Gender and Discrimination Health, Nutritional Status, and Role of Women in India

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-807664-3
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 213 mm x 142 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

Gender discrimination has far reaching consequence on society. With contributions by experts from diverse fields, this volume provides fresh perspectives on gender bias, wage inequality, and intra-household discrimination. It also analyses various aspects of discrimination in the spheres of health, nutrition, and work.

Using case studies from India and other South Asian countries, it provides alternative methods for measuring gender differentials and discrimination.

Zielgruppe

Students and researchers in economics and gender studies, sociologists, demographers, political scientists, and policymakers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pal, Manoranjan

Bharati, Premananda

Ghosh, Bholanath

Vasulu, T S

Vasulu, T.S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1: (En)gendering Poverty Policy in India
2: Women and Agriculture in India: An Overview with a Focus on Work and Wages
3: Gender, Religion, and the Age at Marriage in India
4: Invisibility and Ordeal of Women Worker in India
5: Will Increasing Women's Power Reduce Discrimination against Girl Children in South Asia?
6: The Role of Maternal literacy in Reducing the Risk of Child Malnutrition in India
7: Gender, Poverty, and HIV Transmission in India
8: Gender Differences in Early Childhood Feeding Practices: Observations from Follow up Study in Rural West Bengal
9: Health and Nutritional Status of School Age Children: Some Gender and Age Differentials
10: Gender Bias in Family Planning Programme in India
11: Heart Disease in South Asians and the Role of Gender Commentary
12: On Some Measures of Gender Discrimination
13: What Does Gender Dimorphism in Stature Tell Us About Discrimination in Rural India, 1930-75?
14: A New Measure of Gender Bias
15: A Turning Point in Gender Bias in Mortality? An Update on the Number of 'Missing Women'
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bharati, Premananda
Premananda Bharati is Professor, Biological Anthropology Unit, ISI, Kolkata.

Pal, Manoranjan
Manoranjan Pal is Professor, Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata.

Vasulu, T.S.
T.S. Vasulu is Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology Unit, ISI, Kolkata.

Manoranjan Pal is Professor, Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata.

Premananda Bharati is Professor, Biological Anthropology Unit, ISI, Kolkata.

T.S. Vasulu is Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology Unit, ISI, Kolkata.