Human Development : Equity and Gender Justice

Language: English

Published by New Century Pub, 2012

8177083007 / 9788177083002

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Contents Preface 1 Social well-being Meaning concept and scopeAmrita Chowdhury 2 Regional disparities in human development in South AsiaDebjani Sarkar 3 Gender inequality and discrimination in IndiaJP Singh 4 Socio-economic conditions of Karbi PopulationMadhumona Goswami and Madhushree Das 5 Constitution and Women empowerment in IndiaOm Prakash Tiwari 6 Spatio-Temporal analysis of Sex compositionNandita Kumari 7 Gender issue An international relations concernArun Kumar Singh 8 Gender discrimination Effects on reproductive behaviour and reproductive healthAshesh Dasgupta 9 Status of women and socio-economic developmentRashmi Prakash 10 Honour killings in PakistanSafdar Ali Shirazi 11 Affirmative action for women empowermentShefali Roy 12 Women and environmentPrabha Kumar Appendix IndexThe ultimate objective of all economic efforts is human development which encompasses quality of life the level of well-being and access to basic social services the Fundamental Rights that India?s Constitution guarantees to every citizen include the right to life and the right to livelihood is inherent in the right to lifeThe root cause of social insecurity in India is poverty and that is largely due to lack of adequate or productive employment opportunities The pattern of economic development in India since Independence in 1947 has left in its trail a variety of inequalities which have caused socio-politico tensions Whiled the economy has performed well in terms of growth rate of gross domestic product GDP its performance in terms of human development indicators has been unsatisfactoryIndia?s recent economic growth performance has indeed been creditable However such growth must make a demonstrable difference to the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable citizens India has the potential and the means to secure a reasonable standard of living for all of its citizens The socio-economically disadvantaged particularly women in rural areas are yet to benefit from development effortsThe present volume contains 12 well-researched papers authored by experts in the field which provide deep insights into the various aspects of human development in the context of social justice and women empowerment 186 pp.…

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Human Development : Equity and Gender Justice
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Edited by Sudeepta Adhikari and B.R.K. Sinha
Publisher
New Century Pub
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2012
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Hardcover
Language
English
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8177083007
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