Women & Gender: Society And Community

Women & Gender: Society And Community

Book Code: 1111015987050

Siddhartha Sarkar

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ABOUT THE BOOK:- The driving force behind gender as a distinct system of difference and inequality is gender's deep-seated role as an organizing force in social relations. Mainstreaming gender from grass roots levels leads to development of sustainable communities and emancipation of women. In women's empowerment, the policies must involve the individual perspectives of every woman before addressing gender disparities at national or international levels. This is an indispensable requisite and women's empowerment has to be from local level, individual and family, community to national and global leve

Year:

2019

Language:

English

Publisher:

Kalpaz Publications

Pages:

236

Book Category:

pub

Subject:

Women Studies

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ABOUT THE BOOK

The driving force behind gender as a distinct system of difference and inequality is gender's deep-seated role as an organizing force in social relations. Mainstreaming gender from grass roots levels leads to development of sustainable communities and emancipation of women. In women's empowerment, the policies must involve the individual perspectives of every woman before addressing gender disparities at national or international levels. This is an indispensable requisite and women's empowerment has to be from local level, individual and family, community to national and global level .

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Siddhartha Sarkar (b.1973), PhD (Economics), PDF (The Netherlands and Hungary), CAF (London, UK) is serving as the Principal and Executive Head at A.C. College of Commerce, West Bengal, India and as Founder Director of Centre for Human Trafficking Research. He has previously been a Post Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Professor (2006) in University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a Senior Post Doctoral and Professorial Fellow (2010) in Thammasat University and Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, Senior Post Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Professor (2011) in Corvinus University and Central European University, Hungary. He was also a Commonwealth Academic Fellow (2013-2014) in SOAS, University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, and European Commission Erasmus Mundus Visiting Professor (2015) in University of Warsaw, Poland. Sarkar is nominated as a working committee member of the 'National Institution for Transforming India' (NITI Aayog), Government of India and the recipient of India Leadership Award 2018. He is available at www.drsarkar.blogspot.com

CONTENTS

Preface .......................................................................................... 7

1. Women in Millennium Development Goals........................................................ 9
Sarkar, S.

2. Role Conflict among Working Women............................................................. 25
Benni, B. S.

3. Women in Local Governance........................................................................... 39
Mensah, J. V. and Antwi, K. B.

4. Gender Inequality and Structural Reforms.................................................... 57
Gupta, M.S.

5. Work-life Imbalance among Working Women.................................................. 71
Singh, S.

6. The Aged People............................................................................................... 81
Pulla, D.

7. Child Marriage................................................................................................. 97
Mwakyambiki, S. E.

8. Strengthening Gender Relations.................................................................... 121
Adekeye, D. S.

9. Women in Armed Conflict.............................................................................. 131
Sarkar, S.

10. Street Children............................................................................................. 149
Morrison, D. A, Mensah, J.V. and Ekumah, E. K.

11. Human Trafficking....................................................................................... 165
Kabubo-Mariara, J.and Kiriti-Nganga, T. W.

12. Girl Child in Domestic Work....................................................................... 185
Sarkar, S.

13. Gender and Domestic Violence................................................................. 199
Verma, M.M.

14. Gender, Technology and Community Development................................. 213
Acheampong, I. K. and Ado-Kofie, L. K.

Index............................................................................................ 229

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