Interrogating Women’s Leadership and Empowerment
Format:Hardback
Publisher:SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Published:30th Nov '14
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Looking at gender through multiple lenses, this volume seeks to understand what empowerment really means to women today. It examines the situation of women in, and their contribution to, politics, business, education, social and economic development, the women’s movement, health, law, insurgency and the arts.
The volume analyses certain key issues of contemporary discourse including:
• ownership of one’s body and freedom of choice
• redefinition of empowerment and leadership and how far we have achieved it
• importance of equal access to education, employment and health
• political participation and decision making, and
• dichotomy between marginalisation of women on grounds of caste, class and religion in a society with changing laws on women’s rights
The book goes well beyond the conventional understanding of enhancing women’s strength and self-confidence as brought into focus in many lives and their varied stories…. A good read for scholars, academicians, feminists and researchers who have interest in women identity issues and the changes that have taken place over time.
-- Social Action, July-September 2015An immensely readable book with cogent, lucidly written chapters on most facets of women’s empowerment…the chapters are written by established scholars from the social sciences, humanities, creative arts, law, as well as by social activists….As the book covers a gamut of issues it will be of interest to readers from different disciplines and areas of research. It is an informative book for general readers too.
-- Indian Journal of Gender Studies, * Volume 23 (Issue 3), October 20
ISBN: 9789351500797
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 440g
292 pages