The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-7619-3242-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 192 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 834 g

This important and comprehensive volume vividly depicts the current status of women and girls in West Bengal. The analysis has been conducted in the framework of the socio-economic and politico-cultural ambience that has characterized the state in recent decades. The contributors highlight both areas of strength and vulnerability and clearly demonstrate that the status of women cannot be conceived as monolithic or static—it has many facets and is in a state of constant flux. The analysis of macro data is supported by revealing micro studies based on field surveys and an examination of cultural trends.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bagchi, Jasodhara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Vina Mazumdar

Introduction
A. SECTORAL ESSAYS: Demography - Nirmala Banerjee and Mukul Mukherjee

Health and Nutrition - Maitreya Ghatak

Education - Jasodhara Bagchi and Jaba Guha

Economic Empowerment - Ishita Mukhopadhyay

Political Participation - Vidya Munshi

Culture - Malini Bhattacharya

Law and Violence against Women - Manjari Gupta and Ratnabali Chattopadhyay

Tribal Women - Anuradha Chanda

B. APPENDICES: MICRO STUDIES AND STATISTICS: Appendix A: Tables on Demography
Appendix B: Tables on Health and Nutrition
Appendix C: Education: C1: Micro Study on Participation of SC/ST Girls in Professional (Teachers' Training) Education - Kamal Kumar Chattopadhyay and Dipali Nag

C2: Education of Muslim Women in West Bengal - Ratnabali Chattopadhyay

Appendix D: Status of Women with Respect to Work: Report of Primary Surveys in Bankura and Hoogli - Ishita Mukhopadhyay

Appendix E: Political Participation: E1: List of Women Lok Sabha MPs from West Bengal (1952-2000)
E2: List of Women Rajya Sabha MPs from West Bengal
E3: List of Women MLAs in West Bengal (1952-2000)
Appendix F: A Micro Survey of the Status of Women Rural Artists of West Bengal - Malini Bhattacharya

Appendix G: A Report on Findings from a Study of Women's Status in Birbhum District of West Bengal - Atis Dasgupta and Suraj Bandyopadhyay

Policy Recommendations
Select Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bagchi, Jasodhara
Jasodhara Bagchi was an independent scholar, formerly Chairperson of the West Bengal Commission for Women and Director, School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University; also Professor of English, Jadavpur University; considered to be a pioneering scholar of women’s studies. Among her books with Stree: Loved and Unloved: The Girl Child in the Family (1997); with Subhoranjan Dasgupta, The Trauma and the Triumph: Gender and Partition in the Easter Region, 2 vols (2006, 2009); Karmakshetre Jouno Henasthar Mokabilye Ain Byabohaer Nirdeshika (How to handle sexual harassment in the workplace); with SAGE: Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970–2000: The Challenges Ahead, 2005.