Women, political struggles and gender equality in South Asia /
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| Imprint: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. |
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| Description: | xi, 260 pages : map (black and white) ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gender, development and social change Gender, development and social change. |
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| Format: | Map Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10081902 |
Table of Contents:
- Series Editor's Preface
- Notes on Contributors
- 1. Introduction: Women, Political Struggles and Activism-Exploring the Lives of Women in South Asia
- Section 1. Gender-based Violence in South Asia
- 2. Responding to Rape: Feminism and Young Middle-Class Women in India
- 3. Gendered Violence: Forms, Incidence and Legislation in India
- 4. To be a Woman in Pakistan: Stories of Struggle and Survival
- 5. Women in Bangladesh: Invisible Heroes in the Economy and Society
- 6. Intergenerational Prostitution in India: How a Cultural Practice Constitutes Sex Trafficking
- Section 2. Activism, Resistance and Empowerment
- 7. Powerful Predators: A Kathmandu Perspective
- 8. Living on the Edge: Mapping Homeless Women's Mobilization in Kolkata, India
- 9. Money Where the Mouth Is: Women, Capital and a Land Rights Movement
- 10. Linking Traditions of Resistance
- Section 3. Politics, Leadership and Representation
- 11. Substantive Representation and Violence Against Women (VAW) in Pakistan
- 12. The Intersection of the Public and the Private for Pashtun Women in Politics
- 13. Creating Spaces for Change: Santali Women's Role in Local Level Politics in Rural India
- 14. Women's Transformational Leadership in Bangladesh: Potentials and Challenges
- 15. Women, Politics and Patriarchy: A Case of Bangladesh
- 16. Conclusion
- Index
