Women's human rights in India
By: Forster, Christine | Sagade, Jaya.
Publisher: New York Routledge 2020Edition: South Asia Edition.Description: viii, 224p.ISBN: 9780367444884.Subject(s): Women's rights -- Human rights -- Legal status -- IndiaDDC classification: 305.420954 Summary: This book focuses on women's human rights in India. Drawing on case studies, it provides a clear overview of the key sources on gender and rights in the country. Further, it contextualizes women's rights at the critical intersection of caste, religion and class, and analyses barriers to the realization of women's human rights in practice. It also develops strategies for moving forward towards greater recognition, protection, promotion and fulfilment of women's human rights in India. Drawing on critical pedagogical tools to analyse groundbreaking court cases, this book will be a key text in human rights studies. It will be indispensable to students, scholars and researchers of gender studies, sociology, law and human rights.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 305.420954 ENG- Engendering governance institutions: state, market and civil society | 305.420954 EXP; Exploring the engagement and empowerment of women: multidisciplinary perspective | 305.420954 FEM; SL1 Feminism in India | 305.420954 FOR-W Women's human rights in India | 305.420954 GAN-I Indian feminisms: law, patriarchies and violence in India | 305.420954 GEN; Gender and nation | 305.420954 GEN- Gender inequality and discrimination in India : |
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This book focuses on women's human rights in India. Drawing on case studies, it provides a clear overview of the key sources on gender and rights in the country. Further, it contextualizes women's rights at the critical intersection of caste, religion and class, and analyses barriers to the realization of women's human rights in practice. It also develops strategies for moving forward towards greater recognition, protection, promotion and fulfilment of women's human rights in India. Drawing on critical pedagogical tools to analyse groundbreaking court cases, this book will be a key text in human rights studies. It will be indispensable to students, scholars and researchers of gender studies, sociology, law and human rights.
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