The Census of India 2001 provided information on social, demographer, educational and economic indicators religion wise for the first time. The present book is based on a study commissioned by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) on Education of Muslim Girls and Women in India. The study corroborates the earlier findings of small and large sample surveys regarding the educational backwardness of Muslims in general and Muslim girls and ...
Delhi shares the ignominy of destroying daughters in the womb with other well off north western states which is symptomatic of the larger malaise of the low status accorded to women and the denial of their Right to Life, the right to be born to females in this region. The book, based on empirical research, is a sensitive exploration into the malaise of sex selective abortions and relative neglect of female children during early years leading to further decline in ...