The book focuses on many issues and problems faced by women in the North-east region of India. The essays discuss aspects of women’s lives and dimensions based on empirical research. They take up women and fertility issues in the Minyong society, poverty, development of women, human resource in the region and female empowerment through micro-enterprise. Delving into working of grassroots politics to view place of gender in governance, they deal with protection of rights of women in the context of armed conflicts in the region, sexual harassment of working women, trafficking of women and need for gender equality from the viewpoint of democracy and development issues. They refer to constitutional Acts and working of Panchayati Raj Institutions to present a comprehensive understanding of gender issues in North-east India.
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