Indian Women: Society and Law, Educational and Empowerment, Work and Development Volume 3 Vols. Set [Hardcover]

Contents:- Vol-1 # Contents, Foreword ix Preface xi Introduction xiii List of Tables xv One Women: Problems and Prospects 1, Objectives of the Study; Variables in Approach of Study; Sources of Data; Problems of Study; Analysis by Categories; Guiding Principles and Criteria Two Women and Socio-Cultural Problems 19, Images of Women in Religious Traditions; Vratas or fasting for Women; Social and Religious Reform Movements of the 19th and 20th Centuries Three Descent Family 55 Four Marriage 73, Bride-price and Dowry; Widowhood; Age at Marriage; Customary Marriages Five Changing Milieu and Roles of Women 113, Home and Work; Some Special Problems; Women in Prisons; Suicide; Unmarried Mothers; Aged women; Destitute Women; Conclusion Six Women and Law 149, Polygamy—Polygamy and Law; Standardized Contracts; Reforms to Correct the Abuse of Polygamy; An Analysis of Polygamous Marriages among Muslims; Enforcement of Provision Against Bigamy Under The Hindu Marriage Act; Injunction; Laws in Former French and Portuguese Territories; Age of Marriage: Legal provision; Aspects relating to Prevention of Child Marriages; Compulsory Registration of Marriages; Dowry Seven Divorce 175, Hindu Law of Divorce; Divorce Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; Muslim Law of Divorce; Christian Law of Divorce; Parsee Law of Divorce; Jewish Law of Divorce; Special Marriage Act, 1954; Grounds for Divorce; Adoption; Muslim Law of Adoption; Parsee Law of Adoption; Christian Law of Adoption; Hindu Law of Adoption Eight Guardianship 193, Hindu Law of Guardianship; Muslim Law of Guardianship; Guardians and Wards Act, 1890; Recommendations Nine Maintenance 199, Hindu Law of Maintenance; Muslim Law of Maintenance; Parsee Law of Maintenance; Christian Law of Maintenance; Suggested Amendments; Inheritance: Christian Law of Inheritance; Christians in Kerala; Goa & Pondicherry Laws of Inheritance; Parsee Intestate Succession Law of Inheritance; Hindu Law of Inheritance; Muslim Law of Inheritance; General Recommendations; Nationality; Sectors Needing Reforms Ten Women in the News 237, Call for Women’s Empowerment; Talking Point: Sex Workers Scoff at Legalization; 17 per cent Women Candidates Win in Lok Sabha Polls; Safe Motherhood Day will be Organized every Month; Magistrate Pulled up for not Recording Alleged Rape Victim’s Statement as per Law; To hang or not: A woman’s life in the balance; Give women the right to conquer their fate; Woman’s emancipation lies in equal rights and opportunities; Hocus-pocus: When films project Eves as mere sexy sirens; Women’s Bill should be passed, says Mohini Giri; ‘Women don’t need crutches’; Sewa: Ensuring security to marginalized women; Social consciousness of a different kind; Women, a silent majority; ‘Many teachers are unaware of gender discrimination’; Peace prayers and seminars mark women’s day in city; ‘Education rather than reservation’; Plight of Muslim Women; Rape rate of minors rising, conviction figures remain low; “Bojh”: Indian women caught in a web of rigid tradition; Minor girls abducted, sold; Two women, 16-year-old girl found dead; 55-year-old killed for being a ‘witch’; 3 widows shot dead in Bihar; Why Should a Woman Be Like a Man? Index 269 ,.Vol-2 # Contents, Foreword ix Preface xi Introduction xiii List of Tables xv One Women and Education 1, Factors Retarding the Progress of Women’s Education; Middle School - Girl Drop-outs; Education for Girls in the Age Group 14-17 Years; Education for Girls in the Age Group 17 Years and Above; Administrative Measures Two Educational Development 11, Education and Women’s Status — The 19th Century View; Post Independence Era — New Roles and Rights; Traces of Ambivalence between old and new views; Progress of Women’s Education in India: The Formal Education System; Development in the Pre-Independence Period; Development in the Post-Independence Period; Differences in the Enrolment of Boys and Girls; Present Position; Enrolment as an Index of Educational Advance: Problems of Retention, Wastage and Stagnation; Out Turn; Growth of Institutions; Women Teachers; Inspection; Attitudes to the Education of Girls and Women; Reasons for Slow Progress in Girls’ Education; Literacy; Imbalance in Educational Development; Co-Education; Curricula; Pre-Primary Schools; Universalization of Education for the Age group 6-14; Equality of Sexes as a Major Value to be included through the Educational Process Three The Perspective Plan 67, Strategy Towards Women’s Education in the Five-Year Plan; Situational Analysis; Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Non-formal Education; National Policy on education-Initiatives for Women; Perspective for Women’s Education up to 2000 A.D.; Recommendations Four Empowerment of Women 93, The Pre-Gandhian Period; The Gandhian Era; Indicators of Political Equality and Role of Women; Indicators of Political Attitudes; Indicators of Impact of Women on the Political Process; Positions in Government; Role of Women Elites in the Political Process Five Effectiveness of Campaigns to, Mobilize Women 125, Mobilisation by Political Parties; Mobilization by Non-Political Organizations; Conclusions; The Question of Reservation of Seats for Women in Legislative Bodies; Ending Male Monopoly; Women Empowerment: Redefining Agenda Six Political Participation and, Decision Making 147, Informal Participation of Women; Issues Needing Attention; Reasons for LimitedWomen’s Participation in Politics; Recommendations; Policy for Child Development; Integrated Child Development Services; Challenges Ahead; Shifting Emphasis to Child Development and Protection; Issues of Free Compulsory Education, Elimination of Child Labour, etc. (At the time of the United Front Government); Finding Adequate Material Resources; Towards Empowering Women; Constitutional-Legal Provisions, Seven Development of Women Through, Five-Year Plans (1951-56 to 1997-2002) 187, Policies Advocating Women’s Concerns; Impact of Plan, Policies and Programmes on Status of Women; Empowering Strategies and Governmental Interventions; Special Thrust on Employment and Training for Women; Socio-economic Programme, Welfare and Support Services; Support Services; Gender Sensitization and Awareness Generation; Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS); Special Initiatives; Future Approach; Areas of Priority; Separate Mahila Plan Component in all Central Plans; New Targets for Women’s Empowerment Eight Women and Mass Media 211, Traditional forms of Media and Women; Women who Influence Modern Mass Media; Women as Depicted by the Mass Media; Women as Influenced by the Mass Media; Discussion Nine Role and Influence of Mass Media, on the Status of Women 217, Role of the Press; Role of Radio; Role of Television; Role of Literature; Role of Youth Magazines; Role of Films; Images of Heroine Ten Women, Media and Communication 229 Eleven Blue Print of Action Points 243, Legislative Measures; Administrative Measures; Employment; Health Care, Nutrition and Family Planning; Facilities of Working Women; Care for the Socially Disadvantaged; Promotion of Voluntary Effort; Machinery for Implementation; Education; Factors Retarding the Progress of Women’s Education; Major Objective of Women’s Education; Action Plans; Administrative Measures, Twelve National Perspective Plan for, Women 1988-2000 263, Situational Review; Women in the Five-Year Plans; Existing Programmes; Holistic Perspective to the Development of Women, Vol- 3 # Contents, Foreword vii, Preface ix, Introduction xi, List of Tables xiii, One Women and Development 1, Policies, Procedures and Programmes; Programmes for Women’s Welfare and Development: A Classification; Agencies for Women’s Welfare and Development; Evaluation; Health Programmes; Health Indicators; Access to Health Services; Family Planning; Change in Policy; Welfare Programmes; Governmental Administration of Welfare Programmes; The Central Social Welfare Board; Procedures and Difficulties Faced by Field Agencies; Recommendations; Supportive Services for Women; Recommendations; Situational Analysis; Women Access to Land: Inheritance and Ownership Patterns; Perspective for 2000 A.D.; Health and Family Welfare; Situational Analysis; Issues Needing Attention; Recommendations; Social Welfare; Broad Groups of Action; Action Plans; Education/Training Programmes for the Target Groups; Promoting Voluntary Effort: The Role of Women; Develop-ment of Human Resources; Administrative Set-Up and Coordination; Legislative Measures; Areas of Research; Voluntary Action; New Trends; Government’s Stance on Voluntary Action; Women and the Voluntary Sector; Environment and Women; Demystification of Technology; Recommendations; General Recommendations Two Gender and Economic Participation 175, Need for Equality of Rights; Why Opporunities to Women are Opposed?; Women in the Indian Economy; Limita-tions of Data; Trends in Economic Participation; Women in the Unorganized Sector; Estimates of Unemployment and Underemployment; Estimates of Poverty hree Plight of Women Workers in different Sectors of the Economy 199, Agriculture; Wage Discrimination; Disabilities and Exploitation; Non Agricultural Occupations; Wage Employment; Self-Employment Four Women in the Organized Sector 241, Labour Laws; Wages; Structural Changes in Industry through Rationalization and Modernization Five Women in Services and Profession 271 Factors Responsible for Emergence of Women in Non-Traditional Fields; Reasons of taking up Work among Women; Occupational Distribution of Women Workers in Public and Private Sectors; Women in Profession; Concentration of Women in Low Level Jobs in Clerical and Related Services; Infrastructure for Women’s Participation in a Modernizing Economy Six Development of Women after Independence 297. The Dilemma of Idleness among Educated Women; Vocational and Technical Training Seven Problems of Working Women 313 Part-time Employment; Problem of Re-entry; Problem of Late Entry; Child Care Services; Accommodation and Security; Service Conditions; Conclusion and Recommendations; Rural Development and Agricul-ture; Methodological Issues; Women Access to Land: Inheritance and Ownership Patterns; Perspective for 2000 A.D.; Recommendations; Employment and Training; Situational Analysis Eight Women’s Employment Status and Work Participation 353 Size and Composition of Female Labour Force; Women in the Unorganized Sector; Women in the Organized Sector; Constraints; Factors Affecting Women’s Employment Status; Training; Recommendations Nine Supportive Services and Women’s Issues 387 Appendices 409 Index 4 The Title 'Indian Women: Society and Law, Educational and Empowerment, Work and Development written/authored/edited by Anita Arya', published in the year 2000. The ISBN 9788121206280 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 1060 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Women Studies. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:- 3 Vols. Set