Gender discrimination and development paradox / edited by Neerja Ahlawat.

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Ahlawat, Neerja

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Jaipur : Rawat Publications, 2016.Description: xiv, 210 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmISBN:

9788131607749 (hardback)

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305.420 23 AHL

Contents:

1.Destruction and Denial of Motherhood 2.Child Sex Ratios and Gender Discrimination: Challenges for Law and Policy 3.Eliminating Daughters: An Unfortunate Reality of West and North --West India 4.Eliminating Daughters and Selecting Sons: Planning Families 5.Women and the Conservative Backlash in Society and Media 6.Dispensing with Daughters: Exploring the Socio-Economic and Cultural Dimensions of Female Foeticide and Infanticide 7.Behavioural Categorization of Women Based on Empowerment Level and the Extent of Son-Preference: A Case Study of Patna 8.Ensuring Dignity of the Girl Child: A Case Study of URMUL Initiative in Sri Ganganagar District of Rajasthan 9.Combating Female Foeticide: PCPNDT Act and Its Implementation 10.Female Foeticide: A Silent Violence 11.Girl Child Discrimination Since Conception of Life: Role of Laws and Government Policies

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"The book in its present form is the outcome of the seminars organized by Women's Studies Centre, M.D. University, Rohtak in collaboration with ICSSR North-West Regional Centre, Chandigarh"--Page x.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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