This paper, based on ‘capabilities’ approach, analyses the ‘development outcomes’ forf ‘tribals’ of rural south Gujarat and examines the relative roles of physical, human and social capital within a gender disaggregated framework.

It is often assumed that poverty reduction would lead to gender equality. Research however, points to the opposite, namely, that increasing prosperity can have perverse gender effects . It is therefore important to make a conceptual distinction between projects that seek to reduce poverty and...

This article reports on an investigation of the position of girls in respect of high achievement in mathematics. It is also aimed to collect and accumulate the reflections of of peopla asociated with mathematics teaching or research about such achievements of the girl child. Preliminary results...

An action plan to emplement World Bank's strategies.

Review of Janani: Mothers, Daughters, Motherhood edited by Rinki Bhattacharya; Sage India, New Delhi, 2006; Pp 200, Rs. 280.

Whatever the truth of the matter in the recent trial of Flying Officer Anjalli Gupa by the General Court Martial, there are many questions that may be raised on the fairness of the process and some of the actions of the parties concerned.

Review of: Prostitution and Beyond: An Analysis of Sex Work in India Rohini Sahni, V. Kalyan Shankar, and Hemant Apte (edited) Sage Publications, New Delhi; 2008.

Review of Writing the Women’s Movement: A Reader Edited by Mala Khullar; Zuban (in collaboration with EWHA Women’s University Seoul).

Review of Radhika Gajjala. Cyber Selves: Feminist Ethnographies of South Asian Women. New York: AltaMira Press.

The cultural demands made of women by migrant communities struggling to establish a new identity and the stereotypes of women of other races often promoted by host communities are important forces in shaping the way in which women live their lives as migrants.