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020 _a8177083139
082 _a305.40954
_bMIS
100 _aMishra, Shyam Kartik
245 _aWomen status and empowerment in India
260 _aNew Delhi
_bNew Century Publications
_c2012
300 _axxvi,276p.
500 _aCONTENTS About the Book v About the Author vi Preface xvi-xxii English Equivalens of Some Hindi Terms xxiii Abbreviations/Acronyms xxiv/xxvi 1. Women and Society : An Introduction 1-21 2.Constitutional and Legal Safeguards for Women in India 22-29 3. Institutional Mechanism for Advancement of Women 30-39 4. Categorisation of Vulnerable Groups of Women 40-50 5. National Policy for Empowerment of Women (NPEW), 2001 51-63 6. Women Workers in India 64-86 7. Economic Empowerment of Women 87-132 8. Social Empowerment of Women 133-156 9. Political Empowerment of Women 157-179 10.Welfare, Development and Empowerment of Women in India's Five Year Plans 180-187 11.Human Rights and Violence against Women 188-194 12.Protecting the Girl child 195-199 13.Women and the Environment 200-202 Appendix 1: Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995) and the Beijing Platform for Action (PFA) 203-235 Appendix 2: Edited Extracts from India's Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) on Women Welfare and Development 236-262 Bibliography 263-268 Index 269-276
700 _aPandey, Pradeep Kumar
890 _aIndia
891 _aSP Research Lib. Corp. Fund
999 _c37520
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