larger in marriage markets where women are scarce (26%) as compared to marriage markets where women are abundant (6%). These …Female bargaining power in rural Haryana, as in much of northern India, is constrained by widespread discrimination … against women. In recent years, however, women successfully demand private sanitation facilities from potential husbands as a …

over girls. In India’s patrilocal rural society, women do not inherit property and heads of joint families aim to retain …Boys and girls in India experience large dierences in survival and health outcomes. For example, the 2001 Census … assets within the family lineage for future generations. I hypothesize that this leads heads to bequeath more land to …

indigenous-looking women. We did not find an effect of marital status on males. …

The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and policy initiatives …. This development has been informed by a remarkable though gradual shift in the perception about women, from the stature of … ‘threatening’ planning for Women in Development (WID) to the more ‘confrontational’ gender planning with its aspiring goal of …

This paper argues the case for increasing the participation of women in multidisciplinary action teams as a means for … towards increasing women’s participation in employment. We suggest it is imperative that organisations and multidisciplinary … action teams learn to integrate skilled and talented women and men into a single, cohesive work culture that enhances teams …

also largely shared by the urban informally employed women, i.e. they struggle more for family survival. However, number of …Abstract: The paper analyzed the contribution of informally employed women (for the age group of 16-60 years) in their … household budget. The urban informal sector absorbs the women workers largely. What are the determinants of their contribution …

is also proved by the analysis of the marital behaviour). The major events in the family life, such as baptism, marriage … institution underwent significant changes at the modern epoch. The marriage, as a basis of the family institution, was managed by … the education of the individual in a moral family on which the Church had to have an influence. Marriage and collective …