Socio-Economic Development of Rural Women

This Volume on “Socio-Economic Development of Rural Women” analyses the role of women in economic development, gender disparity, discrimination, decline in sex ratio, violence on women and other aspects specifically socio-economic condition of rural women. It further examines the position of rural women in various states of India in different sectors. It concludes that women are mostly unorganized, exploited and their contribution to the economy has not been recognized. Thus, there is an urgent need at the national and regional level to develop the women for socio-economic development of the economy. It also makes an attempt to understand the factors underlying and explaining persistent differences in socio-economic performance of rural areas. It further outlines the Government Polity on rural women in our country. In the concluding chapter some suggestions have been made for improving the status of women in the society and for solving their various problems.