Families of Women Heads: Meeting the Challenges

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Family is the basic unit of society and is a living and evolving institution affected by several external factors. Thee factors vary from region to region and become the driving forces in creating new family structures. Indian family is not an exception to this phenomenon. One of the important changes in the family since 1950s has been the emergence of one-parent families, more specifically women-headed families. These families though equated with single parent households, differ from them in many ways. Women headed households are usually formed because of widowhood, divorce, separation and abandonment. Migration of husbands for a considerable period of time and husbandâ€™s loss of earning power due to ill health, disability also form major contributing factors for the formation of such households. Throughout the world, the number of women heading households is on the rise. In India, the death of the husband is one of the frequent causes of women headed households. I am sure the book will be useful to students and scholars in family studies in understanding the growing phenomenon of women headed families in Indian context.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR N. Indira Rani

Dr. N. Indira Rani did her post graduation from Andhra University. She completed her Masters in Philosophy in Psychiatric Social Work from National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore. She was awarded Doctor of Philosophy in 1999 from Andhra University. She gained valuable research experience by virtue of working in many research projects sponsored by national and international organizations. She worked as welfare officer in a reputed organization. Her other book is "Social work in Medical Care". She is a Nominated Member, Visitors Committee, Dept. of Medical and Health, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Member, Board of Management of an NGO called PARD (People's Action for Rural Development), Visakhapatnam. She is currently working as Senior Research Fellow in a major research project "Elder abuse and Neglect in rural families in A.P." sponsored by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.