Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia
Herausgeber: Alston, M.
Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia
Herausgeber: Alston, M.
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A brutal gang-rape of a young woman in India in 2012 caused a global outcry against rising brutal violence against women. In response to the young woman's death and the protests that followed, the contributors analyze the position of women in South Asia, the issue of violence, women's political activism and gender inequalities.
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A brutal gang-rape of a young woman in India in 2012 caused a global outcry against rising brutal violence against women. In response to the young woman's death and the protests that followed, the contributors analyze the position of women in South Asia, the issue of violence, women's political activism and gender inequalities.
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- Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK / Palgrave Macmillan UK
- 2014 edition
- Seitenzahl: 260
- Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
- Gewicht: 354g
- ISBN-13: 9781349482665
- ISBN-10: 1349482668
- Artikelnr.: 45756172
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
- Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK / Palgrave Macmillan UK
- 2014 edition
- Seitenzahl: 260
- Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
- Gewicht: 354g
- ISBN-13: 9781349482665
- ISBN-10: 1349482668
- Artikelnr.: 45756172
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
Kerri Whittenbury, Monash University, Australia Alexandra Haynes, Monash University, Australia Sneha Krishnan, Oxford University, UK Sadhna Arya, University of Delhi, India Shashi Khurana, University of Delhi, India Bushra Khaliq, Women in Struggle for Empowerment (WISE) Bidushi Dhungel, activist and independent researcher Alix Dolson, activist and independent researcher Rokeya Kabir, Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha (BNPS) Kalyani Menon-Sen, independent researcher Paromita Chakravarti, Jadavpur University, India Kaushiki Rao, University of Pennsylvania, USA Anusha Hariharan, independent researcher Aruna Burte, Halo Medical Foundation, India Shaheen Ashraf Shah, independent researcher Mary Hope Schwoebel, independent researcher Carol Wrenn, Concern Worldwide Sebnem Cansun, ?stanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey Mahmuda Islam, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA Mahfuza akter Mala, independent researcher Shantana Rani Halder Nazmunnessa Mahtab, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Rajeshri N. Varhadi, University of Mumbai, India Omar Tarek Chowdhury, rights activist, published freelance author and translator.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Women, Political Struggles and Activism:
Exploring the Lives of Women in South Asia; Margaret Alston PART I: GENDER
BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH ASIA 2. Responding to Rape: Feminism and Young
Middle-Class Women in India; Sneha Krishnan 3. Gendered Violence: Forms,
Incidence and Legislation in India; Sadhna Arya and Shashi Khurana 4. Women
Struggles Against Structural-based Violence in Pakistan; Bushra Khaliq 5.
Women in Bangladesh: Resistance Fighters and Invisible Heroes in the
Economy and Society; Rokeya Kabir and Omar Tarek Chowdhury 6.
Intergenerational Prostitution in India: How a Cultural Practice
Constitutes Sex Trafficking; Alix Dolson PART II: ACTIVISM, RESISTANCE AND
EMPOWERMENT 7. Powerful Perpetrators: A Kathmandu Perspective; Bidushi
Dhungel 8. Living on the Edge: Mapping Homeless Women's Mobilisation in
Kolkata, India; Paromita Chakravarti 9. Money where the Mouth is: Women,
Capital and a Land Rights Movement; Kaushiki Rao and Anusha Hariharan 10.
Linking Traditions of Resistance; Aruna Burte PART III: POLITICS,
LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTATION 11. Substantive Representation and Violence
against Women (VAW) in Pakistan; Shaheen Ashraf, SHAH 12. The Intersection
of the Public and Private for Pashtun Women in Politics; Mary Hope
Schwoebel 13. Creating Spaces for Change: Santali Women's Role in Local
Level politics in Rural India; Carol Wrenn 14. Women's Transformational
leadership in Bangladesh: Potentials and Challenges; Nazmunnessa Mahtab 15.
Women and Politics in Patriarchy: Case of Bangladesh; Mahmuda Islam
Conclusion; Margaret Alston
Exploring the Lives of Women in South Asia; Margaret Alston PART I: GENDER
BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH ASIA 2. Responding to Rape: Feminism and Young
Middle-Class Women in India; Sneha Krishnan 3. Gendered Violence: Forms,
Incidence and Legislation in India; Sadhna Arya and Shashi Khurana 4. Women
Struggles Against Structural-based Violence in Pakistan; Bushra Khaliq 5.
Women in Bangladesh: Resistance Fighters and Invisible Heroes in the
Economy and Society; Rokeya Kabir and Omar Tarek Chowdhury 6.
Intergenerational Prostitution in India: How a Cultural Practice
Constitutes Sex Trafficking; Alix Dolson PART II: ACTIVISM, RESISTANCE AND
EMPOWERMENT 7. Powerful Perpetrators: A Kathmandu Perspective; Bidushi
Dhungel 8. Living on the Edge: Mapping Homeless Women's Mobilisation in
Kolkata, India; Paromita Chakravarti 9. Money where the Mouth is: Women,
Capital and a Land Rights Movement; Kaushiki Rao and Anusha Hariharan 10.
Linking Traditions of Resistance; Aruna Burte PART III: POLITICS,
LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTATION 11. Substantive Representation and Violence
against Women (VAW) in Pakistan; Shaheen Ashraf, SHAH 12. The Intersection
of the Public and Private for Pashtun Women in Politics; Mary Hope
Schwoebel 13. Creating Spaces for Change: Santali Women's Role in Local
Level politics in Rural India; Carol Wrenn 14. Women's Transformational
leadership in Bangladesh: Potentials and Challenges; Nazmunnessa Mahtab 15.
Women and Politics in Patriarchy: Case of Bangladesh; Mahmuda Islam
Conclusion; Margaret Alston
Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Women, Political Struggles and Activism:
Exploring the Lives of Women in South Asia; Margaret Alston PART I: GENDER
BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH ASIA 2. Responding to Rape: Feminism and Young
Middle-Class Women in India; Sneha Krishnan 3. Gendered Violence: Forms,
Incidence and Legislation in India; Sadhna Arya and Shashi Khurana 4. Women
Struggles Against Structural-based Violence in Pakistan; Bushra Khaliq 5.
Women in Bangladesh: Resistance Fighters and Invisible Heroes in the
Economy and Society; Rokeya Kabir and Omar Tarek Chowdhury 6.
Intergenerational Prostitution in India: How a Cultural Practice
Constitutes Sex Trafficking; Alix Dolson PART II: ACTIVISM, RESISTANCE AND
EMPOWERMENT 7. Powerful Perpetrators: A Kathmandu Perspective; Bidushi
Dhungel 8. Living on the Edge: Mapping Homeless Women's Mobilisation in
Kolkata, India; Paromita Chakravarti 9. Money where the Mouth is: Women,
Capital and a Land Rights Movement; Kaushiki Rao and Anusha Hariharan 10.
Linking Traditions of Resistance; Aruna Burte PART III: POLITICS,
LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTATION 11. Substantive Representation and Violence
against Women (VAW) in Pakistan; Shaheen Ashraf, SHAH 12. The Intersection
of the Public and Private for Pashtun Women in Politics; Mary Hope
Schwoebel 13. Creating Spaces for Change: Santali Women's Role in Local
Level politics in Rural India; Carol Wrenn 14. Women's Transformational
leadership in Bangladesh: Potentials and Challenges; Nazmunnessa Mahtab 15.
Women and Politics in Patriarchy: Case of Bangladesh; Mahmuda Islam
Conclusion; Margaret Alston
Exploring the Lives of Women in South Asia; Margaret Alston PART I: GENDER
BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH ASIA 2. Responding to Rape: Feminism and Young
Middle-Class Women in India; Sneha Krishnan 3. Gendered Violence: Forms,
Incidence and Legislation in India; Sadhna Arya and Shashi Khurana 4. Women
Struggles Against Structural-based Violence in Pakistan; Bushra Khaliq 5.
Women in Bangladesh: Resistance Fighters and Invisible Heroes in the
Economy and Society; Rokeya Kabir and Omar Tarek Chowdhury 6.
Intergenerational Prostitution in India: How a Cultural Practice
Constitutes Sex Trafficking; Alix Dolson PART II: ACTIVISM, RESISTANCE AND
EMPOWERMENT 7. Powerful Perpetrators: A Kathmandu Perspective; Bidushi
Dhungel 8. Living on the Edge: Mapping Homeless Women's Mobilisation in
Kolkata, India; Paromita Chakravarti 9. Money where the Mouth is: Women,
Capital and a Land Rights Movement; Kaushiki Rao and Anusha Hariharan 10.
Linking Traditions of Resistance; Aruna Burte PART III: POLITICS,
LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTATION 11. Substantive Representation and Violence
against Women (VAW) in Pakistan; Shaheen Ashraf, SHAH 12. The Intersection
of the Public and Private for Pashtun Women in Politics; Mary Hope
Schwoebel 13. Creating Spaces for Change: Santali Women's Role in Local
Level politics in Rural India; Carol Wrenn 14. Women's Transformational
leadership in Bangladesh: Potentials and Challenges; Nazmunnessa Mahtab 15.
Women and Politics in Patriarchy: Case of Bangladesh; Mahmuda Islam
Conclusion; Margaret Alston