' experiences. "Introduction to Gender Studies" goes beyond theory to explore the cultural, political, and economic implications of gender. It illuminates the impact of gender on cultural practices, political institutions, and financial systems, revealing the subtle ways in which societal structures both reflect and develop our perception of gender. The book emphasises the significance of inclusiveness by highlighting the stories of marginalised and underrepresented groups, urging readers to extend their viewpoints and interact with varied accounts empathetically.

Download or read book SOCIAL CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN written by Dr. Rajabhau Chhaganrao Korde and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: women's education in India it is one of big concern and challenging task before us. But in nowadays we have various education came in to implement. Technical education, Girl child education primary education it has came into force. Man and Women these two characters very important in today's world. Man behind the women and women behind the man both are shadow of each other. To help of each other both are going to successful. But women's are becoming more powerful than men due to the education. So the education is most important for women.