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Gender Equality and Inequality in Rural India
Carol Vlassoff
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Description for Gender Equality and Inequality in Rural India
Hardcover. Gender Equality in Rural India focuses on son preference and the extent to which economic development has resulted in positive changes in women's empowerment and reproductive health. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSF; JFSJ1; KCA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
As India strives to improve overall social and economic conditions and gender relations through policies such as the abolishment of dowry, increasing the legal age at marriage, and promoting educational opportunities for girls, serious challenges remain, especially in rural areas. Gender Equality and Inequality in Rural India focuses on the extent to which economic development has resulted in positive changes in women's empowerment and reproductive health, as well as in sex preference. Based on a study from a village in Maharashtra where impressive gains in economic development have occurred in recent decades, Carol Vlassoff examines the impact of son preference ... Read more
As India strives to improve overall social and economic conditions and gender relations through policies such as the abolishment of dowry, increasing the legal age at marriage, and promoting educational opportunities for girls, serious challenges remain, especially in rural areas. Gender Equality and Inequality in Rural India focuses on the extent to which economic development has resulted in positive changes in women's empowerment and reproductive health, as well as in sex preference. Based on a study from a village in Maharashtra where impressive gains in economic development have occurred in recent decades, Carol Vlassoff examines the impact of son preference ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137374929
SKU
V9781137374929
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Carol Vlassoff
Carol Vlassoff is an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Reviews for Gender Equality and Inequality in Rural India
"This book is an insightful study of women's empowerment and reproductive health in rural India in the context of economic change - moving beyond simplistic conventional wisdom that education alone will empower women. Vlassoff uses an innovative longitudinal design, with rigorous demographic and epidemiological analyses, to study the driving forces of son preference and how son preference ultimately shapes women's ... Read more