Women and Development: Approaches and Perspectives

About the Book:-This edited volume is an outcome of various research papers on issues pertaining to women, with focus on health, nutrition, education, sustainable livelihood, condition in unorganized sector and impact of digitalization. The book further reflects on crosscutting issues of gender equality and position of women within the current socio-economic context. According to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, development is a gradual process of expanding freedom equally for all people. But the role of women is often seen only in relation to domestic space. While the role of women within the household context is critical, it is most important to understand women's contribution to and connection with the larger development process. The Sustainable Development Goal 5 of the United Nations recognizes achieving gender equality and empowering all girls as a key milestone for all countries. While countries have been focusing on gender equality and inclusivity in all policies and programmes, research evidence has shown critical equity gaps still exist in women's workforce participation, health, education, employment and other such relevant areas. Gender equality is thus at the core of realizing all the sustainable development goals. Gender issues have remained invisible in several cases, as these are only being identified in situations where there is a crisis. Therefore, there is an ardent requirement of gender mainstreaming across all sectors and any form of resistance to gender equality must be eliminated. Gender mainstreaming and intersectionality as key processes have been largely recognized as impactful tools and methods by national, sub-national and international organizations in their advocacy and programmatic support to Governments and other community based programmes. About the Author:-Dr. Sudeshna Saha did her Post-Graduation in Social Work from Banaras Hindu University in 2007, and her PhD. from Visva-Bharati in 2018. Ever since her master's, she was teaching Master of Social Work in Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences, Bangalore. She also taught in the Department of Social Work, Jnana-Bharati Campus, Bangalore University. After that she also taught at Social Work Department at Assam Central University before joining Visva-Bharati University in 2012. At present, she has 12 years of UG and PG teaching experience. Her area of specialization is Corporate Social Responsibility, Women Empowerment, Women livelihood issues, Industrial Relations, Unorganized and Migrant Labour issues. She has presented various research papers in national and international conferences and has published in renowned international and national level journals through Wiley, Oxford University Press etc along with chapters in several edited books. She has attended several national level workshops and has been invited as a resource person at reputed educational institutions. She is also associated with several professional bodies like NAPSWI, ISPSW, KAPSW, NIPM etc. CONTENTS Preface . 7 Foreword . . 9 List of Contributors . 11 1. Introduction . 13 — Dr. Sudeshna Saha 2. Health Status of Women in India: A Critical Analysis . 17 — Dr. Amrita Dey 3. Addressing Malnutrition among Women and Children in the Developed and Developing States: What Can We Learn? . 37 — Dr. Tanushree Paul 4. Common Psychological Problems among Indian Women: Glimpses from Cases as dealt by Mental Health Professional in Private Psychiatry Setting . 61 —Dr. Kannappa Shetty and Mrs. Prerna Srivastava 5. Food-Gender Stereotype: A Sociological Study of Food Preparation in Urban Bengali Household . 73 — Dr. Nabaruna Mazumdar 6. Education of Tribal Women in India: A Comparative Analysis . 89 — Dr. Ruchiraj Upadhyay & Ms. Meeraba Jadeja 8. Women Workers in Unorganized Sector: Reflections from Construction Industries from Six Construction Sites of North Kolkata . 103 — Dr. Sudeshna Saha 8. De-Gendering Women: A Human Rights Based Approach . 123 — Dr. Swati Chakraborty 9. Women in Sustainable livelihood: Case Study of Four Organizations across India . 137 — Dr. Neelmani Jaysawal 10. Impact of Digitalization on Women’s Development . 157 — Mr. Ashish Kumar Singh Index . 169 The Title 'Women and Development: Approaches and Perspectives written/authored/edited by Dr. Sudeshna Saha', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9789353242862 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 178 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Women Study. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-