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The articles by noted scholars and social activists address issues dealing with the elderly women in India. Viewing their status in the country, they analyse their rights and the denial of these, their nutrition and health care, their safety and protection, capacity building of elderly women, and fostering self-reliance in them. They look into making available microfinance services for them. They study the impact of the national policy on them and examine the ...
This work has deep bearing on the socio-economic condition of widows in Indian sub-continent where the discrimination against them is still rife. This marginalisation cuts across religion, caste and class barriers to make it an almost universal phenomenon in India, though the dimension and the degree may vary in rigidity. The book while giving an overview of the status of widows, focusses on the marginalisation peculiar to individual regions and specific kind of ...
Sexual abuse of children is a matter of grave concern. Trafficking of children has national and international dimensions. Of late, the problem of children in prostitution has assumed serious proportions. Identification and enumeration of factors conducive to child prostitution is in a way difficult because it has roots deep in the fabric of society. Ratification of the convention of the rights of the child in 1992 by India signifies the nation’s commitment to ...
This book is a collection of selected speeches and articles written by dr. Mohini Giri over the past few years with focus on patriarchy and the evils if the traditional caste system, which hampers women empowerment and gender equality. Discussing the changing role of women, Dr. Giri strongly advocates the Millennium development Goals put forward by the United nations as way to empower women economically, socially and politically through education, healthcare, ...