Contemporary Gender Issues: Identity, Status and Empowerment

Book Details

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Author: Gurpreet Bal

• Language: English

• Edition: 04-03-2016

• ISBN: 9788131607626

• Pages: 308

• Cover: Hardcover

• Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches

About the Book

Understanding gender in the Indian context is a challenging task, largely due to the intricate social structure that combines traditional values with modern influences. This volume provides a comprehensive exploration of the various issues and challenges that hinder the achievement of gender parity. Despite the implementation of strategies aimed at empowering women—such as political rights, economic freedom, and identity assertion—these efforts appear to fall short of their intended goals.

Divided into three distinct sections, the book takes into account the diversity of women's issues and concerns. Through empirical research conducted over the past three decades, it maps the process of women’s empowerment in India. The book offers critical insights into the changing status of Indian women, highlighting the ongoing struggle for gender equality.

Contents Include:

• Part One: Literature and the Reconstruction of Gender

  1. Gender, Tradition and Modernity in Shauna Singh Baldwin’s What the Body Remembers – Tanvir Likhari

  2. Tracing the Contours of Conflict – Pushpinder Walia

  3. Dalit Feminism: A Perspective on Bama’s Sangati – Tanvir Likhari

• Part Two: Work, Employment and Entrepreneurship
  4. Women, Work and Ideology – Kalpana Shah
  5. Perspective on Indian Women’s Work and Status – Vibhuti Patel
  6. Jari Industry and Women Workers – Jayshree Soni
  7. Women in Sericulture – E.N. Ashok Kumar
  8. Women Bidi Workers and the Cooperative Movement – Anuradha Ghandy and Geetha Thachil
  9. Political Economy of Female Migrant Labour – Suguna Pathy
  10. The New Economic Policy and Women – Gail Omvedt and Chetna Gala

• Part Three: Equality, Status and Empowerment
  11. Sociology of Gender Inequality and Discrimination – J.P. Singh
  12. Status of Women in Haryana – Neerja Ahlawat
  13. Changing Status of Women in Rural Haryana – Raj Singh and Nishi Batra
  14. Role of Nonformal Educational Schemes in the Education and Empowerment of Women – Raj Mohini Sethi
  15. Impact of Government Schemes on the Status of Women in Punjab – Bindu Duggal
  16. Impact of 73rd Amendment Act on Women Empowerment – Swinder Singh and Sumita Bakshi
  17. Empowering Women – S. Gohilavani

About the Author
Gurpreet Bal is a Professor of Sociology at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Her research focuses on entrepreneurship, gender studies, marginalized groups, and women in the diaspora. She is the author of Development and Change in Punjab (1995), co-author of Strategies of Social Change in India (1996), Mapping Dalits (2009), and co-editor of several works including Development, Gender and Diaspora: Context of Globalization (2003), Restructuring Identities: Society Through Literature (2008), and Urban Development and Governance: Issues, Concerns, and Challenges (2013).