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Indian Feminisms
This collection of essays focuses on the post-1980s period of the Indian feminist movement, a moment rich in new and different modes of resistance, of widespread political engagements with issues of rights, of justice, of identity and much more. The writers here, all well-known activists and founders of some of the most important of feminist institutions, describe their individual and collective journeys, bringing attention to the movement, to their struggles, their campaigns, their victories and the challenges they have faced. In using the tools of feminist analysis – a focus on life stories, on oral accounts, on group formation and more – they also make a case for advocacy through lega...
Designing Indicators for a Plural Legal World
It pluralises the conversation around legal indicators by considering the diversity of law and legal institutions in the Global South.
Practitioners' Experiences in Tackling the Second Wave of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Indian Villages: A Compendium of Statewise Deliberations
The present volume, Practitioners' Experiences in Tackling the Second Wave of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Indian Villages: A Compendium of Statewise Deliberations - Rural Realities 2021is a compilation of intellectual and analytical deliberations on the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural India. The compendium is a product of the series, The State of Villages- #RuralRealitiesunder the IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS). It incorporates the composition of policymakers, practitioners, researchers, faculty, and University and college students across India and other countries. The discourses highlight the community's role in mitigating the pandemic's im...
Violence against Women and Girls
This book discusses the pervasiveness of violence against women (VAW) in India and traces its evolution as a public health concern. It highlights the fundamental relationship between health and violence and identifies institutional gaps, which hinder comprehensive healthcare and support to VAW survivors. The volume brings together in-depth case studies from various states and civil society organisations on their initiatives to help bring adequate support and health services to women affected by VAW. These include engagement with hospitals to increase awareness and sensitivity among health service providers and community-run health clinics for marginalised women. The book documents the mobili...
Gender, Law and Social Transformation in India
This book provides deep insights into the wide-ranging issues linked to gender, law, and social transformation in India. It focuses on women-centered laws as well as the violence of unequal and discriminatory social order. It emphasizes violence and the neutrality of laws that sustain the status quo and perpetuate the stereotypical notions related to women’s condition. Based on the first-hand experience of laws and their nuanced understanding, the essays highlight the rules associated with the private and the public domains. The chapters in the volume analyze various statutes and their enactment related to domestic violence, dowry crimes, sexual abuse at home as well as sexual harassment at the workplace, child marriages, education, property rights, trafficking, prostitution, ‘honor’ killings, and armed conflict. The book is essential to the academics and researchers in the disciplines of social sciences, gender studies, law, and the government and policy-makers for making meaningful interventions.
The Unheard Scream
It is &a commendable job done by the editor Dr. Mohan Rao to have put together this very readable anthology of rare media writings about the real health issues that plague women s lives. To which he has also contributed a very lucid and well argued preface that adds to the value of the volume. Mrinal Pande, The Book Review. The contributing journalists are winners of the Panos Reproductive Health Media Fellowship.
Child Marriage in an International Frame
Child marriage has been given a pre-eminent place in agendas addressing “harmful practices” as defined by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. India leads the world in the number of women who marry below the age of 18 and is therefore of unique interest to international and national forums. Refusing simplistic labels like “harmful practice”, this book explores the complex history of child marriage as a social and feminist issue in India across different domains. It critically reviews a wide range of historical, demographic, and legal scholarship on the subject. Major concepts relevant to child marriage – such as childhood, adolescence, the girl, and marriage − are an...
The Directory of Executive Recruiters, 2001
The famous Red Book is the authentic source job-seekers trust when making career moves. Published since '71 & updated annually by a full-time research staff, this definitive guide to working with "headhunters" profiles over 4,300 firms. Listings include full contact information with fax numbers, e-mail addresses & web sites. Recruiting firms are easily targeted by industry, management function & geographical areas in the detailed indexes. In addition, over 12,000 individual recruiters are grouped by their specialty niche areas, making it easy for users to find the right recruiter. A free CD-ROM is included with tips on making a career move & strategies for working with recruiters. Mentioned in The Kiplinger Washington Letter, Marilyn Mcats Kennedy's Career Strategies, National Business Employment Weekly, Forbes, What Color is Your Parachute?, Knock 'Em Dead & featured on CNBC. Called "The bible of the executive recruiting business," in Sylvia Porter's Personal Finance Magazine.
The Indian Forester
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