Girl Child in Indian Society

"This volume is an excellent collection of articles on different aspects of Indian girl child. The main focus is on the prevailing inequalities, discriminatory practices against the girl child and her gender marginalization. The book also delineates all possible information on the social status of the girl child in Indian society including girl child labour and child prostitution. Besides, it presents a comprehensive analysis of the various gender dimensions of the girl child, including her neglect and socialization in the family and society, her inferior sex roles and gender-based inequalities, her lower education and higher dropouts, her lower age at marriage and various other socio-economic and sexual exploitations. It will be a valuable source for researchers in sociology and social work and also serve as a guidebook to the planners, policy makers, demographers and social scientists in general."