Download or read book Rural Women s Power in South Asia written by P. Obeng and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia.
Download or read book Women s Economic Empowerment written by Kate Grantham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the barriers to women’s economic empowerment in the Global South. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global progress in closing gender gaps in education and health, women’s economic empowerment has lagged behind, with little evidence that economic growth promotes gender equality. International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme was set up to provide policy lessons, insights, and concrete solutions that could lead to advances in gender equality, particularly on the role of institutions and macroeconomic growth, barriers to labour market access for women, and the impact of women’s care responsibilities. This book showcases rigorous and multi-disciplinary research emerging from this ground-breaking programme, covering topics such as the school-to-work transition, child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in the Global South.
Download or read book Women and Governance in South Asia written by Yasmin Tambiah and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed studies in various South Asian countries.
Download or read book Women in South Asia written by Usha Sharma and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided Int Eight Chapters-Introduction-Women Empowerment In India-Gender Issues Of Women In Pakistan-Bangladesh-Development Of Women In Sri Lanka, Social Status Of Women In Nepal, Bhutanese Women, Women Empowerment In Maldives And An Appendix.
Download or read book Rural Asian Women written by Robert Orr Whyte and published by Institute of Southeast Asian. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the overall scope of a long term study being conducted at the Institute on rural development, an advance summary is provided of the salient factors governing women's lives in the family and their role in production in monsoonal and equatorial Asia. Reasons are suggested for major differences in the status of women in Southeast Asia as compared with those of South and East Asia. Cultural factors influencing female education, size of family, activities in production and earning ability are discussed. Actions necessary to meet the most pressing current and future needs of rural women are indicated.
Download or read book Rural Women at Work written by Ruth B. Dixon-Mueller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2011. This study is Volume I of the Global Environment and Development 7 volume set. One of the most promising areas identified in the initial study was female labor-force participation. If good jobs at decent wages were offered to women, particularly those living in rural areas, would such employment have an effect on family size? Would their jobs compete for the women's time as mothers and housewives, offer them an alternative route to acquiring status and a sense of purpose, and perhaps also provide the women with an independent source of income which would enable them to achieve more control over their lives? But, as the original volume makes clear, the situation is more complicated than it first appears to be.
Download or read book Rural Women in South Asia written by Jaya Arunachalam and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed seiminar papers held at the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute in Allahabad in Oct. 2004.
Download or read book Women Land and Power in Asia written by Govind Kelkar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the world women constitute an integral part of the agricultural sector. This volume is based on feminist responses to farming women’s struggle for economic rights and social justice in Asia, and seeks to provide a greater understanding of the development consequences of women’s marginal, limited ownership rights to land and other productive assets. Using comprehensive analyses, quantitative and qualitative data, and case studies from India, China, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and other countries of the Asia-Pacific region, this volume brings together scholars and activists engaged with women’s unmediated entitlement to land and productive assets. While generally taking a position in favour of asset redistribution, the volume addresses two major issues: first, the conflict between legal measures and socio-cultural norms, in a context where laws that seek to secure gender equality and women’s economic empowerment are often overruled by norms that favour men; and second, how changes in the global economy in relation to traditional farming practices have adversely impacted women’s rights, especially in regions where they previously enjoyed more customary rights in asset control and management. The book draws attention to issues of economic security, gender equitable access to resources and asset-building, human rights and law, land-based livelihoods, caste and ethnic diversity, and voices in the women’s movements. This book will be useful to policy makers, civil society organisations, researchers and students of gender and women’s studies, development studies, sociology, economics and agriculture.
Download or read book Why Has Development Neglected Rural Women written by Nici Nelson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Has Development Neglected Rural Women?: A Review of the South Asian Literature reviews literatures about the role of women in rural development in South Asia. The book details the concept of development and the importance of considering the role of women in development. Next, the selection discusses the extant literature on women's roles in rural life and economy. The title also analyzes the contemporary knowledge about rural women, and then discusses the general areas or research that should be considered in the future. The text will be of great interest to economists, political scientists, sociologists, and psychologists.
Download or read book The Women Of Rural Asia written by Robert Orr Whyte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study looks at the social and economic status, family and workforce roles, and quality of life of women in the rural sectors of monsoonal and equatorial Asia, from Pakistan to Japan, where life often is characterized by unemployment, underemployment, and poverty.
Download or read book A Field of One s Own written by Bina Agarwal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of gender and property throughout South Asia which argues that the most important economic factor affecting women is the gender gap in command over property.
Download or read book Gender and Command Over Property written by Bina Agarwal and published by . This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Study Outlines Why In Rural South Asia, Where Arable Land Is The Most Important Form Of Property, Any Significant Improvement In Women`S Economic And Social Situation Is Crucially Tied To Their Having Independent Land Rights.
Download or read book Gender Caste and Power in South Asia written by John Peter Neelsen and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Makes A Distinct Contribution To Our Understanding Of The Changing Social Fabric In South Asian Countries. The Study Is Divided Into 3 Sections - Changing Power Structures And State Bureaucracies - Gender-On The Status Of Women In Society - Traditional Status, Interaction And Social Mobilization. Dust Cover Missing, Text Clean, Condition Good.
Download or read book Speaking Out written by Aga Khan Foundation Canada and published by Intermediate Technology Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book demonstrates how women are gaining increased access to, and control over, economic resources, and how this in turn has led to far-reaching socio-cultural and political changes. It also shows how women are now building and taking control of their own organizations which are becoming more autonomous and financially self-reliant.
Download or read book Women and Development written by Rounaq Jahan and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conference report on the impact of government policies on the economic role of women, incl. Rural women, in South East Asia - comments on their social status and marriage legislation; discusses methodologycal and research issues such as implications of development planning for woman workers, popular participation and fertility; assesses social policy programmes and education of women, covering in particular nonformal education and women's organizations for the self employed. Conference held in Dacca 1977 Mar.
Download or read book Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific examines the relationship between gender equality and development and outlines an agenda for public action to promote more effective and inclusive development in East Asian and Pacific countries.
Download or read book Rural Women s Power in South Asia written by P. Obeng and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia.
