CONTENTS Prologue vii List of Contributors xi 1. Why Do People Want Children? 1 Siv Sofia Gustafsson 2. Technology, Economic Opportunities and Women Empowerment 24 N. Narayana 3. Women in Watershed Development 47 Falendra K. Sudan 4. Gender, Vulnerability and Informality 84 Siddhartha Sarkar 5. Farmers Committing Suicide 131 G. Sreedhar and K. Dasaratharamaiah 6. Land Rights of Women in Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods 165 Rosalud de la Rosa and Alexandra Aquino-Fike 7. Cooking with Biofuel and Women Health 188 Siddhartha Sarkar 8. Accelerating Women Access to Justice 214 Jamila Ahmed Chovvdhury 9. Youth Unemployment and Empowerment Strategy 246 Donatilla K. Kaino and Martin P. Ntongana 10.Women and the Nuclear Issue268 Adluri Subramanyam Rajn 11.Women in Kenya: A Second Class Citizen288 Tabitha W. Kiriti-Nganga 12.Development, Political Stability and Human Rights for Organized Workers 315 Lewis B. Dzimbiri 13.Achieving Gender Equality through Gender Oriented Budgets 336 N. Narayana Index 354