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This book is the outcome of a research study carried out by WSDC, University of Delhi. The alarming decline in child sex ratio in the northern states of North India has generated a lot of concern among activists, development practitioners and academicians. The centre devised an empirical study to make an assessment of attituditional difference towards the girl child in today's society. The study confirms a sutle bias towards the girls in our society but also ...
Census 2001 showed a sharp decline in child sex ratio in states of North India. It has become a matter of grave concern for demographers, development professionals and academicians. Focusing on two of the objectives of Women Empowerment Policy of 2001, WSDC carried out a multi centre research study with four other Women's Studies Centres and one NGO.The present volume is based on the analysis of the data that has come from the institutions that were involved ...
The status and role of women is changing all over the world. Women’s stepping out of the confines of the house hold has multiplied their roles and responsibilities. They have to shoulder their domestic responsibilities as well as prove themselves in the professional arena. But the balance between the two fronts is a tricky exercise. The tilt on any side leads to a situation of conflict generated from the related role. The book is a comparative study conducted ...