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The emerging picture of Muslim women’s political participation in formal politics in India is overall similar as women in general that there has been a marked increase in their voting turnout and election campaigning but women continue to be under-represented in legislative bodies both at the national and state level, in political party rank and chain of command. Women representation in Indian Parliament is 10.8 per cent only which is below the world ...
"The present work is refreshingly a new visit to the issue of empowerment to women. The author takes a departure from the ethnographic studies of tribals as are traditionally given by anthropologists. The approach taken in the present study is to analyse the status of tribal women in the light of 73 Constitutional Amendment. The amendment has empowered tribal women in Panchayat Raj institutions. Basically the problem of social stratification in terms of ...
The present study consists the highly acclaimed concept of women empowerment among the tribals. It argues that the tribal social structure is different from hierarchical caste Hindu structure. In fact, there are multiple ethnic groups in the country, such as caste, tribe, linguistic and religious sects and each structural unit has its own identity and therefore autonomy. It is with this perspective that the present study examines the 73rd Constitutional ...