grass root level in India as the voters and contestants. It focuses on the participation of women in the working of these …, examines the extent of participation of women in various elections held to the parliament, state legislatures and as well as … institutions. It also examines the various emerging trends in respect of the participation of women in the electoral politics as …

This paper constructs a culturally appropriate model for Muslim women's empowerment in management and leadership …, as well as national and cultural differences from Western women's empowerment models. The approach to model building … begins with two sources of evidence for women's empowerment-first, the empowerment of women recognised in the Qur'an and …

India. The 2005 Hindu Succession Act was legislated to protect women's rights to an equal share in ancestral property …This paper examines how women's participation in family decision-making is affected by land rights in rural areas in … in those four states have their land registered under women's names. Controlling for the potential endogeneity of land …

the delicate handling of fruits and vegetables and therefore provide employment opportunities for women in rural areas …. However, the social implications of these developments for women workers' roles in their households remain hardly understood …. We address this research gap by assessing a wide range of indicators reflecting women's empowerment. We use primary …